Brexit in general
A portmanteau of "British exit".
What is (the term) 'Brexit'?
portmanteau = blend of words in which parts of multiple words are combined into a new word, as in smog (smoke and fog) or motel (motor and hotel).
51.89 % - 48.11%
What was the result of the Brexit referendum?
They are often formed by adding -ly to the adjective. They usually provide information about the manner, place, time, frequency, certainty, or other circumstances of the activity denoted by the verb or verb phrase.
What are adverbs?
For example: (How?) He drives carefully.
Spell the English word for 'Meinung'.
O P I N I O N
people
How do you say “Leute” in English?
In 2016.
When did the Brexit referendum take place?
On 31 December 2020.
When did the transition period, in which the two sides were allowed to negotiate a new trade agreement, end?
A noun with the syntactic property that any quantity of it is treated as an undifferentiated unit, rather than as something with discrete elements.
What is an uncountable noun?
For example: music, art, love, happiness...
Spell the English word for 'Demokratie'.
D E M O C R A C Y
A person starts reading a text out loud. As soon as they make a pronunciation mistake, someone else says ‘Stop!’, corrects the mistake, and the next person continues reading.
How does “Fehlerlesen” work?
The border between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland.
What has been of the toughest issues to resolve during the Brexit negotiations?
At 11pm on 31 January 2020.
When exactly did the UK leave the European Union?
chose, chosen
What are the past tense and the past participle of the verb ‘to choose’?
Spell the English word for 'Regierung'.
G O V E R N M E N T
In pairs around a word or phrase, aligned with upper case letters, for example to indicate direct speech.
Where and why are quotations marks placed in English?
A British politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Conservative Party from 2016 to 2019.
Who is Theresa May?
In 1973.
When did the UK join the European Club of countries?
A verb that accepts one or more objects.
What is a transitive verb?
For example: Alex sent (transitive verb) a postcard (direct object) from Argentina.
Spell the name of the Prime Minister of the UK.
B O R I S J O H N S O N
His New Year’s Resolution was, to read more books.
What was Piet's New Year's Resolution?
(Who is Piet?)
He quit his job.
What did David Cameron, a supporter of the ‘Remain’ side, do after ‘Leave’ won the referendum?
27
How many countries are left in the EU now that the UK has left?
The infinitive, the past tense and the past participle of the English word for "schreiten".
What are 'stride', 'strode', and 'stridden'?
Spell the English word for 'Großbritannien'.
G R E A T B R I T A I N
It marks the first day of Holy Week. The feast commemorates Jesus' triumphal entry into Jerusalem.
What is Palm Sunday?