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 prefix means “again”? (a) re- (b) mis- (c) un- (d) pre-
- 2.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) mis- (b) re- (c) pre- (d) un-
- 3.What does “prejudge” mean? (a) judge before (b) not judge (c) judge wrongly (d) judge again
- 4.Which prefix means “before”? (a) pre- (b) mis- (c) un- (d) re-
- 5.What does “dishonest” mean? (a) not honest (b) honest wrongly (c) honest before (d) honest again
- 6.What does “revisit” mean? (a) visit again (b) visit wrongly (c) not visit (d) visit before
- 7.Which word means “visit again”? (a) revisit (b) disvisit (c) misvisit (d) unvisit
- 8.Which word means “pay before”? (a) dispay (b) repay (c) mispay (d) prepay
- 9.What does “unwell” mean? (a) well wrongly (b) well again (c) not well (d) well before
- 10.Which word means “count wrongly”? (a) precount (b) uncount (c) recount (d) miscount
- 11.Which prefix means “not”? (a) un- (b) mis- (c) pre- (d) re-
- 12.What does “unequal” mean? (a) equal wrongly (b) equal again (c) not equal (d) equal before
- 13.Which word means “lead wrongly”? (a) mislead (b) unlead (c) dislead (d) relead
- 14.What does “unkind” mean? (a) kind again (b) kind wrongly (c) kind before (d) not kind
- 15.Which word means “paint again”? (a) unpaint (b) mispaint (c) repaint (d) prepaint
- 16.Which prefix means “not”? (a) pre- (b) dis- (c) mis- (d) re-
- 17.What does “misread” mean? (a) read wrongly (b) not read (c) read again (d) read before
- 18.Which word means “spell wrongly”? (a) misspell (b) prespell (c) unspell (d) disspell
- 19.What does “prepay” mean? (a) not pay (b) pay wrongly (c) pay again (d) pay before
- 20.What does “unusual” mean? (a) usual again (b) usual wrongly (c) not usual (d) usual before
- 21.What does “reuse” mean? (a) use again (b) use wrongly (c) use before (d) not use
- 22.Which word means “not equal”? (a) reequal (b) unequal (c) preequal (d) disequal
- 23.What does “misplace” mean? (a) place before (b) place again (c) place wrongly (d) not place
- 24.Which word means “view before”? (a) review (b) disview (c) preview (d) unview
- 25.What does “miscount” mean? (a) count again (b) not count (c) count wrongly (d) count before
- 26.Which word means “not allow”? (a) reallow (b) misallow (c) disallow (d) unallow
- 27.Which word means “not well”? (a) diswell (b) unwell (c) rewell (d) prewell
- 28.Which word means “open again”? (a) unopen (b) misopen (c) preopen (d) reopen
- 29.Which word means “not fair”? (a) disfair (b) prefair (c) unfair (d) misfair
- 30.Which word means “place wrongly”? (a) preplace (b) replace (c) displace (d) misplace
- 31.What does “disobey” mean? (a) obey wrongly (b) obey before (c) obey again (d) not obey
- 32.What does “repaint” mean? (a) paint wrongly (b) paint before (c) not paint (d) paint again
- 33.Which word means “not safe”? (a) unsafe (b) resafe (c) missafe (d) dissafe
- 34.What does “misjudge” mean? (a) not judge (b) judge wrongly (c) judge before (d) judge again
- 35.What does “preview” mean? (a) view wrongly (b) not view (c) view before (d) view again
- 36.What does “unsafe” mean? (a) safe wrongly (b) not safe (c) safe again (d) safe before
- 37.Which word means “understand wrongly”? (a) disunderstand (b) ununderstand (c) reunderstand (d) misunderstand
- 38.Which word means “use wrongly”? (a) preuse (b) misuse (c) unuse (d) disuse
- 39.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) untidy (b) mistidy (c) distidy (d) pretidy
- 40.What does “retell” mean? (a) not tell (b) tell again (c) tell before (d) tell wrongly
Answer key
- re-
- mis-
- judge before
- pre-
- not honest
- visit again
- revisit
- prepay
- not well
- miscount
- un-
- not equal
- mislead
- not kind
- repaint
- dis-
- read wrongly
- misspell
- pay before
- not usual
- use again
- unequal
- place wrongly
- preview
- count wrongly
- disallow
- unwell
- reopen
- unfair
- misplace
- not obey
- paint again
- unsafe
- judge wrongly
- view before
- not safe
- misunderstand
- misuse
- untidy
- tell again
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