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.What does “misplace” mean? (a) place again (b) not place (c) place before (d) place wrongly
- 2.Which word means “not clear”? (a) disclear (b) misclear (c) unclear (d) preclear
- 3.What does “misread” mean? (a) read again (b) not read (c) read wrongly (d) read before
- 4.Which word means “read wrongly”? (a) unread (b) misread (c) preread (d) disread
- 5.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) distidy (b) retidy (c) mistidy (d) untidy
- 6.What does “misuse” mean? (a) not use (b) use before (c) use wrongly (d) use again
- 7.What does “disloyal” mean? (a) not loyal (b) loyal wrongly (c) loyal again (d) loyal before
- 8.What does “unlucky” mean? (a) lucky before (b) lucky wrongly (c) not lucky (d) lucky again
- 9.Which prefix means “before”? (a) un- (b) re- (c) pre- (d) mis-
- 10.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) pre- (b) re- (c) un- (d) mis-
- 11.What does “unhappy” mean? (a) not happy (b) happy again (c) happy wrongly (d) happy before
- 12.What does “reheat” mean? (a) heat wrongly (b) heat before (c) heat again (d) not heat
- 13.What does “mislead” mean? (a) lead wrongly (b) lead again (c) lead before (d) not lead
- 14.Which prefix means “again”? (a) re- (b) mis- (c) pre- (d) un-
- 15.Which word means “not kind”? (a) miskind (b) rekind (c) unkind (d) prekind
- 16.Which prefix means “not”? (a) un- (b) re- (c) pre- (d) mis-
- 17.Which word means “tell again”? (a) untell (b) retell (c) mistell (d) distell
- 18.What does “rejoin” mean? (a) not join (b) join wrongly (c) join again (d) join before
- 19.What does “unkind” mean? (a) kind before (b) kind wrongly (c) kind again (d) not kind
- 20.Which word means “not agree”? (a) disagree (b) preagree (c) misagree (d) unagree
- 21.Which word means “play again”? (a) misplay (b) preplay (c) replay (d) display
- 22.Which word means “heat before”? (a) misheat (b) disheat (c) preheat (d) unheat
- 23.What does “untidy” mean? (a) tidy wrongly (b) tidy before (c) tidy again (d) not tidy
- 24.What does “disobey” mean? (a) not obey (b) obey again (c) obey before (d) obey wrongly
- 25.Which word means “not happy”? (a) rehappy (b) prehappy (c) mishappy (d) unhappy
- 26.What does “reopen” mean? (a) open before (b) open again (c) not open (d) open wrongly
- 27.Which word means “not lucky”? (a) dislucky (b) prelucky (c) unlucky (d) mislucky
- 28.What does “disallow” mean? (a) allow before (b) allow wrongly (c) not allow (d) allow again
- 29.What does “misjudge” mean? (a) judge again (b) judge before (c) judge wrongly (d) not judge
- 30.Which word means “cook before”? (a) discook (b) uncook (c) precook (d) recook
- 31.What does “unwell” mean? (a) well again (b) not well (c) well wrongly (d) well before
- 32.What does “revisit” mean? (a) visit again (b) not visit (c) visit before (d) visit wrongly
- 33.What does “refill” mean? (a) fill wrongly (b) fill again (c) fill before (d) not fill
- 34.Which word means “hear wrongly”? (a) rehear (b) mishear (c) prehear (d) unhear
- 35.Which word means “not honest”? (a) mishonest (b) dishonest (c) prehonest (d) rehonest
- 36.What does “prepay” mean? (a) not pay (b) pay before (c) pay wrongly (d) pay again
- 37.Which word means “behave wrongly”? (a) prebehave (b) misbehave (c) unbehave (d) disbehave
- 38.Which word means “write again”? (a) miswrite (b) unwrite (c) rewrite (d) diswrite
- 39.Which word means “use again”? (a) unuse (b) preuse (c) reuse (d) disuse
- 40.What does “retell” mean? (a) tell wrongly (b) not tell (c) tell again (d) tell before
Answer key
- place wrongly
- unclear
- read wrongly
- misread
- untidy
- use wrongly
- not loyal
- not lucky
- pre-
- mis-
- not happy
- heat again
- lead wrongly
- re-
- unkind
- un-
- retell
- join again
- not kind
- disagree
- replay
- preheat
- not tidy
- not obey
- unhappy
- open again
- unlucky
- not allow
- judge wrongly
- precook
- not well
- visit again
- fill again
- mishear
- dishonest
- pay before
- misbehave
- rewrite
- reuse
- tell again
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