Your teachers/heads at school
How do you spell your English teacher's first name (proper name), letter by letter? With English pronunciation, of course!
AUD-MARI
What is a 'protagonist'?
Main character
What is 'lingua franca'?
A language shared by two parties with different mother tongues.
What is a 'netizen'?
A user of the internet.
Derived from 'internet' and 'citizen'.
Name three indigenous peoples in the English-speaking world.
Aboriginals (Australia), Inuits (Canada), Native Americans (the US), Maoris (NZ)
What is your Norwegian teacher's full name?
Astrid Tennum Haugen
What are the names of the three girls in "Rabbit-Proof Fence"?
Molly, Gracie and Daisy
What are the two best-known varieties of English called?
American English and British English
In the text "After Mats Passed Away", we read about Mats and his gaming friends. What was the name of his avatar?
Ibelin
A hybrid language that combines words and idioms from both Spanish and English.
Who is the author of the novel "The Hate U Give"?
Angie Thomas
What is a homonym?
Each of two or more words having the same spelling and/or pronunciation but different meanings.
E.g.
Nail: A hard part on the tip of a finger or a small metal spike used in construction
Other words: bark, fair, can, book, leaves, date, etc.
Name at least three pieces of good advice to become a Zero Waster.
- buy less
- carry reusable water bottles and/or cups
- eat less meat
- shorter showers
- walk/cycle instead of going by car/bus
- switch off electric equipment when not in use
- recycle
- reuse
- repair instead of buying new stuff
etc, etc
What is 'segregation' in a country?
the action or state of setting someone apart from others, e.g. based on ethnicity
What is the name of the principal at SVGS?
Toril Lislien
What is an omniscient narrator?
An all-knowing or all-wise narrator, most often in the third person.
What is a "false friend" when studying vocabulary?
A word or expression that has a similar form to one in a person's native language, but a different meaning.
For example:
accurate - akkurat.
BUT nøyaktig is the correct translation.
Which sport did the Olympic Champion with ADHD, Michael Phelps, practice?
Swimming
What characterizes a democracy? Name three obvious features.
- Citizens rule
- Free elections
- Majority rule
- Individual rights
- Free speech
- Freedom of religion
- Protection under the law
What is the name of the Head of IB?
Emmanuelle Hirtz Bjerkem
What are some important literary devices for analyzing short stories? Name at least four.
Plot, theme, message, setting, narrative technique, characters, point of view, story elements (exposition-rising action-conflict-climax-falling action-resolution).
Conversations skills: List at least three different ways of giving an opinion (orally). Only the start of such sentences is needed.
If you ask me, ...
If you don't mind me saying, ...
In my view, ...
I'm convinced that, ....
etc, etc.
We practiced idioms in this chapter. What does "to be in a pickle" mean?
To be in a difficult situation and need help.
How many children are child labourers in the world as of 2025, according to UNICEF? I need the number, not the percentage (+/- 20 million).
160 million children