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) pre- (b) un- (c) re- (d) mis-
- 2.Which word means “not lucky”? (a) relucky (b) dislucky (c) unlucky (d) mislucky
- 3.What does “unwell” mean? (a) well again (b) well wrongly (c) not well (d) well before
- 4.What does “unkind” mean? (a) kind again (b) kind wrongly (c) not kind (d) kind before
- 5.What does “revisit” mean? (a) not visit (b) visit wrongly (c) visit before (d) visit again
- 6.Which prefix means “before”? (a) re- (b) mis- (c) pre- (d) un-
- 7.Which word means “not happy”? (a) unhappy (b) prehappy (c) dishappy (d) mishappy
- 8.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) mis- (b) un- (c) re- (d) pre-
- 9.Which word means “write again”? (a) unwrite (b) miswrite (c) prewrite (d) rewrite
- 10.Which word means “visit again”? (a) misvisit (b) previsit (c) revisit (d) disvisit
- 11.What does “misspell” mean? (a) not spell (b) spell again (c) spell before (d) spell wrongly
- 12.Which word means “not agree”? (a) disagree (b) unagree (c) preagree (d) misagree
- 13.What does “replay” mean? (a) play wrongly (b) not play (c) play again (d) play before
- 14.Which word means “spell wrongly”? (a) disspell (b) prespell (c) misspell (d) unspell
- 15.Which prefix means “not”? (a) pre- (b) re- (c) dis- (d) mis-
- 16.What does “dishonest” mean? (a) honest before (b) honest wrongly (c) honest again (d) not honest
- 17.What does “reopen” mean? (a) open before (b) not open (c) open wrongly (d) open again
- 18.What does “uncommon” mean? (a) common again (b) common before (c) not common (d) common wrongly
- 19.What does “unclear” mean? (a) clear again (b) clear before (c) not clear (d) clear wrongly
- 20.What does “disallow” mean? (a) allow wrongly (b) not allow (c) allow before (d) allow again
- 21.Which word means “understand wrongly”? (a) misunderstand (b) ununderstand (c) preunderstand (d) reunderstand
- 22.What does “misbehave” mean? (a) behave wrongly (b) not behave (c) behave before (d) behave again
- 23.Which word means “view before”? (a) misview (b) disview (c) review (d) preview
- 24.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) un- (c) pre- (d) mis-
- 25.What does “rewrite” mean? (a) write before (b) not write (c) write wrongly (d) write again
- 26.What does “prepay” mean? (a) not pay (b) pay wrongly (c) pay before (d) pay again
- 27.What does “precook” mean? (a) cook wrongly (b) cook again (c) cook before (d) not cook
- 28.What does “reheat” mean? (a) not heat (b) heat again (c) heat before (d) heat wrongly
- 29.What does “disagree” mean? (a) agree again (b) agree wrongly (c) not agree (d) agree before
- 30.What does “misunderstand” mean? (a) understand again (b) understand wrongly (c) not understand (d) understand before
- 31.Which word means “fill again”? (a) disfill (b) unfill (c) refill (d) misfill
- 32.Which word means “join again”? (a) disjoin (b) rejoin (c) prejoin (d) unjoin
- 33.Which word means “use wrongly”? (a) unuse (b) disuse (c) misuse (d) reuse
- 34.What does “disloyal” mean? (a) loyal wrongly (b) loyal again (c) not loyal (d) loyal before
- 35.What does “preheat” mean? (a) not heat (b) heat wrongly (c) heat again (d) heat before
- 36.Which word means “not equal”? (a) preequal (b) reequal (c) misequal (d) unequal
- 37.What does “disobey” mean? (a) obey before (b) not obey (c) obey wrongly (d) obey again
- 38.Which word means “pay before”? (a) repay (b) dispay (c) mispay (d) prepay
- 39.What does “preview” mean? (a) view before (b) not view (c) view wrongly (d) view again
- 40.Which word means “open again”? (a) disopen (b) reopen (c) misopen (d) unopen
Answer key
- re-
- unlucky
- not well
- not kind
- visit again
- pre-
- unhappy
- mis-
- rewrite
- revisit
- spell wrongly
- disagree
- play again
- misspell
- dis-
- not honest
- open again
- not common
- not clear
- not allow
- misunderstand
- behave wrongly
- preview
- un-
- write again
- pay before
- cook before
- heat again
- not agree
- understand wrongly
- refill
- rejoin
- misuse
- not loyal
- heat before
- unequal
- not obey
- prepay
- view before
- reopen
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