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 “untidy” mean? (a) tidy before (b) tidy wrongly (c) not tidy (d) tidy again
- 2.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) mis- (c) pre- (d) dis-
- 3.What does “disrespect” mean? (a) respect before (b) respect wrongly (c) respect again (d) not respect
- 4.Which word means “judge wrongly”? (a) disjudge (b) unjudge (c) misjudge (d) rejudge
- 5.What does “unclear” mean? (a) clear wrongly (b) clear before (c) not clear (d) clear again
- 6.Which prefix means “before”? (a) un- (b) mis- (c) pre- (d) re-
- 7.Which word means “lead wrongly”? (a) relead (b) unlead (c) mislead (d) dislead
- 8.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) un- (b) mis- (c) re- (d) pre-
- 9.Which word means “view before”? (a) unview (b) disview (c) review (d) preview
- 10.Which word means “not equal”? (a) reequal (b) misequal (c) unequal (d) preequal
- 11.What does “unfair” mean? (a) fair wrongly (b) not fair (c) fair again (d) fair before
- 12.Which prefix means “not”? (a) un- (b) re- (c) pre- (d) mis-
- 13.Which word means “not agree”? (a) disagree (b) reagree (c) preagree (d) misagree
- 14.Which prefix means “again”? (a) re- (b) pre- (c) un- (d) mis-
- 15.What does “misspell” mean? (a) not spell (b) spell before (c) spell again (d) spell wrongly
- 16.What does “preheat” mean? (a) heat wrongly (b) heat again (c) not heat (d) heat before
- 17.Which word means “not loyal”? (a) reloyal (b) misloyal (c) unloyal (d) disloyal
- 18.Which word means “judge before”? (a) prejudge (b) disjudge (c) misjudge (d) unjudge
- 19.What does “unhappy” mean? (a) not happy (b) happy before (c) happy again (d) happy wrongly
- 20.What does “prejudge” mean? (a) judge before (b) judge wrongly (c) not judge (d) judge again
- 21.What does “unsafe” mean? (a) safe again (b) safe before (c) safe wrongly (d) not safe
- 22.Which word means “not happy”? (a) unhappy (b) mishappy (c) rehappy (d) dishappy
- 23.Which word means “not well”? (a) diswell (b) miswell (c) rewell (d) unwell
- 24.Which word means “not lucky”? (a) mislucky (b) relucky (c) unlucky (d) dislucky
- 25.Which word means “cook before”? (a) discook (b) uncook (c) miscook (d) precook
- 26.What does “disloyal” mean? (a) loyal again (b) loyal wrongly (c) loyal before (d) not loyal
- 27.What does “rejoin” mean? (a) join wrongly (b) join before (c) join again (d) not join
- 28.Which word means “not fair”? (a) disfair (b) unfair (c) refair (d) misfair
- 29.What does “unlucky” mean? (a) lucky wrongly (b) not lucky (c) lucky again (d) lucky before
- 30.Which word means “use again”? (a) misuse (b) preuse (c) disuse (d) reuse
- 31.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) distidy (b) retidy (c) pretidy (d) untidy
- 32.What does “misuse” mean? (a) not use (b) use again (c) use before (d) use wrongly
- 33.What does “disagree” mean? (a) not agree (b) agree before (c) agree wrongly (d) agree again
- 34.What does “misunderstand” mean? (a) not understand (b) understand again (c) understand before (d) understand wrongly
- 35.Which word means “not clear”? (a) disclear (b) unclear (c) misclear (d) reclear
- 36.Which word means “write again”? (a) diswrite (b) rewrite (c) unwrite (d) prewrite
- 37.What does “unwell” mean? (a) well again (b) well wrongly (c) well before (d) not well
- 38.What does “revisit” mean? (a) visit wrongly (b) visit again (c) visit before (d) not visit
- 39.What does “unkind” mean? (a) kind again (b) not kind (c) kind wrongly (d) kind before
- 40.What does “reuse” mean? (a) not use (b) use wrongly (c) use again (d) use before
Answer key
- not tidy
- dis-
- not respect
- misjudge
- not clear
- pre-
- mislead
- mis-
- preview
- unequal
- not fair
- un-
- disagree
- re-
- spell wrongly
- heat before
- disloyal
- prejudge
- not happy
- judge before
- not safe
- unhappy
- unwell
- unlucky
- precook
- not loyal
- join again
- unfair
- not lucky
- reuse
- untidy
- use wrongly
- not agree
- understand wrongly
- unclear
- rewrite
- not well
- visit again
- not kind
- use again
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