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 “recheck” mean? (a) not check (b) check before (c) check again (d) check wrongly
- 2.Which prefix means “again”? (a) re- (b) un- (c) mis- (d) pre-
- 3.Which word means “understand wrongly”? (a) reunderstand (b) preunderstand (c) ununderstand (d) misunderstand
- 4.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) un- (b) re- (c) mis- (d) pre-
- 5.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) mis- (c) dis- (d) pre-
- 6.Which prefix means “before”? (a) un- (b) re- (c) mis- (d) pre-
- 7.What does “uncommon” mean? (a) common again (b) common wrongly (c) common before (d) not common
- 8.Which word means “not well”? (a) unwell (b) diswell (c) prewell (d) rewell
- 9.What does “reopen” mean? (a) open before (b) open again (c) not open (d) open wrongly
- 10.What does “unwell” mean? (a) not well (b) well before (c) well again (d) well wrongly
- 11.What does “unequal” mean? (a) equal again (b) equal before (c) equal wrongly (d) not equal
- 12.Which word means “build again”? (a) disbuild (b) unbuild (c) rebuild (d) prebuild
- 13.What does “miscount” mean? (a) not count (b) count again (c) count wrongly (d) count before
- 14.What does “preheat” mean? (a) heat before (b) heat again (c) not heat (d) heat wrongly
- 15.Which word means “tell again”? (a) retell (b) untell (c) pretell (d) distell
- 16.Which word means “hear wrongly”? (a) unhear (b) prehear (c) rehear (d) mishear
- 17.What does “misread” mean? (a) not read (b) read before (c) read again (d) read wrongly
- 18.What does “disagree” mean? (a) agree wrongly (b) agree before (c) not agree (d) agree again
- 19.Which word means “visit again”? (a) revisit (b) previsit (c) disvisit (d) misvisit
- 20.What does “misjudge” mean? (a) judge again (b) judge before (c) judge wrongly (d) not judge
- 21.Which prefix means “not”? (a) pre- (b) un- (c) re- (d) mis-
- 22.Which word means “judge wrongly”? (a) misjudge (b) prejudge (c) unjudge (d) disjudge
- 23.Which word means “use again”? (a) misuse (b) reuse (c) preuse (d) unuse
- 24.What does “prejudge” mean? (a) judge before (b) judge again (c) judge wrongly (d) not judge
- 25.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) retidy (b) untidy (c) distidy (d) pretidy
- 26.What does “unkind” mean? (a) not kind (b) kind again (c) kind before (d) kind wrongly
- 27.What does “prepay” mean? (a) pay wrongly (b) pay again (c) pay before (d) not pay
- 28.Which word means “check again”? (a) discheck (b) uncheck (c) recheck (d) precheck
- 29.Which word means “spell wrongly”? (a) disspell (b) misspell (c) respell (d) unspell
- 30.Which word means “cook before”? (a) recook (b) uncook (c) discook (d) precook
- 31.What does “unclear” mean? (a) not clear (b) clear before (c) clear wrongly (d) clear again
- 32.What does “unsafe” mean? (a) safe again (b) safe before (c) not safe (d) safe wrongly
- 33.Which word means “not lucky”? (a) prelucky (b) unlucky (c) dislucky (d) relucky
- 34.Which word means “not respect”? (a) unrespect (b) disrespect (c) misrespect (d) prerespect
- 35.Which word means “not continue”? (a) miscontinue (b) precontinue (c) uncontinue (d) discontinue
- 36.What does “disobey” mean? (a) obey again (b) obey wrongly (c) obey before (d) not obey
- 37.Which word means “use wrongly”? (a) disuse (b) misuse (c) reuse (d) unuse
- 38.What does “rewrite” mean? (a) not write (b) write before (c) write again (d) write wrongly
- 39.Which word means “read wrongly”? (a) reread (b) unread (c) misread (d) disread
- 40.What does “disrespect” mean? (a) respect before (b) respect wrongly (c) not respect (d) respect again
Answer key
- check again
- re-
- misunderstand
- mis-
- dis-
- pre-
- not common
- unwell
- open again
- not well
- not equal
- rebuild
- count wrongly
- heat before
- retell
- mishear
- read wrongly
- not agree
- revisit
- judge wrongly
- un-
- misjudge
- reuse
- judge before
- untidy
- not kind
- pay before
- recheck
- misspell
- precook
- not clear
- not safe
- unlucky
- disrespect
- discontinue
- not obey
- misuse
- write again
- misread
- not respect
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