English-speaking countries
Name four countries and their capital cities that belong to the UK
England (London), Scotland (Edinburgh), Wales (Cardiff), Northern Ireland (Belfast)
Name the neighbouring countries of Slovakia
Poland (North), Ukraine (East), Hungary (South), Austria (South-East), Czechia (West)
Where in Slovakia would you travel to visit an open-air museum?
Vlkolínec, Čičmany, Vychylovka, Jahodnícke háje...
Name 10 positive adjectives describing character traits
honest, loyal, tolerant, reliable, responsible, thoughtful, trustworthy, modest, hard-working, funny...
Name at least 3 materials we can separate
paper, glass, metal, plastic
Name at least 3 traditions/holidays celebrated in the English-speaking countries and ad 1 piece of information to each
Halloween
Bonfire Night
Thanksgiving
St.Patrick's Day
Poppy Day...
Describe the Slovak flag
3 stripes (white, blue, red) with the state emblem with a white double cross in the red field situated on three blue mountains (Tatra, Matra, Fatra)
Give 3 examples of individual sports and 3 examples of team sports along with the equipment necessary to play/do them
running (trainers), skiing (ski boots,skis...), surfing (surfboard)...
ice hockey (puck, hockey stick...), basketball ( ball, hoop...) volleyball (ball, net )...Name 5 fashion accessories
ring, earring, bracelet, necklace, armband, belt, watch...
Name at least 5 natural disasters
tornado, hurricane, flood, avalanche, volcanic eruption...
What does the word LOCH mean? Say one name and location of a loch
lake; Loch Ness, Loch Lomond (Scotland)
Describe the way Slovaks celebrate traditional Easter Monday
Boys and men whip girls (women) with a whip with ribbons, they also splash them with water, or spray them with perfume, they get chocolate (dyed) eggs in exchange
Which hobbies could be included in arts and crafts? Name at least 3
pottery, knitting, sewing, crochet, candle making, jewellery design
What does extended family mean?
It includes all family members (close and distant relatives)
Describe in your own words the causes and impact of greenhouse effect
CO2 in the atmosphere causes the heat to be trapped in the atmosphere, which makes our planet hotter, the impact is global warming (glaciers melt, temperature rises...)
Name 5 animal species native to Australia
koala, wombat, platypus, Tasmanian devil, kangoroo, dingo, wallaby...
Name 3 most populous cities in Slovakia and include at least one piece of information about them
Bratislava, Košice, Prešov
Name 3 types of press
tabloids, broadsheets, magazines, leaflets
Name 3 Slovaks (each from a different field) that are worldwide famous.
Peter Sagan (sport), Milan Rastislav Štefánik ( politician, astronomer, pilot, diplomat) Štefan Banič ( built the first usable parachute)
What causes ozone hole
CFCs (Freons)
Name 5 sights in the USA and describe them briefly
The Statue of Liberty, White House, The Capitol, Empire State Building, Space Needle (Seattle), Golden Gate Bridge...
Name the highest peak, the longest river, the biggest castle and the largest dam
Gerlachovský štít (peak), the Váh (river), Spišský hrad (castle), Gabčíkovo (dam)
Name 3 types of books that belong to fiction and 3 types of books that belong to non-fiction
novel, short story, poem...
autobiography, guide, manual...Name 10 English-speaking writers.
William Shakespeare, J.D. Salinger, Ernest Hemingway, Allen Ginsberg, J.K. Rowling, J.R.R.Tolkien, Charles Dickens, George Orwell, Stephen King, Jane Austen...
Name 5 protected animals in Slovakia
lynx, bear, wolf, salamander, chamois, beaver, otter...