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 “tell again”? (a) pretell (b) distell (c) retell (d) mistell
- 2.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) re- (b) pre- (c) un- (d) mis-
- 3.What does “prejudge” mean? (a) judge wrongly (b) judge before (c) judge again (d) not judge
- 4.Which prefix means “not”? (a) dis- (b) pre- (c) mis- (d) re-
- 5.What does “preview” mean? (a) view wrongly (b) view again (c) not view (d) view before
- 6.Which word means “place wrongly”? (a) unplace (b) misplace (c) displace (d) preplace
- 7.Which word means “not agree”? (a) misagree (b) unagree (c) disagree (d) preagree
- 8.Which prefix means “again”? (a) un- (b) pre- (c) mis- (d) re-
- 9.Which prefix means “not”? (a) pre- (b) re- (c) mis- (d) un-
- 10.What does “misjudge” mean? (a) judge wrongly (b) judge before (c) judge again (d) not judge
- 11.What does “unhappy” mean? (a) happy again (b) happy before (c) not happy (d) happy wrongly
- 12.Which prefix means “before”? (a) un- (b) re- (c) mis- (d) pre-
- 13.Which word means “heat before”? (a) misheat (b) preheat (c) reheat (d) disheat
- 14.Which word means “spell wrongly”? (a) respell (b) unspell (c) disspell (d) misspell
- 15.Which word means “understand wrongly”? (a) misunderstand (b) reunderstand (c) ununderstand (d) disunderstand
- 16.Which word means “not well”? (a) rewell (b) diswell (c) prewell (d) unwell
- 17.What does “discontinue” mean? (a) not continue (b) continue before (c) continue wrongly (d) continue again
- 18.What does “unfair” mean? (a) fair again (b) fair wrongly (c) fair before (d) not fair
- 19.Which word means “not kind”? (a) diskind (b) rekind (c) prekind (d) unkind
- 20.Which word means “not obey”? (a) misobey (b) reobey (c) disobey (d) preobey
- 21.What does “reopen” mean? (a) open wrongly (b) not open (c) open again (d) open before
- 22.What does “miscount” mean? (a) count again (b) not count (c) count before (d) count wrongly
- 23.What does “unkind” mean? (a) kind wrongly (b) not kind (c) kind again (d) kind before
- 24.Which word means “cook before”? (a) recook (b) discook (c) miscook (d) precook
- 25.Which word means “not lucky”? (a) relucky (b) unlucky (c) prelucky (d) mislucky
- 26.What does “unequal” mean? (a) equal again (b) equal wrongly (c) not equal (d) equal before
- 27.What does “retell” mean? (a) tell again (b) tell wrongly (c) not tell (d) tell before
- 28.What does “replay” mean? (a) play before (b) play again (c) not play (d) play wrongly
- 29.Which word means “heat again”? (a) misheat (b) disheat (c) reheat (d) preheat
- 30.Which word means “play again”? (a) unplay (b) display (c) replay (d) misplay
- 31.Which word means “not usual”? (a) disusual (b) unusual (c) reusual (d) misusual
- 32.What does “disobey” mean? (a) obey again (b) obey wrongly (c) not obey (d) obey before
- 33.Which word means “not safe”? (a) missafe (b) unsafe (c) resafe (d) dissafe
- 34.Which word means “open again”? (a) misopen (b) disopen (c) unopen (d) reopen
- 35.What does “refill” mean? (a) fill again (b) fill before (c) fill wrongly (d) not fill
- 36.What does “rebuild” mean? (a) build wrongly (b) build again (c) not build (d) build before
- 37.What does “repaint” mean? (a) paint before (b) paint wrongly (c) not paint (d) paint again
- 38.What does “disagree” mean? (a) agree again (b) agree before (c) agree wrongly (d) not agree
- 39.Which word means “not common”? (a) uncommon (b) discommon (c) miscommon (d) recommon
- 40.What does “unsafe” mean? (a) safe before (b) safe wrongly (c) not safe (d) safe again
Answer key
- retell
- mis-
- judge before
- dis-
- view before
- misplace
- disagree
- re-
- un-
- judge wrongly
- not happy
- pre-
- preheat
- misspell
- misunderstand
- unwell
- not continue
- not fair
- unkind
- disobey
- open again
- count wrongly
- not kind
- precook
- unlucky
- not equal
- tell again
- play again
- reheat
- replay
- unusual
- not obey
- unsafe
- reopen
- fill again
- build again
- paint again
- not agree
- uncommon
- not safe
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