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Year 4 English — Prefixes

Use a prefix to change what a word means.

Name: ________________________

  1. 1.What does 'preheat' mean?

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

  2. 2.What does 'reread' mean?

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

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

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

  4. 4.Which prefix means 'not'?

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

  5. 5.Which prefix means 'again'?

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

  6. 6.Which prefix means 'wrongly'?

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

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

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

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

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

Answer key — Year 4 English — Prefixes

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