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How do you spell and say the word for
a) a series of a foreign language seminar
b) a swearword
a) course (kɔːs)
b) curse (kɜːs)
Which form of email salutation is right and which is not right?
a) Dear Mrs Teacher
b) Dear Professor White
a) Dear Mrs Teacher - wrong in English
b) Dear Professor White - right in English
Which prepositions do we use with these verbs?
a) is concerned ...
b) is involved ...
c) is based ...
a) with
b) in
c) on
Explain what this idiom means:
"It's all Greek to me."
It is really hard to undestand, I don't have a clue how to understand it.
Explain two meaings of this word:
a) major - a noun
b) major - an adjective
a) a field of study in which a student specializes
b) greater than others in importance
Which part of speech (e.g. noun, etc) do these suffixes make?
a) -en, -ate, -ify
b) -ive, -ant, -ic
a) verb (e.g. soften)
b) adjective (e.g. informative)
When adapting to life in a new country, which stage is first and which is second? What feelings prevail in each of them?
a) hostility stage
b) honemoon stage
FIRST: honeymoon stage - enthusiasm, excitement
SECOND: hostility stage - frustration, unhappiness
Make two nouns by deriving them from the verb "to observe"
observer, observation, observatory
Say which of these email phrases are informal, semiformal, formal
a) Best regards
b) With kind regards
c) All the best
a) semiformal
b) formal
c) informal
What does the idiom "to go Dutch" mean?
when in a bar or a pub, everyone in the group of friends pays for themselves
(divide a check or bill so that each person contributes to it)
Explain the difference between
a) brain gain and b) brain drain
a) immigration of scientist into a country attrated by better pay, equipment, and other conditions
b) loss of educated labour by their movement to more favourable environments in other countries
Say the English words for
a) tablets that dissolve in water and you drink the solution with bubbles
b) tablets that dissolve in your mouth
c) cream with curative effect applied on the skin
a) effervescent tablets
b) lozenges
c) ointment
When reading an academic text, what are these techniques?
a) skimming
b) scanning
a) glancing through a text quicky just to see the main idea
b) reading the text quicky but carefully enough to find specific information or detail
Say the singular forms of these words:
strata, bacteria, data
stratum, bacterium, datum
make an adjective from "number"
e.g. ....... promotional events
make a verb from "money"
e.g. ....... blog through sponsored posts
numerous
monetize
Which skill is lower and which is higher, and what cognitive process (give a verb) do you apply in each of them?
understand x evaluate
lower: understand - you explain, describe, classify
higher: evaluate - you justify, support, weigh