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Year 2 English — Prefixes

Use a prefix to change what a word means.

Name: ________________________

  1. 1.Which prefix means 'not'?

    • a) un-
    • b) re-
    • c) mis-
    • d) pre-

  2. 2.Pair each word with what it means.

    • unhappy
    • rewrite
    • preview
    • disagree
    • see beforehand
    • not happy
    • write again
    • not agree

  3. 3.Pair each word with what it means.

    • misspell
    • undo
    • prepay
    • refill
    • reverse an action
    • pay in advance
    • spell wrongly
    • fill again

  4. 4.Add a prefix to 'kind' so it means 'not kind'.

    • a) miskind
    • b) unkind
    • c) prekind
    • d) rekind

  5. 5.Which prefix means 'again'?

    • a) re-
    • b) dis-
    • c) mis-
    • d) un-

  6. 6.What does 'preheat' mean?

    • a) heat again
    • b) heat too much
    • c) heat beforehand
    • d) stop heating

  7. 7.What does 'reread' mean?

    • a) read again
    • b) not read
    • c) read beforehand
    • d) read badly

  8. 8.Which prefix means 'wrongly'?

    • a) pre-
    • b) re-
    • c) mis-
    • d) un-

Answer key — Year 2 English — Prefixes

  1. 1. a) un-
  2. 2. unhappy → not happy; rewrite → write again; preview → see beforehand; disagree → not agree
  3. 3. misspell → spell wrongly; undo → reverse an action; prepay → pay in advance; refill → fill again
  4. 4. b) unkind
  5. 5. a) re-
  6. 6. c) heat beforehand
  7. 7. a) read again
  8. 8. c) mis-