ELA · Prefixes and suffixes
Prefixes: un-, re-, pre-, dis-, mis- and More
Learn what common prefixes mean and use them to work out new words like reread and dislike.
- 🎓 Grades 3–4
- 📖 ELA
- 📐 L.3.4.B
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What does the prefix "un-" mean in "unhappy"?
- A before
- B again
- C too much
- D not
What does the prefix "re-" mean in "rewrite"?
- A under
- B again
- C not
- D before
What does the prefix "pre-" mean in "preheat"?
- A again
- B not
- C before
- D after
What does the prefix "dis-" mean in "dislike"?
- A with
- B again
- C before
- D not; the opposite of
What does the prefix "mis-" mean in "misspell"?
- A again
- B under
- C wrongly
- D before
What does the prefix "non-" mean in "nonstop"?
- A very
- B again
- C not
- D after
What does the prefix "over-" mean in "overcook"?
- A too much
- B again
- C before
- D under
What does the prefix "sub-" mean in "submarine"?
- A under
- B across
- C over
- D around
What does the prefix "tri-" mean in "tricycle"?
- A one
- B four
- C two
- D three
What does the prefix "bi-" mean in "bicycle"?
- A many
- B three
- C two
- D one
What does "reread" mean?
- A not read
- B read again
- C read wrongly
- D read before
What does "unlock" mean?
- A lock again
- B lock before
- C lock wrongly
- D open the lock
What does "precook" mean?
- A not cook
- B cook too much
- C cook before
- D cook again
What does "disagree" mean?
- A not agree
- B agree again
- C agree a lot
- D agree before
What does "misbehave" mean?
- A behave badly
- B behave before
- C behave well
- D behave again
What does "impossible" mean?
- A very possible
- B not possible
- C possible before
- D possible again
What does "nonfiction" mean?
- A not made up
- B made up before
- C made up again
- D very made up
Which word means "not kind"?
- A kindness
- B kindly
- C kinder
- D unkind
Which word means "fill again"?
- A filler
- B filling
- C unfilled
- D refill
Which word means "not fair"?
- A fairer
- B fairly
- C unfair
- D fairness
Which word means "view before"?
- A overview
- B preview
- C review
- D viewer
Which word means "build again"?
- A builder
- B building
- C rebuild
- D prebuilt
Which prefix makes "honest" mean "not honest"?
- A re-
- B pre-
- C mis-
- D dis-
Which prefix makes "pack" mean "take things out"?
- A re-
- B over-
- C pre-
- D un-
Which prefix makes "heat" mean "heat before"?
- A re-
- B dis-
- C pre-
- D un-
Which prefix makes "sleep" mean "sleep too long"?
- A re-
- B pre-
- C under-
- D over-
Which prefix makes "understand" mean "understand wrongly"?
- A un-
- B mis-
- C re-
- D pre-
Which word has a prefix?
- A replay
- B playful
- C player
- D playing
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