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 “prepay” mean? (a) pay before (b) pay again (c) pay wrongly (d) not pay
- 2.Which word means “cook before”? (a) recook (b) uncook (c) miscook (d) precook
- 3.What does “mislead” mean? (a) lead again (b) lead before (c) not lead (d) lead wrongly
- 4.What does “miscount” mean? (a) count again (b) not count (c) count before (d) count wrongly
- 5.Which prefix means “again”? (a) un- (b) pre- (c) re- (d) mis-
- 6.What does “misbehave” mean? (a) not behave (b) behave again (c) behave before (d) behave wrongly
- 7.Which word means “not safe”? (a) presafe (b) missafe (c) unsafe (d) resafe
- 8.Which word means “not respect”? (a) unrespect (b) prerespect (c) disrespect (d) misrespect
- 9.Which word means “heat before”? (a) disheat (b) preheat (c) unheat (d) reheat
- 10.What does “reheat” mean? (a) heat again (b) heat wrongly (c) heat before (d) not heat
- 11.Which prefix means “not”? (a) mis- (b) re- (c) un- (d) pre-
- 12.Which word means “not common”? (a) discommon (b) uncommon (c) precommon (d) miscommon
- 13.Which prefix means “not”? (a) dis- (b) re- (c) mis- (d) pre-
- 14.Which prefix means “before”? (a) mis- (b) un- (c) re- (d) pre-
- 15.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) mistidy (b) retidy (c) untidy (d) distidy
- 16.Which word means “not lucky”? (a) relucky (b) dislucky (c) prelucky (d) unlucky
- 17.Which word means “not well”? (a) miswell (b) rewell (c) unwell (d) diswell
- 18.Which word means “join again”? (a) disjoin (b) prejoin (c) misjoin (d) rejoin
- 19.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) mis- (b) pre- (c) un- (d) re-
- 20.Which word means “not allow”? (a) reallow (b) unallow (c) preallow (d) disallow
- 21.Which word means “not kind”? (a) miskind (b) unkind (c) prekind (d) rekind
- 22.What does “disrespect” mean? (a) respect wrongly (b) respect before (c) not respect (d) respect again
- 23.Which word means “check again”? (a) discheck (b) mischeck (c) recheck (d) uncheck
- 24.What does “disagree” mean? (a) agree before (b) agree again (c) not agree (d) agree wrongly
- 25.What does “reuse” mean? (a) not use (b) use before (c) use wrongly (d) use again
- 26.Which word means “not obey”? (a) disobey (b) reobey (c) unobey (d) misobey
- 27.What does “misspell” mean? (a) spell before (b) spell again (c) not spell (d) spell wrongly
- 28.Which word means “count wrongly”? (a) recount (b) miscount (c) precount (d) uncount
- 29.What does “unequal” mean? (a) equal wrongly (b) not equal (c) equal before (d) equal again
- 30.What does “unkind” mean? (a) kind wrongly (b) not kind (c) kind again (d) kind before
- 31.What does “uncommon” mean? (a) common before (b) not common (c) common again (d) common wrongly
- 32.What does “misunderstand” mean? (a) understand wrongly (b) understand before (c) understand again (d) not understand
- 33.Which word means “visit again”? (a) disvisit (b) unvisit (c) previsit (d) revisit
- 34.Which word means “not agree”? (a) reagree (b) disagree (c) unagree (d) misagree
- 35.Which word means “not happy”? (a) unhappy (b) dishappy (c) mishappy (d) prehappy
- 36.Which word means “place wrongly”? (a) replace (b) displace (c) unplace (d) misplace
- 37.What does “revisit” mean? (a) visit wrongly (b) visit before (c) visit again (d) not visit
- 38.Which word means “behave wrongly”? (a) disbehave (b) prebehave (c) rebehave (d) misbehave
- 39.Which word means “judge wrongly”? (a) misjudge (b) rejudge (c) prejudge (d) unjudge
- 40.What does “misjudge” mean? (a) judge before (b) not judge (c) judge wrongly (d) judge again
Answer key
- pay before
- precook
- lead wrongly
- count wrongly
- re-
- behave wrongly
- unsafe
- disrespect
- preheat
- heat again
- un-
- uncommon
- dis-
- pre-
- untidy
- unlucky
- unwell
- rejoin
- mis-
- disallow
- unkind
- not respect
- recheck
- not agree
- use again
- disobey
- spell wrongly
- miscount
- not equal
- not kind
- not common
- understand wrongly
- revisit
- disagree
- unhappy
- misplace
- visit again
- misbehave
- misjudge
- judge wrongly
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