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 “open again”? (a) unopen (b) disopen (c) reopen (d) misopen
- 2.What does “misread” mean? (a) read again (b) not read (c) read before (d) read wrongly
- 3.What does “misunderstand” mean? (a) understand again (b) not understand (c) understand before (d) understand wrongly
- 4.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) mis- (b) pre- (c) re- (d) un-
- 5.Which prefix means “again”? (a) re- (b) mis- (c) un- (d) pre-
- 6.Which word means “count wrongly”? (a) recount (b) discount (c) miscount (d) uncount
- 7.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) mis- (c) pre- (d) un-
- 8.Which word means “hear wrongly”? (a) dishear (b) prehear (c) rehear (d) mishear
- 9.Which word means “not equal”? (a) reequal (b) unequal (c) disequal (d) misequal
- 10.Which word means “behave wrongly”? (a) disbehave (b) prebehave (c) misbehave (d) rebehave
- 11.Which word means “not obey”? (a) disobey (b) unobey (c) preobey (d) reobey
- 12.What does “unkind” mean? (a) kind wrongly (b) not kind (c) kind before (d) kind again
- 13.What does “misuse” mean? (a) use again (b) use before (c) use wrongly (d) not use
- 14.Which word means “not safe”? (a) resafe (b) unsafe (c) missafe (d) dissafe
- 15.What does “unequal” mean? (a) equal again (b) equal before (c) equal wrongly (d) not equal
- 16.Which word means “use again”? (a) preuse (b) disuse (c) reuse (d) unuse
- 17.Which word means “visit again”? (a) revisit (b) misvisit (c) disvisit (d) unvisit
- 18.What does “mishear” mean? (a) hear again (b) not hear (c) hear wrongly (d) hear before
- 19.What does “unusual” mean? (a) usual before (b) usual again (c) not usual (d) usual wrongly
- 20.What does “misspell” mean? (a) spell again (b) spell wrongly (c) spell before (d) not spell
- 21.What does “untidy” mean? (a) tidy wrongly (b) tidy before (c) tidy again (d) not tidy
- 22.Which word means “join again”? (a) prejoin (b) rejoin (c) unjoin (d) disjoin
- 23.What does “rewrite” mean? (a) write again (b) not write (c) write before (d) write wrongly
- 24.Which prefix means “before”? (a) un- (b) pre- (c) re- (d) mis-
- 25.What does “reheat” mean? (a) heat again (b) heat before (c) not heat (d) heat wrongly
- 26.Which word means “judge before”? (a) rejudge (b) disjudge (c) unjudge (d) prejudge
- 27.Which word means “not allow”? (a) unallow (b) disallow (c) misallow (d) preallow
- 28.Which word means “pay before”? (a) unpay (b) repay (c) mispay (d) prepay
- 29.Which word means “play again”? (a) preplay (b) replay (c) unplay (d) display
- 30.What does “disrespect” mean? (a) respect wrongly (b) respect before (c) not respect (d) respect again
- 31.What does “unfair” mean? (a) fair wrongly (b) fair again (c) not fair (d) fair before
- 32.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) pretidy (b) untidy (c) retidy (d) mistidy
- 33.What does “unlucky” mean? (a) lucky before (b) not lucky (c) lucky again (d) lucky wrongly
- 34.What does “replay” mean? (a) play before (b) play again (c) play wrongly (d) not play
- 35.What does “prepay” mean? (a) pay again (b) not pay (c) pay wrongly (d) pay before
- 36.Which word means “not clear”? (a) disclear (b) reclear (c) preclear (d) unclear
- 37.Which word means “view before”? (a) unview (b) preview (c) review (d) misview
- 38.What does “retell” mean? (a) tell again (b) tell before (c) tell wrongly (d) not tell
- 39.What does “misbehave” mean? (a) behave before (b) behave again (c) not behave (d) behave wrongly
- 40.What does “repaint” mean? (a) paint before (b) not paint (c) paint again (d) paint wrongly
Answer key
- reopen
- read wrongly
- understand wrongly
- mis-
- re-
- miscount
- un-
- mishear
- unequal
- misbehave
- disobey
- not kind
- use wrongly
- unsafe
- not equal
- reuse
- revisit
- hear wrongly
- not usual
- spell wrongly
- not tidy
- rejoin
- write again
- pre-
- heat again
- prejudge
- disallow
- prepay
- replay
- not respect
- not fair
- untidy
- not lucky
- play again
- pay before
- unclear
- preview
- tell again
- behave wrongly
- paint again
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