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 “wrongly”? (a) re- (b) pre- (c) un- (d) mis-
- 2.What does “mislead” mean? (a) lead wrongly (b) not lead (c) lead again (d) lead before
- 3.Which word means “visit again”? (a) misvisit (b) unvisit (c) revisit (d) previsit
- 4.Which word means “view before”? (a) misview (b) preview (c) disview (d) review
- 5.Which word means “not honest”? (a) mishonest (b) unhonest (c) dishonest (d) prehonest
- 6.Which prefix means “again”? (a) mis- (b) re- (c) un- (d) pre-
- 7.What does “prepay” mean? (a) pay wrongly (b) not pay (c) pay before (d) pay again
- 8.What does “disobey” mean? (a) obey wrongly (b) obey before (c) not obey (d) obey again
- 9.What does “unlucky” mean? (a) lucky before (b) lucky wrongly (c) lucky again (d) not lucky
- 10.Which prefix means “before”? (a) pre- (b) un- (c) mis- (d) re-
- 11.What does “unequal” mean? (a) equal wrongly (b) equal again (c) not equal (d) equal before
- 12.What does “precook” mean? (a) cook wrongly (b) cook before (c) cook again (d) not cook
- 13.Which prefix means “not”? (a) dis- (b) mis- (c) re- (d) pre-
- 14.Which word means “paint again”? (a) mispaint (b) repaint (c) unpaint (d) prepaint
- 15.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) un- (c) mis- (d) pre-
- 16.Which word means “not lucky”? (a) unlucky (b) mislucky (c) prelucky (d) relucky
- 17.Which word means “fill again”? (a) refill (b) misfill (c) unfill (d) disfill
- 18.Which word means “not equal”? (a) disequal (b) unequal (c) misequal (d) preequal
- 19.Which word means “not safe”? (a) resafe (b) missafe (c) unsafe (d) presafe
- 20.Which word means “not clear”? (a) reclear (b) preclear (c) disclear (d) unclear
- 21.What does “unfair” mean? (a) fair wrongly (b) fair before (c) not fair (d) fair again
- 22.Which word means “not common”? (a) precommon (b) recommon (c) miscommon (d) uncommon
- 23.Which word means “not respect”? (a) rerespect (b) prerespect (c) disrespect (d) misrespect
- 24.What does “misjudge” mean? (a) judge again (b) not judge (c) judge wrongly (d) judge before
- 25.Which word means “not well”? (a) unwell (b) miswell (c) diswell (d) prewell
- 26.What does “replay” mean? (a) play before (b) not play (c) play wrongly (d) play again
- 27.What does “unkind” mean? (a) not kind (b) kind wrongly (c) kind before (d) kind again
- 28.Which word means “not happy”? (a) unhappy (b) mishappy (c) prehappy (d) rehappy
- 29.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) mistidy (b) untidy (c) pretidy (d) distidy
- 30.Which word means “pay before”? (a) unpay (b) dispay (c) mispay (d) prepay
- 31.What does “unusual” mean? (a) not usual (b) usual wrongly (c) usual again (d) usual before
- 32.Which word means “tell again”? (a) distell (b) mistell (c) untell (d) retell
- 33.What does “misbehave” mean? (a) behave again (b) behave before (c) behave wrongly (d) not behave
- 34.What does “refill” mean? (a) not fill (b) fill before (c) fill again (d) fill wrongly
- 35.What does “miscount” mean? (a) count before (b) not count (c) count again (d) count wrongly
- 36.What does “reuse” mean? (a) use before (b) use again (c) use wrongly (d) not use
- 37.What does “dishonest” mean? (a) honest before (b) honest again (c) honest wrongly (d) not honest
- 38.What does “misspell” mean? (a) spell before (b) not spell (c) spell again (d) spell wrongly
- 39.Which word means “play again”? (a) display (b) replay (c) unplay (d) misplay
- 40.What does “disagree” mean? (a) agree again (b) agree before (c) not agree (d) agree wrongly
Answer key
- mis-
- lead wrongly
- revisit
- preview
- dishonest
- re-
- pay before
- not obey
- not lucky
- pre-
- not equal
- cook before
- dis-
- repaint
- un-
- unlucky
- refill
- unequal
- unsafe
- unclear
- not fair
- uncommon
- disrespect
- judge wrongly
- unwell
- play again
- not kind
- unhappy
- untidy
- prepay
- not usual
- retell
- behave wrongly
- fill again
- count wrongly
- use again
- not honest
- spell wrongly
- replay
- not agree
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