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Prefixes

Total questions: 50

Worksheet time: 42mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What is the meaning of the following prefix:
re
a)
never complete
b)
to do again
c)
under
d)
not
2.
What is the meaning of the following prefix: 
dis
a)
hit the quan
b)
to do again
c)
yes
d)
not
3.

What is the PREFIX in the word UNLOAD?

a)

un

b)

unl

c)

load

d)

ad

4.

What is the PREFIX in PRECUT?

a)

cut

b)

pre

c)

cu

d)

prec

5.

What is the PREFIX in RECYCLE?

a)

recy

b)

re

c)

cycle

d)

cle

6.

What is the PREFIX in MISFILE?

a)

file

b)

ile

c)

fi

d)

mis

7.

What is the ROOT WORD in MISNUMBER?

a)

number

b)

mis

c)

misnum

d)

ber

8.

What is the ROOT WORD in UNDONE?

a)

und

b)

un

c)

done

d)

undo

9.

What is the ROOT WORD in PRESALE?

a)

sale

b)

ale

c)

pre

d)

pres

10.

What is the MEANING of the word RETOLD?

a)

To tell before

b)

To tell again

c)

To not tell

d)

To tell first

11.

What is the MEANING of UNWANTED?

a)

To want again

b)

To want for the first time

c)

The opposite of want

d)

The same as want

12.

What is the MEANING of MISTREAT?

a)

to treat nicely

b)

To treat as before

c)

To treat again

d)

To not treat nicely

13.

What is the MEANING of RECALL?

a)

To not know

b)

The opposite of knowing

c)

To know/remember again

14.

What is the MEANING of MISREAD?

a)

To read wrong

b)

To read again

c)

To read before

d)

To never read

15.
What does unbelievable mean?
The magic tricks he performed were unbelievable.
a)
believable
b)
amazing
c)
not believable
d)
ordinary
16.
What does the word reread mean?
She reread the sentence because she didn't understand it.
a)
not understand
b)
read again
c)
not read
d)
read fast
17.

Which word means to plan before?

a)

replan

b)

unplan

c)

preplan

d)

misplan

18.
What does the word rebuild mean?
His Lego tower fell over so he had to rebuild it.
a)
build again
b)
not build
c)
stop building
d)
put the Legos away
19.

Which word means the opposite of happy?

a)

unwanted

b)

unhappy

c)

unfair

d)

undone

20.

What does unfair mean?

a)

even

b)

to try again

c)

to spread evenly

d)

not fair

21.

The prefix fore means

a)

between

b)

before

c)

under

d)

after

22.

A day later the ______________ had turned ominous - heavy rains all weekend and flooding in the metro area.

a)

forecast

b)

forewarn

c)

foretell

d)

foreman

23.

Mr. Brown looks at the weather each morning to see what weather to expect before recess.


What does Mr. Brown do about the weather each day before recess?

a)

forewarn

b)

foreman

c)

foresee

d)

forefront

24.

de-

a)

not

b)

take away

c)

under

d)

before

25.

The message was written backwards, so it was difficult for her to figure it out. What did she have to do?

a)

deduct

b)

deject

c)

decay

d)

decode

26.

The amount of homework near the end of the school year usually does this.

a)

decodes

b)

decreases

c)

deducts

d)

deports

27.
What does replant mean
a)
plant before
b)
plant soon
c)
plant again
d)
do not plant
28.
What does preheat mean?
a)
To heat before
b)
To not heat
c)
To be heated
d)
To heat again
29.
What do you do if you reread a book? 
a)
don't read it
b)
read it again
c)
read it for the first time
30.
The prefix in the word unzip is?
a)
un-
b)
dis-
31.
The prefix in disrespect is?
a)
dis
b)
nonres
c)
un
32.
What does redo mean?
a)
To not do
b)
To be able to do
c)
To do again
d)
To do before
33.
What does disappear mean?
a)
To not appear
b)
To appear again
c)
To appear before
d)
To support appearing
34.
What does unhappy mean?
a)
Not happy
b)
Happy again
c)
To be happy
d)
Happy before
35.
The base word in disobey is?
a)
obey
b)
dis
c)
ey
36.
What does the prefix re mean?
a)
wrong
b)
not
c)
again
d)
supporting
37.

Which word means not happy?

a)

dishappy

b)

inhappy

c)

unhappy

d)

imhappy

38.

If tidy means clean, what does untidy mean?

a)

clean clearly

b)

not clean

c)

clean it again

d)

clean with your friend

39.

What does redo mean?

a)

To not do

b)

To be able to do

c)

To do again

d)

To do before

40.

What does retest mean?

a)

To test again

b)

To test before

c)

To not test

d)

To be tested

41.

What does preheat mean?

a)

To heat before

b)

To not heat

c)

To be heated

d)

To heat again

42.

What does disagree mean?

a)

To agree

b)

To support the agreement

c)

To not agree

d)

To agree again

43.

What does misjudge mean?

a)

To wrongly judge

b)

To have judged

c)

To be a judge

d)

To support the judge

44.

What does untie mean?

a)

To be tied

b)

To always tie

c)

To tie again

d)

To not tie

45.

What does reopen mean?

a)

To not open

b)

To open before

c)

To open again

d)

To wrongly open

46.
What does disappear mean?
a)
To not appear
b)
To appear again
c)
To appear before
d)
To support appearing
47.

What does inactive mean?

a)

mistaken or not accurate

b)

hard to hear, not audible

c)

idle, not active

d)

cheap or not expensive

48.

What does incomplete mean?

a)

not correct

b)

unfinished or not complete

c)

the state of not being equal

d)

rigid or not flexible

49.

The prefix il-, im-, in-, and ir- mean _____.

a)

not

b)

before

c)

after

d)

third

50.

_____ means not following a pattern; not regular.

a)

impaired

b)

immobile

c)

irregular

d)

irreversible