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Grade 3 English Language Arts — Prefixes

Use a prefix to change what a word means.

Name: ________________________

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

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

  2. 2.What does 'preheat' mean?

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

  3. 3.Which prefix means 'not'?

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

  4. 4.Which prefix means 'again'?

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

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

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

  6. 6.Which prefix means 'wrongly'?

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

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

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

  8. 8.What does 'reread' mean?

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

Answer key — Grade 3 English Language Arts — Prefixes

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