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 “paint again”? (a) mispaint (b) prepaint (c) repaint (d) dispaint
- 2.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) mis- (b) pre- (c) un- (d) re-
- 3.Which word means “not honest”? (a) dishonest (b) rehonest (c) unhonest (d) mishonest
- 4.Which word means “use wrongly”? (a) reuse (b) unuse (c) misuse (d) disuse
- 5.Which prefix means “again”? (a) pre- (b) re- (c) mis- (d) un-
- 6.Which word means “pay before”? (a) dispay (b) mispay (c) prepay (d) unpay
- 7.What does “unhappy” mean? (a) happy wrongly (b) happy again (c) happy before (d) not happy
- 8.What does “unusual” mean? (a) usual wrongly (b) usual again (c) not usual (d) usual before
- 9.Which prefix means “not”? (a) pre- (b) re- (c) mis- (d) un-
- 10.What does “uncommon” mean? (a) not common (b) common before (c) common again (d) common wrongly
- 11.What does “miscount” mean? (a) count again (b) count wrongly (c) not count (d) count before
- 12.What does “reopen” mean? (a) open before (b) open wrongly (c) not open (d) open again
- 13.What does “recheck” mean? (a) check wrongly (b) check again (c) check before (d) not check
- 14.Which word means “not agree”? (a) misagree (b) unagree (c) preagree (d) disagree
- 15.Which word means “not usual”? (a) preusual (b) reusual (c) unusual (d) misusual
- 16.Which prefix means “not”? (a) mis- (b) re- (c) pre- (d) dis-
- 17.Which prefix means “before”? (a) un- (b) pre- (c) mis- (d) re-
- 18.What does “revisit” mean? (a) not visit (b) visit again (c) visit wrongly (d) visit before
- 19.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) mistidy (b) distidy (c) pretidy (d) untidy
- 20.Which word means “understand wrongly”? (a) reunderstand (b) disunderstand (c) misunderstand (d) preunderstand
- 21.What does “unlucky” mean? (a) not lucky (b) lucky before (c) lucky wrongly (d) lucky again
- 22.Which word means “join again”? (a) unjoin (b) rejoin (c) disjoin (d) misjoin
- 23.What does “untidy” mean? (a) tidy again (b) not tidy (c) tidy before (d) tidy wrongly
- 24.What does “unwell” mean? (a) well wrongly (b) well before (c) not well (d) well again
- 25.What does “preview” mean? (a) not view (b) view again (c) view before (d) view wrongly
- 26.Which word means “not safe”? (a) resafe (b) unsafe (c) presafe (d) dissafe
- 27.Which word means “not obey”? (a) preobey (b) reobey (c) unobey (d) disobey
- 28.What does “mislead” mean? (a) not lead (b) lead before (c) lead wrongly (d) lead again
- 29.Which word means “use again”? (a) disuse (b) reuse (c) misuse (d) unuse
- 30.Which word means “check again”? (a) precheck (b) recheck (c) discheck (d) mischeck
- 31.Which word means “not fair”? (a) disfair (b) misfair (c) prefair (d) unfair
- 32.Which word means “not common”? (a) recommon (b) miscommon (c) precommon (d) uncommon
- 33.What does “unfair” mean? (a) fair before (b) fair wrongly (c) not fair (d) fair again
- 34.What does “replay” mean? (a) not play (b) play before (c) play again (d) play wrongly
- 35.Which word means “cook before”? (a) miscook (b) precook (c) recook (d) discook
- 36.Which word means “not loyal”? (a) unloyal (b) misloyal (c) disloyal (d) preloyal
- 37.What does “disagree” mean? (a) agree wrongly (b) agree before (c) not agree (d) agree again
- 38.Which word means “behave wrongly”? (a) disbehave (b) unbehave (c) rebehave (d) misbehave
- 39.Which word means “judge before”? (a) misjudge (b) unjudge (c) prejudge (d) rejudge
- 40.What does “precook” mean? (a) cook wrongly (b) cook before (c) not cook (d) cook again
Answer key
- repaint
- mis-
- dishonest
- misuse
- re-
- prepay
- not happy
- not usual
- un-
- not common
- count wrongly
- open again
- check again
- disagree
- unusual
- dis-
- pre-
- visit again
- untidy
- misunderstand
- not lucky
- rejoin
- not tidy
- not well
- view before
- unsafe
- disobey
- lead wrongly
- reuse
- recheck
- unfair
- uncommon
- not fair
- play again
- precook
- disloyal
- not agree
- misbehave
- prejudge
- cook before
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