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 “not well”? (a) rewell (b) diswell (c) unwell (d) miswell
- 2.What does “rejoin” mean? (a) not join (b) join before (c) join wrongly (d) join again
- 3.Which prefix means “not”? (a) mis- (b) pre- (c) dis- (d) re-
- 4.Which word means “lead wrongly”? (a) dislead (b) mislead (c) unlead (d) relead
- 5.Which prefix means “before”? (a) un- (b) re- (c) mis- (d) pre-
- 6.Which word means “heat again”? (a) misheat (b) unheat (c) preheat (d) reheat
- 7.What does “mishear” mean? (a) hear before (b) hear again (c) hear wrongly (d) not hear
- 8.Which prefix means “not”? (a) mis- (b) re- (c) pre- (d) un-
- 9.What does “dishonest” mean? (a) honest before (b) honest again (c) honest wrongly (d) not honest
- 10.What does “discontinue” mean? (a) continue before (b) continue wrongly (c) continue again (d) not continue
- 11.What does “revisit” mean? (a) visit wrongly (b) visit before (c) visit again (d) not visit
- 12.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) mis- (b) pre- (c) un- (d) re-
- 13.Which word means “fill again”? (a) misfill (b) disfill (c) unfill (d) refill
- 14.What does “misuse” mean? (a) not use (b) use wrongly (c) use again (d) use before
- 15.Which word means “play again”? (a) display (b) preplay (c) misplay (d) replay
- 16.Which word means “count wrongly”? (a) recount (b) miscount (c) uncount (d) discount
- 17.Which word means “heat before”? (a) preheat (b) reheat (c) unheat (d) disheat
- 18.What does “misunderstand” mean? (a) understand wrongly (b) understand before (c) understand again (d) not understand
- 19.What does “unusual” mean? (a) not usual (b) usual before (c) usual wrongly (d) usual again
- 20.What does “unwell” mean? (a) well again (b) well before (c) well wrongly (d) not well
- 21.Which prefix means “again”? (a) un- (b) mis- (c) re- (d) pre-
- 22.Which word means “not respect”? (a) prerespect (b) disrespect (c) unrespect (d) rerespect
- 23.Which word means “not equal”? (a) disequal (b) preequal (c) unequal (d) reequal
- 24.What does “misread” mean? (a) read before (b) read again (c) read wrongly (d) not read
- 25.Which word means “use again”? (a) unuse (b) misuse (c) reuse (d) preuse
- 26.What does “preview” mean? (a) view wrongly (b) not view (c) view before (d) view again
- 27.Which word means “not common”? (a) miscommon (b) uncommon (c) recommon (d) discommon
- 28.What does “untidy” mean? (a) tidy again (b) tidy wrongly (c) tidy before (d) not tidy
- 29.What does “unhappy” mean? (a) not happy (b) happy again (c) happy wrongly (d) happy before
- 30.What does “unkind” mean? (a) kind wrongly (b) not kind (c) kind before (d) kind again
- 31.Which word means “judge wrongly”? (a) unjudge (b) rejudge (c) misjudge (d) prejudge
- 32.What does “disobey” mean? (a) obey wrongly (b) obey before (c) obey again (d) not obey
- 33.Which word means “not continue”? (a) precontinue (b) discontinue (c) recontinue (d) miscontinue
- 34.Which word means “not allow”? (a) unallow (b) preallow (c) disallow (d) misallow
- 35.What does “unclear” mean? (a) clear before (b) clear again (c) not clear (d) clear wrongly
- 36.What does “disrespect” mean? (a) respect again (b) not respect (c) respect wrongly (d) respect before
- 37.What does “rewrite” mean? (a) write wrongly (b) write again (c) not write (d) write before
- 38.What does “retell” mean? (a) not tell (b) tell wrongly (c) tell before (d) tell again
- 39.What does “reopen” mean? (a) not open (b) open before (c) open wrongly (d) open again
- 40.Which word means “not kind”? (a) miskind (b) unkind (c) rekind (d) prekind
Answer key
- unwell
- join again
- dis-
- mislead
- pre-
- reheat
- hear wrongly
- un-
- not honest
- not continue
- visit again
- mis-
- refill
- use wrongly
- replay
- miscount
- preheat
- understand wrongly
- not usual
- not well
- re-
- disrespect
- unequal
- read wrongly
- reuse
- view before
- uncommon
- not tidy
- not happy
- not kind
- misjudge
- not obey
- discontinue
- disallow
- not clear
- not respect
- write again
- tell again
- open again
- unkind
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