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 fair”? (a) misfair (b) refair (c) unfair (d) prefair
- 2.Which prefix means “before”? (a) un- (b) mis- (c) re- (d) pre-
- 3.What does “preheat” mean? (a) heat before (b) heat again (c) heat wrongly (d) not heat
- 4.What does “discontinue” mean? (a) continue wrongly (b) not continue (c) continue again (d) continue before
- 5.What does “miscount” mean? (a) count again (b) count wrongly (c) not count (d) count before
- 6.What does “disagree” mean? (a) agree wrongly (b) agree before (c) not agree (d) agree again
- 7.Which prefix means “not”? (a) mis- (b) re- (c) pre- (d) dis-
- 8.What does “unhappy” mean? (a) happy again (b) happy wrongly (c) happy before (d) not happy
- 9.What does “misbehave” mean? (a) behave wrongly (b) behave again (c) behave before (d) not behave
- 10.Which word means “not loyal”? (a) disloyal (b) misloyal (c) unloyal (d) reloyal
- 11.Which prefix means “again”? (a) un- (b) re- (c) mis- (d) pre-
- 12.What does “misjudge” mean? (a) judge again (b) judge wrongly (c) not judge (d) judge before
- 13.Which word means “not honest”? (a) mishonest (b) unhonest (c) rehonest (d) dishonest
- 14.Which word means “lead wrongly”? (a) unlead (b) relead (c) mislead (d) prelead
- 15.What does “misunderstand” mean? (a) understand before (b) understand again (c) understand wrongly (d) not understand
- 16.What does “repaint” mean? (a) not paint (b) paint again (c) paint wrongly (d) paint before
- 17.Which word means “join again”? (a) rejoin (b) prejoin (c) disjoin (d) misjoin
- 18.Which word means “not respect”? (a) prerespect (b) misrespect (c) disrespect (d) rerespect
- 19.Which word means “not continue”? (a) precontinue (b) recontinue (c) miscontinue (d) discontinue
- 20.Which word means “place wrongly”? (a) misplace (b) unplace (c) displace (d) replace
- 21.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) mis- (b) re- (c) pre- (d) un-
- 22.What does “rebuild” mean? (a) not build (b) build before (c) build wrongly (d) build again
- 23.Which word means “not kind”? (a) rekind (b) miskind (c) prekind (d) unkind
- 24.What does “replay” mean? (a) not play (b) play wrongly (c) play before (d) play again
- 25.What does “misplace” mean? (a) place wrongly (b) place again (c) not place (d) place before
- 26.Which prefix means “not”? (a) un- (b) re- (c) mis- (d) pre-
- 27.Which word means “visit again”? (a) revisit (b) disvisit (c) previsit (d) misvisit
- 28.Which word means “not common”? (a) discommon (b) uncommon (c) recommon (d) precommon
- 29.Which word means “use again”? (a) reuse (b) unuse (c) misuse (d) preuse
- 30.Which word means “judge wrongly”? (a) disjudge (b) misjudge (c) prejudge (d) unjudge
- 31.Which word means “not clear”? (a) misclear (b) disclear (c) unclear (d) reclear
- 32.What does “prepay” mean? (a) pay wrongly (b) not pay (c) pay before (d) pay again
- 33.What does “unsafe” mean? (a) safe again (b) safe before (c) not safe (d) safe wrongly
- 34.What does “preview” mean? (a) not view (b) view again (c) view before (d) view wrongly
- 35.What does “disobey” mean? (a) obey again (b) obey before (c) obey wrongly (d) not obey
- 36.Which word means “use wrongly”? (a) reuse (b) disuse (c) misuse (d) unuse
- 37.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) retidy (b) distidy (c) untidy (d) mistidy
- 38.Which word means “not usual”? (a) preusual (b) disusual (c) unusual (d) misusual
- 39.What does “unkind” mean? (a) kind again (b) not kind (c) kind wrongly (d) kind before
- 40.Which word means “paint again”? (a) dispaint (b) mispaint (c) unpaint (d) repaint
Answer key
- unfair
- pre-
- heat before
- not continue
- count wrongly
- not agree
- dis-
- not happy
- behave wrongly
- disloyal
- re-
- judge wrongly
- dishonest
- mislead
- understand wrongly
- paint again
- rejoin
- disrespect
- discontinue
- misplace
- mis-
- build again
- unkind
- play again
- place wrongly
- un-
- revisit
- uncommon
- reuse
- misjudge
- unclear
- pay before
- not safe
- view before
- not obey
- misuse
- untidy
- unusual
- not kind
- repaint
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