5th Grade Prefixes: un-, re-, dis-, pre-, mis- Worksheet — Level 2 — Practice Set 2 — Answers
Answer sheet with model answers and success criteria for the 5th 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: unable
un- means not (or undo): unable means not able.
- Ato spell wrongly
- Bnot fair
- Cto write again
Answer: not fair
un- means not (or undo): unfair means not fair.
Answer: disappear
dis- means not (or the opposite of): disappear means to go out of sight.
- Ato set before
- Bnot well
- Cto count wrongly
Answer: to set before
pre- means before: preset means to set before.
Answer: prepay
pre- means before: prepay means to pay before.
- Ato visit again
- Bnot true
- Cto read wrongly
Answer: not true
un- means not (or undo): untrue means not true.
Answer: reuse
re- means again: reuse means to use again.
- Ato tell again
- Bto hear wrongly
- Cnot kind
Answer: not kind
un- means not (or undo): unkind means not kind.
Answer: disobey
dis- means not (or the opposite of): disobey means to not obey.
- Ato fill again
- Bto not trust
- Cto write again
Answer: to not trust
dis- means not (or the opposite of): distrust means to not trust.
Answer: revisit
re- means again: revisit means to visit again.
- Ato open a lock
- Bto paint again
- Cto behave badly
Answer: to paint again
re- means again: repaint means to paint again.
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