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 “paint again”? (a) mispaint (b) dispaint (c) repaint (d) unpaint
- 2.Which prefix means “not”? (a) un- (b) pre- (c) mis- (d) re-
- 3.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) mis- (b) pre- (c) re- (d) un-
- 4.What does “disrespect” mean? (a) respect before (b) respect again (c) not respect (d) respect wrongly
- 5.What does “unequal” mean? (a) not equal (b) equal wrongly (c) equal again (d) equal before
- 6.Which word means “not happy”? (a) rehappy (b) unhappy (c) dishappy (d) mishappy
- 7.What does “refill” mean? (a) fill wrongly (b) fill before (c) not fill (d) fill again
- 8.Which prefix means “before”? (a) un- (b) mis- (c) pre- (d) re-
- 9.Which prefix means “again”? (a) mis- (b) re- (c) pre- (d) un-
- 10.What does “dishonest” mean? (a) not honest (b) honest wrongly (c) honest before (d) honest again
- 11.What does “misplace” mean? (a) place wrongly (b) place again (c) not place (d) place before
- 12.Which word means “not common”? (a) recommon (b) miscommon (c) precommon (d) uncommon
- 13.What does “uncommon” mean? (a) not common (b) common before (c) common again (d) common wrongly
- 14.Which word means “join again”? (a) unjoin (b) rejoin (c) misjoin (d) disjoin
- 15.Which word means “play again”? (a) misplay (b) preplay (c) replay (d) display
- 16.What does “prejudge” mean? (a) judge wrongly (b) not judge (c) judge again (d) judge before
- 17.Which word means “not fair”? (a) misfair (b) prefair (c) disfair (d) unfair
- 18.What does “unlucky” mean? (a) lucky before (b) lucky again (c) not lucky (d) lucky wrongly
- 19.Which word means “not obey”? (a) preobey (b) reobey (c) misobey (d) disobey
- 20.Which word means “not continue”? (a) miscontinue (b) uncontinue (c) discontinue (d) recontinue
- 21.Which word means “tell again”? (a) distell (b) untell (c) pretell (d) retell
- 22.What does “mishear” mean? (a) not hear (b) hear again (c) hear wrongly (d) hear before
- 23.Which word means “read wrongly”? (a) reread (b) disread (c) unread (d) misread
- 24.What does “unclear” mean? (a) clear again (b) clear before (c) clear wrongly (d) not clear
- 25.What does “rejoin” mean? (a) join before (b) not join (c) join again (d) join wrongly
- 26.What does “preview” mean? (a) not view (b) view again (c) view wrongly (d) view before
- 27.What does “reheat” mean? (a) not heat (b) heat before (c) heat again (d) heat wrongly
- 28.Which word means “judge wrongly”? (a) unjudge (b) disjudge (c) misjudge (d) prejudge
- 29.Which word means “heat before”? (a) disheat (b) preheat (c) misheat (d) reheat
- 30.Which word means “not equal”? (a) preequal (b) disequal (c) misequal (d) unequal
- 31.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) dis- (c) mis- (d) pre-
- 32.What does “mislead” mean? (a) not lead (b) lead wrongly (c) lead again (d) lead before
- 33.Which word means “not honest”? (a) rehonest (b) unhonest (c) prehonest (d) dishonest
- 34.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) pretidy (b) distidy (c) untidy (d) retidy
- 35.Which word means “build again”? (a) misbuild (b) unbuild (c) disbuild (d) rebuild
- 36.Which word means “heat again”? (a) preheat (b) reheat (c) unheat (d) disheat
- 37.Which word means “count wrongly”? (a) miscount (b) discount (c) precount (d) uncount
- 38.Which word means “not well”? (a) unwell (b) rewell (c) diswell (d) prewell
- 39.Which word means “not respect”? (a) disrespect (b) rerespect (c) unrespect (d) misrespect
- 40.What does “misjudge” mean? (a) judge again (b) judge before (c) not judge (d) judge wrongly
Answer key
- repaint
- un-
- mis-
- not respect
- not equal
- unhappy
- fill again
- pre-
- re-
- not honest
- place wrongly
- uncommon
- not common
- rejoin
- replay
- judge before
- unfair
- not lucky
- disobey
- discontinue
- retell
- hear wrongly
- misread
- not clear
- join again
- view before
- heat again
- misjudge
- preheat
- unequal
- dis-
- lead wrongly
- dishonest
- untidy
- rebuild
- reheat
- miscount
- unwell
- disrespect
- judge wrongly
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