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 “misread” mean? (a) read wrongly (b) read again (c) not read (d) read before
- 2.What does “reheat” mean? (a) heat again (b) heat before (c) heat wrongly (d) not heat
- 3.Which word means “not obey”? (a) disobey (b) preobey (c) misobey (d) unobey
- 4.Which word means “hear wrongly”? (a) rehear (b) prehear (c) unhear (d) mishear
- 5.What does “recheck” mean? (a) not check (b) check before (c) check wrongly (d) check again
- 6.What does “miscount” mean? (a) not count (b) count before (c) count again (d) count wrongly
- 7.Which prefix means “again”? (a) mis- (b) pre- (c) un- (d) re-
- 8.What does “uncommon” mean? (a) common again (b) common before (c) not common (d) common wrongly
- 9.Which prefix means “not”? (a) dis- (b) re- (c) pre- (d) mis-
- 10.Which word means “not agree”? (a) reagree (b) misagree (c) preagree (d) disagree
- 11.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) distidy (b) pretidy (c) untidy (d) mistidy
- 12.Which word means “not equal”? (a) disequal (b) preequal (c) reequal (d) unequal
- 13.What does “mislead” mean? (a) not lead (b) lead before (c) lead wrongly (d) lead again
- 14.What does “unlucky” mean? (a) lucky before (b) not lucky (c) lucky again (d) lucky wrongly
- 15.Which word means “not safe”? (a) missafe (b) presafe (c) dissafe (d) unsafe
- 16.What does “reuse” mean? (a) use before (b) use again (c) use wrongly (d) not use
- 17.What does “unequal” mean? (a) equal before (b) equal wrongly (c) not equal (d) equal again
- 18.What does “prejudge” mean? (a) judge before (b) judge again (c) not judge (d) judge wrongly
- 19.Which word means “use again”? (a) misuse (b) disuse (c) unuse (d) reuse
- 20.What does “unhappy” mean? (a) happy wrongly (b) not happy (c) happy before (d) happy again
- 21.Which word means “spell wrongly”? (a) respell (b) disspell (c) misspell (d) unspell
- 22.What does “prepay” mean? (a) not pay (b) pay again (c) pay wrongly (d) pay before
- 23.What does “disagree” mean? (a) agree again (b) agree before (c) agree wrongly (d) not agree
- 24.Which word means “not continue”? (a) precontinue (b) uncontinue (c) miscontinue (d) discontinue
- 25.Which word means “write again”? (a) prewrite (b) rewrite (c) miswrite (d) unwrite
- 26.Which word means “not honest”? (a) unhonest (b) mishonest (c) dishonest (d) rehonest
- 27.What does “discontinue” mean? (a) continue wrongly (b) not continue (c) continue again (d) continue before
- 28.What does “preview” mean? (a) not view (b) view before (c) view again (d) view wrongly
- 29.Which word means “not allow”? (a) reallow (b) unallow (c) misallow (d) disallow
- 30.Which prefix means “not”? (a) mis- (b) re- (c) un- (d) pre-
- 31.Which word means “visit again”? (a) unvisit (b) revisit (c) previsit (d) disvisit
- 32.Which prefix means “before”? (a) mis- (b) re- (c) un- (d) pre-
- 33.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) mis- (b) un- (c) re- (d) pre-
- 34.What does “misbehave” mean? (a) behave again (b) behave wrongly (c) behave before (d) not behave
- 35.Which word means “behave wrongly”? (a) disbehave (b) rebehave (c) misbehave (d) unbehave
- 36.Which word means “not usual”? (a) misusual (b) disusual (c) unusual (d) reusual
- 37.Which word means “not lucky”? (a) dislucky (b) relucky (c) unlucky (d) mislucky
- 38.What does “preheat” mean? (a) not heat (b) heat before (c) heat wrongly (d) heat again
- 39.Which word means “not kind”? (a) diskind (b) rekind (c) prekind (d) unkind
- 40.What does “misplace” mean? (a) place again (b) place before (c) not place (d) place wrongly
Answer key
- read wrongly
- heat again
- disobey
- mishear
- check again
- count wrongly
- re-
- not common
- dis-
- disagree
- untidy
- unequal
- lead wrongly
- not lucky
- unsafe
- use again
- not equal
- judge before
- reuse
- not happy
- misspell
- pay before
- not agree
- discontinue
- rewrite
- dishonest
- not continue
- view before
- disallow
- un-
- revisit
- pre-
- mis-
- behave wrongly
- misbehave
- unusual
- unlucky
- heat before
- unkind
- place wrongly
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