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) mis- (b) re- (c) un- (d) pre-
- 2.What does “uncommon” mean? (a) common before (b) common again (c) common wrongly (d) not common
- 3.Which prefix means “not”? (a) mis- (b) un- (c) pre- (d) re-
- 4.Which prefix means “before”? (a) pre- (b) un- (c) re- (d) mis-
- 5.What does “disrespect” mean? (a) respect before (b) respect again (c) respect wrongly (d) not respect
- 6.Which word means “not common”? (a) uncommon (b) recommon (c) miscommon (d) discommon
- 7.What does “misuse” mean? (a) use wrongly (b) not use (c) use before (d) use again
- 8.What does “unsafe” mean? (a) not safe (b) safe again (c) safe before (d) safe wrongly
- 9.Which word means “build again”? (a) prebuild (b) rebuild (c) unbuild (d) misbuild
- 10.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) pre- (b) mis- (c) re- (d) un-
- 11.Which word means “use again”? (a) misuse (b) reuse (c) preuse (d) disuse
- 12.What does “prepay” mean? (a) not pay (b) pay again (c) pay wrongly (d) pay before
- 13.Which word means “not fair”? (a) disfair (b) refair (c) prefair (d) unfair
- 14.Which word means “not equal”? (a) unequal (b) disequal (c) preequal (d) reequal
- 15.What does “reheat” mean? (a) not heat (b) heat before (c) heat again (d) heat wrongly
- 16.What does “unusual” mean? (a) usual wrongly (b) not usual (c) usual before (d) usual again
- 17.Which word means “use wrongly”? (a) preuse (b) reuse (c) misuse (d) disuse
- 18.Which word means “open again”? (a) disopen (b) unopen (c) reopen (d) misopen
- 19.What does “rewrite” mean? (a) write wrongly (b) write again (c) not write (d) write before
- 20.Which word means “not kind”? (a) diskind (b) rekind (c) prekind (d) unkind
- 21.Which word means “visit again”? (a) previsit (b) disvisit (c) revisit (d) unvisit
- 22.What does “mishear” mean? (a) hear again (b) not hear (c) hear wrongly (d) hear before
- 23.What does “precook” mean? (a) cook wrongly (b) cook again (c) cook before (d) not cook
- 24.Which word means “judge wrongly”? (a) unjudge (b) rejudge (c) misjudge (d) disjudge
- 25.What does “untidy” mean? (a) tidy before (b) tidy wrongly (c) tidy again (d) not tidy
- 26.Which word means “tell again”? (a) untell (b) mistell (c) distell (d) retell
- 27.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) pre- (c) mis- (d) dis-
- 28.What does “unlucky” mean? (a) lucky again (b) lucky before (c) lucky wrongly (d) not lucky
- 29.Which word means “not respect”? (a) disrespect (b) misrespect (c) unrespect (d) rerespect
- 30.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) untidy (b) mistidy (c) distidy (d) pretidy
- 31.Which word means “fill again”? (a) disfill (b) refill (c) unfill (d) misfill
- 32.Which word means “not lucky”? (a) relucky (b) mislucky (c) dislucky (d) unlucky
- 33.What does “miscount” mean? (a) count again (b) count wrongly (c) count before (d) not count
- 34.What does “refill” mean? (a) fill before (b) fill wrongly (c) not fill (d) fill again
- 35.Which word means “pay before”? (a) prepay (b) mispay (c) repay (d) unpay
- 36.What does “discontinue” mean? (a) continue wrongly (b) continue before (c) continue again (d) not continue
- 37.Which word means “not agree”? (a) misagree (b) disagree (c) unagree (d) reagree
- 38.Which word means “not honest”? (a) rehonest (b) dishonest (c) mishonest (d) unhonest
- 39.What does “unhappy” mean? (a) happy before (b) happy again (c) happy wrongly (d) not happy
- 40.What does “rebuild” mean? (a) build wrongly (b) not build (c) build before (d) build again
Answer key
- re-
- not common
- un-
- pre-
- not respect
- uncommon
- use wrongly
- not safe
- rebuild
- mis-
- reuse
- pay before
- unfair
- unequal
- heat again
- not usual
- misuse
- reopen
- write again
- unkind
- revisit
- hear wrongly
- cook before
- misjudge
- not tidy
- retell
- dis-
- not lucky
- disrespect
- untidy
- refill
- unlucky
- count wrongly
- fill again
- prepay
- not continue
- disagree
- dishonest
- not happy
- build again
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