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 word means “not continue”? (a) precontinue (b) recontinue (c) miscontinue (d) discontinue
- 2.Which prefix means “before”? (a) un- (b) re- (c) mis- (d) pre-
- 3.Which prefix means “again”? (a) re- (b) pre- (c) mis- (d) un-
- 4.Which word means “not common”? (a) uncommon (b) miscommon (c) precommon (d) discommon
- 5.What does “refill” mean? (a) not fill (b) fill before (c) fill again (d) fill wrongly
- 6.Which prefix means “not”? (a) mis- (b) pre- (c) re- (d) un-
- 7.Which word means “tell again”? (a) pretell (b) distell (c) retell (d) untell
- 8.What does “misplace” mean? (a) not place (b) place before (c) place wrongly (d) place again
- 9.Which word means “not respect”? (a) disrespect (b) unrespect (c) misrespect (d) rerespect
- 10.Which word means “hear wrongly”? (a) rehear (b) dishear (c) mishear (d) unhear
- 11.Which word means “judge wrongly”? (a) misjudge (b) disjudge (c) prejudge (d) rejudge
- 12.Which prefix means “not”? (a) dis- (b) pre- (c) mis- (d) re-
- 13.Which word means “not safe”? (a) presafe (b) resafe (c) unsafe (d) dissafe
- 14.What does “retell” mean? (a) tell wrongly (b) tell again (c) tell before (d) not tell
- 15.Which word means “check again”? (a) mischeck (b) precheck (c) uncheck (d) recheck
- 16.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) re- (b) un- (c) mis- (d) pre-
- 17.Which word means “not obey”? (a) preobey (b) misobey (c) unobey (d) disobey
- 18.What does “dishonest” mean? (a) honest again (b) not honest (c) honest wrongly (d) honest before
- 19.What does “misread” mean? (a) read before (b) read wrongly (c) not read (d) read again
- 20.What does “unhappy” mean? (a) happy wrongly (b) happy before (c) happy again (d) not happy
- 21.Which word means “place wrongly”? (a) unplace (b) misplace (c) replace (d) preplace
- 22.What does “unlucky” mean? (a) lucky again (b) not lucky (c) lucky before (d) lucky wrongly
- 23.What does “misuse” mean? (a) use before (b) use again (c) use wrongly (d) not use
- 24.What does “rewrite” mean? (a) write wrongly (b) write again (c) not write (d) write before
- 25.What does “preview” mean? (a) not view (b) view before (c) view wrongly (d) view again
- 26.Which word means “use wrongly”? (a) disuse (b) misuse (c) unuse (d) reuse
- 27.What does “replay” mean? (a) play wrongly (b) not play (c) play again (d) play before
- 28.What does “uncommon” mean? (a) not common (b) common wrongly (c) common again (d) common before
- 29.Which word means “view before”? (a) preview (b) disview (c) misview (d) unview
- 30.Which word means “build again”? (a) prebuild (b) misbuild (c) rebuild (d) disbuild
- 31.What does “revisit” mean? (a) visit again (b) visit wrongly (c) not visit (d) visit before
- 32.Which word means “cook before”? (a) precook (b) discook (c) recook (d) uncook
- 33.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) untidy (b) distidy (c) mistidy (d) pretidy
- 34.What does “misbehave” mean? (a) not behave (b) behave again (c) behave wrongly (d) behave before
- 35.What does “unsafe” mean? (a) safe again (b) safe wrongly (c) safe before (d) not safe
- 36.Which word means “understand wrongly”? (a) preunderstand (b) misunderstand (c) disunderstand (d) ununderstand
- 37.What does “disloyal” mean? (a) loyal wrongly (b) not loyal (c) loyal before (d) loyal again
- 38.What does “rebuild” mean? (a) build again (b) build before (c) build wrongly (d) not build
- 39.What does “disobey” mean? (a) obey again (b) obey wrongly (c) not obey (d) obey before
- 40.What does “unclear” mean? (a) clear wrongly (b) not clear (c) clear before (d) clear again
Answer key
- discontinue
- pre-
- re-
- uncommon
- fill again
- un-
- retell
- place wrongly
- disrespect
- mishear
- misjudge
- dis-
- unsafe
- tell again
- recheck
- mis-
- disobey
- not honest
- read wrongly
- not happy
- misplace
- not lucky
- use wrongly
- write again
- view before
- misuse
- play again
- not common
- preview
- rebuild
- visit again
- precook
- untidy
- behave wrongly
- not safe
- misunderstand
- not loyal
- build again
- not obey
- not clear
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