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 prefix means “again”? (a) mis- (b) re- (c) un- (d) pre-
- 2.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) re- (b) mis- (c) pre- (d) un-
- 3.Which word means “judge before”? (a) disjudge (b) unjudge (c) prejudge (d) misjudge
- 4.Which word means “not lucky”? (a) dislucky (b) prelucky (c) unlucky (d) relucky
- 5.Which prefix means “before”? (a) re- (b) pre- (c) mis- (d) un-
- 6.Which word means “join again”? (a) prejoin (b) misjoin (c) disjoin (d) rejoin
- 7.Which word means “not continue”? (a) precontinue (b) recontinue (c) uncontinue (d) discontinue
- 8.Which word means “pay before”? (a) mispay (b) repay (c) unpay (d) prepay
- 9.What does “revisit” mean? (a) not visit (b) visit wrongly (c) visit again (d) visit before
- 10.Which prefix means “not”? (a) pre- (b) mis- (c) re- (d) un-
- 11.What does “disobey” mean? (a) obey again (b) not obey (c) obey before (d) obey wrongly
- 12.What does “unequal” mean? (a) equal again (b) not equal (c) equal before (d) equal wrongly
- 13.Which word means “open again”? (a) disopen (b) misopen (c) preopen (d) reopen
- 14.Which word means “fill again”? (a) misfill (b) refill (c) prefill (d) disfill
- 15.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) untidy (b) distidy (c) pretidy (d) mistidy
- 16.What does “uncommon” mean? (a) not common (b) common wrongly (c) common before (d) common again
- 17.What does “dishonest” mean? (a) not honest (b) honest before (c) honest wrongly (d) honest again
- 18.What does “misspell” mean? (a) spell again (b) not spell (c) spell wrongly (d) spell before
- 19.What does “preheat” mean? (a) heat wrongly (b) heat before (c) not heat (d) heat again
- 20.What does “rewrite” mean? (a) not write (b) write wrongly (c) write again (d) write before
- 21.What does “misuse” mean? (a) use again (b) use before (c) not use (d) use wrongly
- 22.What does “prepay” mean? (a) pay before (b) pay again (c) not pay (d) pay wrongly
- 23.Which word means “not safe”? (a) resafe (b) dissafe (c) missafe (d) unsafe
- 24.Which word means “not obey”? (a) disobey (b) unobey (c) reobey (d) misobey
- 25.Which word means “view before”? (a) misview (b) review (c) preview (d) disview
- 26.What does “replay” mean? (a) not play (b) play again (c) play wrongly (d) play before
- 27.Which word means “use again”? (a) unuse (b) disuse (c) misuse (d) reuse
- 28.What does “unusual” mean? (a) usual wrongly (b) usual before (c) usual again (d) not usual
- 29.What does “disrespect” mean? (a) respect before (b) not respect (c) respect wrongly (d) respect again
- 30.Which word means “write again”? (a) unwrite (b) miswrite (c) diswrite (d) rewrite
- 31.Which word means “not honest”? (a) prehonest (b) rehonest (c) unhonest (d) dishonest
- 32.What does “rejoin” mean? (a) join before (b) join wrongly (c) not join (d) join again
- 33.Which prefix means “not”? (a) dis- (b) pre- (c) mis- (d) re-
- 34.Which word means “not fair”? (a) prefair (b) disfair (c) refair (d) unfair
- 35.What does “recheck” mean? (a) check before (b) check again (c) not check (d) check wrongly
- 36.Which word means “read wrongly”? (a) disread (b) preread (c) reread (d) misread
- 37.What does “mishear” mean? (a) not hear (b) hear before (c) hear again (d) hear wrongly
- 38.What does “unhappy” mean? (a) happy again (b) happy wrongly (c) not happy (d) happy before
- 39.What does “refill” mean? (a) fill again (b) fill before (c) fill wrongly (d) not fill
- 40.Which word means “not common”? (a) uncommon (b) precommon (c) discommon (d) recommon
Answer key
- re-
- mis-
- prejudge
- unlucky
- pre-
- rejoin
- discontinue
- prepay
- visit again
- un-
- not obey
- not equal
- reopen
- refill
- untidy
- not common
- not honest
- spell wrongly
- heat before
- write again
- use wrongly
- pay before
- unsafe
- disobey
- preview
- play again
- reuse
- not usual
- not respect
- rewrite
- dishonest
- join again
- dis-
- unfair
- check again
- misread
- hear wrongly
- not happy
- fill again
- uncommon
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