Prefix Worksheet
Word tip (Split and add the meanings): un- and dis- mean “not”: unkind = not kind, disobey = not obey. re- means “again”: rewrite = write again. pre- means “before”: preheat = heat before. mis- means “wrongly”: misspell = spell wrongly. Split the word, then put the two meanings together.
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- 1.Which word means “not respect”? (a) disrespect (b) unrespect (c) rerespect (d) prerespect
- 2.Which prefix means “again”? (a) mis- (b) re- (c) pre- (d) un-
- 3.What does “preview” mean? (a) view again (b) view before (c) view wrongly (d) not view
- 4.Which word means “fill again”? (a) refill (b) prefill (c) unfill (d) disfill
- 5.Which word means “lead wrongly”? (a) relead (b) dislead (c) mislead (d) unlead
- 6.What does “unlucky” mean? (a) not lucky (b) lucky wrongly (c) lucky before (d) lucky again
- 7.What does “miscount” mean? (a) count wrongly (b) count before (c) not count (d) count again
- 8.What does “revisit” mean? (a) visit again (b) visit wrongly (c) visit before (d) not visit
- 9.Which prefix means “not”? (a) pre- (b) un- (c) re- (d) mis-
- 10.What does “mishear” mean? (a) hear before (b) not hear (c) hear again (d) hear wrongly
- 11.Which word means “write again”? (a) miswrite (b) rewrite (c) unwrite (d) prewrite
- 12.What does “rewrite” mean? (a) write before (b) write wrongly (c) write again (d) not write
- 13.Which word means “not honest”? (a) prehonest (b) mishonest (c) dishonest (d) rehonest
- 14.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) pre- (c) dis- (d) mis-
- 15.Which word means “understand wrongly”? (a) disunderstand (b) preunderstand (c) misunderstand (d) ununderstand
- 16.What does “mislead” mean? (a) not lead (b) lead wrongly (c) lead before (d) lead again
- 17.Which word means “not clear”? (a) disclear (b) reclear (c) unclear (d) preclear
- 18.What does “refill” mean? (a) not fill (b) fill again (c) fill wrongly (d) fill before
- 19.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) un- (b) re- (c) pre- (d) mis-
- 20.Which prefix means “before”? (a) un- (b) re- (c) pre- (d) mis-
- 21.Which word means “use wrongly”? (a) preuse (b) reuse (c) misuse (d) unuse
- 22.What does “disrespect” mean? (a) respect before (b) respect wrongly (c) not respect (d) respect again
- 23.Which word means “heat again”? (a) preheat (b) disheat (c) reheat (d) misheat
- 24.What does “prejudge” mean? (a) judge before (b) judge again (c) judge wrongly (d) not judge
- 25.Which word means “not loyal”? (a) reloyal (b) unloyal (c) preloyal (d) disloyal
- 26.What does “replay” mean? (a) play before (b) play again (c) not play (d) play wrongly
- 27.Which word means “play again”? (a) preplay (b) unplay (c) replay (d) misplay
- 28.What does “unequal” mean? (a) equal wrongly (b) equal before (c) not equal (d) equal again
- 29.What does “preheat” mean? (a) heat again (b) not heat (c) heat wrongly (d) heat before
- 30.Which word means “not allow”? (a) misallow (b) disallow (c) unallow (d) preallow
- 31.Which word means “join again”? (a) unjoin (b) misjoin (c) disjoin (d) rejoin
- 32.What does “retell” mean? (a) tell wrongly (b) not tell (c) tell before (d) tell again
- 33.What does “repaint” mean? (a) paint again (b) paint wrongly (c) not paint (d) paint before
- 34.What does “unkind” mean? (a) kind wrongly (b) not kind (c) kind before (d) kind again
- 35.Which word means “not well”? (a) diswell (b) miswell (c) prewell (d) unwell
- 36.Which word means “visit again”? (a) unvisit (b) revisit (c) disvisit (d) previsit
- 37.What does “unfair” mean? (a) not fair (b) fair before (c) fair wrongly (d) fair again
- 38.Which word means “not obey”? (a) misobey (b) preobey (c) disobey (d) unobey
- 39.Which word means “heat before”? (a) reheat (b) disheat (c) unheat (d) preheat
- 40.What does “misbehave” mean? (a) behave again (b) not behave (c) behave wrongly (d) behave before
Answer key
- disrespect
- re-
- view before
- refill
- mislead
- not lucky
- count wrongly
- visit again
- un-
- hear wrongly
- rewrite
- write again
- dishonest
- dis-
- misunderstand
- lead wrongly
- unclear
- fill again
- mis-
- pre-
- misuse
- not respect
- reheat
- judge before
- disloyal
- play again
- replay
- not equal
- heat before
- disallow
- rejoin
- tell again
- paint again
- not kind
- unwell
- revisit
- not fair
- disobey
- preheat
- behave wrongly
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