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) un- (b) re- (c) pre- (d) mis-
- 2.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) re- (b) pre- (c) un- (d) mis-
- 3.Which prefix means “before”? (a) un- (b) mis- (c) re- (d) pre-
- 4.Which word means “hear wrongly”? (a) mishear (b) rehear (c) unhear (d) dishear
- 5.What does “disobey” mean? (a) obey wrongly (b) obey before (c) not obey (d) obey again
- 6.Which prefix means “not”? (a) pre- (b) re- (c) un- (d) mis-
- 7.Which word means “not kind”? (a) prekind (b) rekind (c) diskind (d) unkind
- 8.Which word means “not allow”? (a) disallow (b) misallow (c) unallow (d) reallow
- 9.Which word means “not usual”? (a) misusual (b) disusual (c) reusual (d) unusual
- 10.Which word means “not well”? (a) diswell (b) miswell (c) unwell (d) rewell
- 11.What does “mishear” mean? (a) not hear (b) hear before (c) hear wrongly (d) hear again
- 12.Which word means “write again”? (a) diswrite (b) unwrite (c) rewrite (d) miswrite
- 13.What does “retell” mean? (a) not tell (b) tell wrongly (c) tell before (d) tell again
- 14.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) pretidy (b) untidy (c) mistidy (d) distidy
- 15.What does “unwell” mean? (a) not well (b) well again (c) well wrongly (d) well before
- 16.What does “unhappy” mean? (a) happy before (b) not happy (c) happy wrongly (d) happy again
- 17.What does “misplace” mean? (a) place wrongly (b) not place (c) place again (d) place before
- 18.Which word means “behave wrongly”? (a) misbehave (b) unbehave (c) disbehave (d) prebehave
- 19.What does “misread” mean? (a) not read (b) read again (c) read wrongly (d) read before
- 20.What does “unkind” mean? (a) kind again (b) not kind (c) kind before (d) kind wrongly
- 21.What does “prepay” mean? (a) pay before (b) pay again (c) not pay (d) pay wrongly
- 22.Which word means “open again”? (a) reopen (b) misopen (c) disopen (d) preopen
- 23.What does “disrespect” mean? (a) not respect (b) respect again (c) respect wrongly (d) respect before
- 24.Which word means “build again”? (a) disbuild (b) unbuild (c) rebuild (d) prebuild
- 25.What does “repaint” mean? (a) paint wrongly (b) not paint (c) paint before (d) paint again
- 26.Which word means “paint again”? (a) unpaint (b) mispaint (c) dispaint (d) repaint
- 27.What does “unlucky” mean? (a) lucky again (b) not lucky (c) lucky before (d) lucky wrongly
- 28.What does “misjudge” mean? (a) judge before (b) judge again (c) judge wrongly (d) not judge
- 29.Which word means “lead wrongly”? (a) mislead (b) unlead (c) prelead (d) dislead
- 30.Which word means “not common”? (a) miscommon (b) discommon (c) precommon (d) uncommon
- 31.What does “unequal” mean? (a) equal again (b) equal wrongly (c) not equal (d) equal before
- 32.Which word means “fill again”? (a) misfill (b) prefill (c) unfill (d) refill
- 33.What does “rebuild” mean? (a) not build (b) build again (c) build wrongly (d) build before
- 34.Which word means “visit again”? (a) disvisit (b) unvisit (c) previsit (d) revisit
- 35.Which word means “not clear”? (a) disclear (b) misclear (c) unclear (d) reclear
- 36.What does “uncommon” mean? (a) not common (b) common again (c) common wrongly (d) common before
- 37.What does “reuse” mean? (a) not use (b) use again (c) use wrongly (d) use before
- 38.Which word means “not safe”? (a) unsafe (b) resafe (c) dissafe (d) missafe
- 39.Which prefix means “not”? (a) pre- (b) re- (c) mis- (d) dis-
- 40.Which word means “not obey”? (a) misobey (b) reobey (c) disobey (d) unobey
Answer key
- re-
- mis-
- pre-
- mishear
- not obey
- un-
- unkind
- disallow
- unusual
- unwell
- hear wrongly
- rewrite
- tell again
- untidy
- not well
- not happy
- place wrongly
- misbehave
- read wrongly
- not kind
- pay before
- reopen
- not respect
- rebuild
- paint again
- repaint
- not lucky
- judge wrongly
- mislead
- uncommon
- not equal
- refill
- build again
- revisit
- unclear
- not common
- use again
- unsafe
- dis-
- disobey
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