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 “reheat” mean? (a) heat before (b) heat wrongly (c) heat again (d) not heat
- 2.Which prefix means “again”? (a) re- (b) mis- (c) un- (d) pre-
- 3.What does “prepay” mean? (a) pay again (b) not pay (c) pay wrongly (d) pay before
- 4.Which word means “cook before”? (a) miscook (b) precook (c) uncook (d) recook
- 5.What does “unhappy” mean? (a) not happy (b) happy before (c) happy wrongly (d) happy again
- 6.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) un- (b) mis- (c) pre- (d) re-
- 7.What does “unsafe” mean? (a) safe again (b) safe before (c) not safe (d) safe wrongly
- 8.What does “discontinue” mean? (a) continue wrongly (b) continue before (c) continue again (d) not continue
- 9.Which word means “not clear”? (a) misclear (b) unclear (c) disclear (d) preclear
- 10.Which word means “not obey”? (a) misobey (b) reobey (c) disobey (d) preobey
- 11.What does “unlucky” mean? (a) lucky again (b) lucky wrongly (c) lucky before (d) not lucky
- 12.Which word means “paint again”? (a) dispaint (b) repaint (c) prepaint (d) unpaint
- 13.What does “unequal” mean? (a) equal again (b) equal before (c) equal wrongly (d) not equal
- 14.What does “preview” mean? (a) not view (b) view before (c) view again (d) view wrongly
- 15.Which word means “place wrongly”? (a) unplace (b) replace (c) misplace (d) preplace
- 16.Which word means “not agree”? (a) reagree (b) unagree (c) preagree (d) disagree
- 17.Which prefix means “before”? (a) pre- (b) re- (c) un- (d) mis-
- 18.Which word means “fill again”? (a) disfill (b) prefill (c) unfill (d) refill
- 19.What does “prejudge” mean? (a) judge before (b) judge again (c) judge wrongly (d) not judge
- 20.Which word means “behave wrongly”? (a) rebehave (b) misbehave (c) unbehave (d) disbehave
- 21.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) mis- (c) pre- (d) dis-
- 22.What does “untidy” mean? (a) tidy wrongly (b) not tidy (c) tidy before (d) tidy again
- 23.Which word means “pay before”? (a) repay (b) unpay (c) prepay (d) mispay
- 24.Which prefix means “not”? (a) mis- (b) re- (c) pre- (d) un-
- 25.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) retidy (b) untidy (c) pretidy (d) distidy
- 26.Which word means “understand wrongly”? (a) ununderstand (b) preunderstand (c) misunderstand (d) disunderstand
- 27.Which word means “not usual”? (a) unusual (b) reusual (c) misusual (d) disusual
- 28.Which word means “not safe”? (a) missafe (b) presafe (c) resafe (d) unsafe
- 29.What does “precook” mean? (a) not cook (b) cook before (c) cook again (d) cook wrongly
- 30.Which word means “not equal”? (a) preequal (b) misequal (c) reequal (d) unequal
- 31.What does “rebuild” mean? (a) build before (b) build wrongly (c) not build (d) build again
- 32.Which word means “visit again”? (a) revisit (b) disvisit (c) unvisit (d) previsit
- 33.What does “misuse” mean? (a) use again (b) use wrongly (c) not use (d) use before
- 34.Which word means “heat again”? (a) disheat (b) unheat (c) misheat (d) reheat
- 35.What does “rewrite” mean? (a) write wrongly (b) write before (c) not write (d) write again
- 36.Which word means “read wrongly”? (a) unread (b) disread (c) reread (d) misread
- 37.Which word means “not kind”? (a) rekind (b) miskind (c) unkind (d) prekind
- 38.What does “mishear” mean? (a) not hear (b) hear before (c) hear wrongly (d) hear again
- 39.Which word means “write again”? (a) diswrite (b) miswrite (c) rewrite (d) unwrite
- 40.What does “misbehave” mean? (a) behave before (b) not behave (c) behave again (d) behave wrongly
Answer key
- heat again
- re-
- pay before
- precook
- not happy
- mis-
- not safe
- not continue
- unclear
- disobey
- not lucky
- repaint
- not equal
- view before
- misplace
- disagree
- pre-
- refill
- judge before
- misbehave
- dis-
- not tidy
- prepay
- un-
- untidy
- misunderstand
- unusual
- unsafe
- cook before
- unequal
- build again
- revisit
- use wrongly
- reheat
- write again
- misread
- unkind
- hear wrongly
- rewrite
- behave wrongly
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