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 “disallow” mean? (a) allow before (b) allow wrongly (c) not allow (d) allow again
- 2.What does “rejoin” mean? (a) join again (b) join before (c) not join (d) join wrongly
- 3.Which word means “use again”? (a) unuse (b) misuse (c) disuse (d) reuse
- 4.What does “miscount” mean? (a) count again (b) count before (c) count wrongly (d) not count
- 5.What does “reuse” mean? (a) not use (b) use before (c) use again (d) use wrongly
- 6.What does “preview” mean? (a) not view (b) view wrongly (c) view before (d) view again
- 7.What does “disagree” mean? (a) agree again (b) agree wrongly (c) not agree (d) agree before
- 8.Which word means “judge before”? (a) prejudge (b) disjudge (c) misjudge (d) rejudge
- 9.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) mis- (c) pre- (d) dis-
- 10.What does “discontinue” mean? (a) not continue (b) continue again (c) continue wrongly (d) continue before
- 11.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) un- (b) pre- (c) mis- (d) re-
- 12.Which prefix means “before”? (a) mis- (b) re- (c) un- (d) pre-
- 13.Which prefix means “again”? (a) pre- (b) mis- (c) re- (d) un-
- 14.Which prefix means “not”? (a) mis- (b) pre- (c) re- (d) un-
- 15.Which word means “not allow”? (a) preallow (b) misallow (c) unallow (d) disallow
- 16.Which word means “paint again”? (a) unpaint (b) prepaint (c) dispaint (d) repaint
- 17.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) distidy (b) untidy (c) mistidy (d) retidy
- 18.What does “dishonest” mean? (a) honest before (b) not honest (c) honest wrongly (d) honest again
- 19.Which word means “tell again”? (a) distell (b) mistell (c) retell (d) untell
- 20.What does “misjudge” mean? (a) not judge (b) judge again (c) judge before (d) judge wrongly
- 21.Which word means “visit again”? (a) revisit (b) unvisit (c) disvisit (d) misvisit
- 22.Which word means “open again”? (a) disopen (b) misopen (c) unopen (d) reopen
- 23.What does “unlucky” mean? (a) lucky wrongly (b) not lucky (c) lucky again (d) lucky before
- 24.What does “untidy” mean? (a) tidy again (b) tidy wrongly (c) not tidy (d) tidy before
- 25.What does “misspell” mean? (a) not spell (b) spell wrongly (c) spell again (d) spell before
- 26.Which word means “use wrongly”? (a) misuse (b) unuse (c) disuse (d) reuse
- 27.What does “unkind” mean? (a) kind again (b) kind before (c) not kind (d) kind wrongly
- 28.Which word means “judge wrongly”? (a) unjudge (b) prejudge (c) disjudge (d) misjudge
- 29.What does “misbehave” mean? (a) behave before (b) behave again (c) not behave (d) behave wrongly
- 30.What does “unwell” mean? (a) well wrongly (b) well again (c) not well (d) well before
- 31.Which word means “write again”? (a) rewrite (b) miswrite (c) diswrite (d) unwrite
- 32.Which word means “not continue”? (a) recontinue (b) discontinue (c) miscontinue (d) precontinue
- 33.What does “unclear” mean? (a) clear again (b) clear before (c) clear wrongly (d) not clear
- 34.Which word means “view before”? (a) unview (b) disview (c) misview (d) preview
- 35.What does “unusual” mean? (a) usual before (b) not usual (c) usual again (d) usual wrongly
- 36.What does “reopen” mean? (a) not open (b) open wrongly (c) open before (d) open again
- 37.Which word means “build again”? (a) prebuild (b) disbuild (c) rebuild (d) misbuild
- 38.What does “repaint” mean? (a) paint wrongly (b) paint before (c) paint again (d) not paint
- 39.Which word means “not lucky”? (a) relucky (b) dislucky (c) unlucky (d) prelucky
- 40.What does “replay” mean? (a) play wrongly (b) play before (c) not play (d) play again
Answer key
- not allow
- join again
- reuse
- count wrongly
- use again
- view before
- not agree
- prejudge
- dis-
- not continue
- mis-
- pre-
- re-
- un-
- disallow
- repaint
- untidy
- not honest
- retell
- judge wrongly
- revisit
- reopen
- not lucky
- not tidy
- spell wrongly
- misuse
- not kind
- misjudge
- behave wrongly
- not well
- rewrite
- discontinue
- not clear
- preview
- not usual
- open again
- rebuild
- paint again
- unlucky
- play again
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