prefixes quiz	

Team A
Complete the words on the right. all of them begin with a prefix. The number in brackets () shows the number of letters.	
What would you call a secretary who could speak five languages?	_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (12)	
What would you call rice that had been cooked for an hour?	_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (10)	
To succeed in most things, you need to believe in yourself. In other words, you need to be	_ _ _ _ -_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _  (4-9)	
What would you call a newspaper that strongly supported the government?	_ _ _- _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (3-10)	
Someone who behaves in a childish way is 	_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (8)	
An antique vase that you cannot replace is	_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (13)	
If you want to change the colour of the walls of a room, you need to ________ them	_ _ _ _ _ _ _ (7)	
If you think someone said 'celery' when in fact they said 'salary', you _________ them.	_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (8)	

Team B
Complete the words on the right. all of them begin with a prefix. The number in brackets () shows the number of letters.	
What do you call companies that operate in many different countries?	_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (13)	
Handwriting that is so bad you cannot read it is	_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (9)	
A railway line that is no longer used is	_ _ _ _ _ _ _ (7)	
A pack of playing cards with five cards missing is	 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (10)	
If you checked your restaurant bill and found that a soft drink was down at $200 you were	_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (11)	
Someone who works 12 hours a day, seven days a week is	_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (10)	
A building with many floors is called a __________ building	_ _ _ _ _ -_ _ _ _ _ _ (5-6)	
An argument that is not logical is	_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (9)	

Distribute these answer slips after a few minutes to help teams complete the task.
Check they have the correct answers. A teams then quiz B teams and vice-versa.

Team A

Answers (not in order)

repaint
immature
misheard
self-confident
pro-government
irreplaceable
multilingual
overcooked	Team B

Answers (not in order)

incomplete
illogical
multi-storey
overworked
overcharged
illegible
multinational
disused	

Team A

Answers (not in order)

repaint
immature
misheard
self-confident
pro-government
irreplaceable
multilingual
overcooked	Team B

Answers (not in order)

incomplete
illogical
multi-storey
overworked
overcharged
illegible
multinational
disused	

Team A

Answers (not in order)

repaint
immature
misheard
self-confident
pro-government
irreplaceable
multilingual
overcooked	Team B

Answers (not in order)

incomplete
illogical
multi-storey
overworked
overcharged
illegible
multinational
disused	

Answers – in order	

Team A

What would you call a secretary who could speak five languages?
multilingual

What would you call rice that had been cooked for an hour?
overcooked

To succeed in most things, you need to believe in yourself. In other words, you need to be
self-confident

What would you call a newspaper that strongly supported the government?
pro-government

Someone who behaves in a childish way is 
immature

An antique vase that you cannot replace is
irreplaceable

If you want to change the colour of the walls of a room, you need to ________ them
repaint

If you think someone said 'celery' when in fact they said 'salary', you _________ them.
misheard

Team B

What do you call companies that operate in many different countries?
multinational

Handwriting that is so bad you cannot read it is
illegible

A railway line that is no longer used is
disused

A pack of playing cards with five cards missing is
incomplete

If you checked your restaurant bill and found that a soft drink was down at $200 you were
overcharged

Someone who works 12 hours a day, seven days a week is
overworked

A building with many floors is called a __________ building
multi-storey

An argument that is not logical is
illogical