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 “dishonest” mean? (a) not honest (b) honest wrongly (c) honest again (d) honest before
- 2.Which word means “not respect”? (a) disrespect (b) unrespect (c) misrespect (d) rerespect
- 3.Which word means “check again”? (a) uncheck (b) precheck (c) recheck (d) discheck
- 4.What does “unhappy” mean? (a) happy again (b) not happy (c) happy before (d) happy wrongly
- 5.Which word means “heat before”? (a) disheat (b) preheat (c) unheat (d) misheat
- 6.What does “misread” mean? (a) read before (b) not read (c) read wrongly (d) read again
- 7.What does “uncommon” mean? (a) common wrongly (b) not common (c) common before (d) common again
- 8.What does “preheat” mean? (a) not heat (b) heat before (c) heat again (d) heat wrongly
- 9.Which word means “behave wrongly”? (a) unbehave (b) misbehave (c) rebehave (d) disbehave
- 10.Which word means “hear wrongly”? (a) dishear (b) prehear (c) mishear (d) unhear
- 11.Which word means “lead wrongly”? (a) unlead (b) mislead (c) prelead (d) relead
- 12.Which word means “not obey”? (a) preobey (b) disobey (c) unobey (d) misobey
- 13.Which word means “open again”? (a) misopen (b) reopen (c) preopen (d) disopen
- 14.What does “unsafe” mean? (a) safe wrongly (b) not safe (c) safe again (d) safe before
- 15.What does “reheat” mean? (a) heat wrongly (b) not heat (c) heat again (d) heat before
- 16.Which word means “not usual”? (a) disusual (b) unusual (c) preusual (d) misusual
- 17.What does “unwell” mean? (a) well wrongly (b) well before (c) not well (d) well again
- 18.Which word means “place wrongly”? (a) replace (b) misplace (c) displace (d) unplace
- 19.Which word means “not loyal”? (a) unloyal (b) misloyal (c) disloyal (d) reloyal
- 20.What does “unlucky” mean? (a) lucky wrongly (b) lucky before (c) lucky again (d) not lucky
- 21.Which prefix means “before”? (a) un- (b) re- (c) mis- (d) pre-
- 22.Which prefix means “again”? (a) mis- (b) pre- (c) re- (d) un-
- 23.What does “disobey” mean? (a) not obey (b) obey wrongly (c) obey again (d) obey before
- 24.Which word means “use wrongly”? (a) unuse (b) misuse (c) disuse (d) reuse
- 25.What does “misjudge” mean? (a) judge again (b) not judge (c) judge before (d) judge wrongly
- 26.What does “disallow” mean? (a) allow before (b) not allow (c) allow wrongly (d) allow again
- 27.What does “revisit” mean? (a) visit wrongly (b) not visit (c) visit again (d) visit before
- 28.Which word means “tell again”? (a) pretell (b) retell (c) untell (d) mistell
- 29.What does “preview” mean? (a) not view (b) view wrongly (c) view again (d) view before
- 30.Which word means “view before”? (a) disview (b) unview (c) review (d) preview
- 31.What does “reopen” mean? (a) open wrongly (b) open before (c) not open (d) open again
- 32.Which word means “understand wrongly”? (a) misunderstand (b) disunderstand (c) ununderstand (d) preunderstand
- 33.Which prefix means “not”? (a) mis- (b) dis- (c) pre- (d) re-
- 34.What does “rejoin” mean? (a) join again (b) join before (c) not join (d) join wrongly
- 35.What does “discontinue” mean? (a) continue again (b) continue wrongly (c) continue before (d) not continue
- 36.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) re- (b) mis- (c) pre- (d) un-
- 37.Which word means “count wrongly”? (a) uncount (b) miscount (c) precount (d) discount
- 38.Which word means “judge before”? (a) unjudge (b) rejudge (c) prejudge (d) disjudge
- 39.What does “refill” mean? (a) not fill (b) fill before (c) fill wrongly (d) fill again
- 40.Which word means “cook before”? (a) uncook (b) recook (c) precook (d) miscook
Answer key
- not honest
- disrespect
- recheck
- not happy
- preheat
- read wrongly
- not common
- heat before
- misbehave
- mishear
- mislead
- disobey
- reopen
- not safe
- heat again
- unusual
- not well
- misplace
- disloyal
- not lucky
- pre-
- re-
- not obey
- misuse
- judge wrongly
- not allow
- visit again
- retell
- view before
- preview
- open again
- misunderstand
- dis-
- join again
- not continue
- mis-
- miscount
- prejudge
- fill again
- precook
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