3rd Grade Prefixes: un-, re-, dis-, pre-, mis- Worksheet — Level 2 — Practice Set 2 — Answers
Answer sheet with model answers and success criteria for the 3rd Grade vocabulary worksheet.
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A prefix goes at the start of a word and changes its meaning. Write the word or circle the answer.
Answer: untrue
un- means not (or undo): untrue means not true.
- Ato paint again
- Bto cook before
- Cto undo a knot
Answer: to cook before
pre- means before: precook means to cook before.
Answer: unkind
un- means not (or undo): unkind means not kind.
- Ato tell again
- Bto understand wrongly
- Cto not like
Answer: to understand wrongly
mis- means wrongly or badly: misunderstand means to understand wrongly.
Answer: retell
re- means again: retell means to tell again.
- Ato set before
- Bto hear wrongly
- Cto play again
Answer: to play again
re- means again: replay means to play again.
Answer: unable
un- means not (or undo): unable means not able.
- Ato set before
- Bto go out of sight
- Cto read again
Answer: to go out of sight
dis- means not (or the opposite of): disappear means to go out of sight.
Answer: unwell
un- means not (or undo): unwell means not well.
- Ato paint again
- Bto not trust
- Cto see before
Answer: to not trust
dis- means not (or the opposite of): distrust means to not trust.
Answer: refill
re- means again: refill means to fill again.
- Ato put in the wrong place
- Bto undo a knot
- Cto count wrongly
Answer: to undo a knot
un- means not (or undo): untie means to undo a knot.
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