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 “mishear” mean? (a) hear wrongly (b) hear before (c) hear again (d) not hear
- 2.What does “disrespect” mean? (a) respect before (b) respect again (c) respect wrongly (d) not respect
- 3.Which word means “not fair”? (a) prefair (b) refair (c) misfair (d) unfair
- 4.What does “disobey” mean? (a) obey before (b) obey again (c) obey wrongly (d) not obey
- 5.Which word means “play again”? (a) unplay (b) replay (c) display (d) preplay
- 6.Which word means “not respect”? (a) unrespect (b) prerespect (c) rerespect (d) disrespect
- 7.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) re- (b) pre- (c) un- (d) mis-
- 8.Which prefix means “not”? (a) pre- (b) dis- (c) re- (d) mis-
- 9.Which word means “behave wrongly”? (a) rebehave (b) disbehave (c) misbehave (d) prebehave
- 10.What does “unhappy” mean? (a) happy wrongly (b) not happy (c) happy before (d) happy again
- 11.Which word means “understand wrongly”? (a) misunderstand (b) reunderstand (c) disunderstand (d) preunderstand
- 12.What does “unfair” mean? (a) fair again (b) not fair (c) fair before (d) fair wrongly
- 13.What does “rewrite” mean? (a) not write (b) write wrongly (c) write before (d) write again
- 14.Which word means “not usual”? (a) reusual (b) unusual (c) misusual (d) preusual
- 15.What does “untidy” mean? (a) tidy again (b) tidy wrongly (c) not tidy (d) tidy before
- 16.What does “preheat” mean? (a) heat wrongly (b) heat before (c) heat again (d) not heat
- 17.Which word means “not common”? (a) uncommon (b) precommon (c) discommon (d) recommon
- 18.What does “reuse” mean? (a) not use (b) use before (c) use again (d) use wrongly
- 19.Which word means “not clear”? (a) disclear (b) preclear (c) reclear (d) unclear
- 20.Which word means “heat before”? (a) unheat (b) misheat (c) reheat (d) preheat
- 21.Which word means “count wrongly”? (a) uncount (b) miscount (c) discount (d) recount
- 22.Which prefix means “not”? (a) un- (b) pre- (c) re- (d) mis-
- 23.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) pretidy (b) mistidy (c) distidy (d) untidy
- 24.What does “misplace” mean? (a) not place (b) place again (c) place before (d) place wrongly
- 25.What does “unusual” mean? (a) usual wrongly (b) not usual (c) usual before (d) usual again
- 26.What does “refill” mean? (a) fill before (b) fill again (c) fill wrongly (d) not fill
- 27.What does “precook” mean? (a) cook before (b) cook again (c) cook wrongly (d) not cook
- 28.Which word means “spell wrongly”? (a) misspell (b) respell (c) unspell (d) disspell
- 29.Which prefix means “again”? (a) mis- (b) pre- (c) re- (d) un-
- 30.What does “disagree” mean? (a) not agree (b) agree wrongly (c) agree before (d) agree again
- 31.Which word means “tell again”? (a) pretell (b) distell (c) retell (d) untell
- 32.What does “retell” mean? (a) tell again (b) tell wrongly (c) tell before (d) not tell
- 33.What does “unlucky” mean? (a) lucky before (b) lucky wrongly (c) lucky again (d) not lucky
- 34.Which word means “not agree”? (a) unagree (b) misagree (c) reagree (d) disagree
- 35.What does “mislead” mean? (a) not lead (b) lead before (c) lead again (d) lead wrongly
- 36.Which word means “hear wrongly”? (a) rehear (b) unhear (c) prehear (d) mishear
- 37.Which word means “write again”? (a) miswrite (b) rewrite (c) diswrite (d) prewrite
- 38.What does “prepay” mean? (a) pay again (b) pay wrongly (c) pay before (d) not pay
- 39.What does “misjudge” mean? (a) judge before (b) not judge (c) judge wrongly (d) judge again
- 40.Which word means “not safe”? (a) resafe (b) dissafe (c) presafe (d) unsafe
Answer key
- hear wrongly
- not respect
- unfair
- not obey
- replay
- disrespect
- mis-
- dis-
- misbehave
- not happy
- misunderstand
- not fair
- write again
- unusual
- not tidy
- heat before
- uncommon
- use again
- unclear
- preheat
- miscount
- un-
- untidy
- place wrongly
- not usual
- fill again
- cook before
- misspell
- re-
- not agree
- retell
- tell again
- not lucky
- disagree
- lead wrongly
- mishear
- rewrite
- pay before
- judge wrongly
- unsafe
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