Adjectives
They are 5 random adjectives.
What are red, kind, big, longest, stronger?
That is the very common ending of adverbs.
What is -ly?
That is what the abbreviation "ELF" stands for.
What is English as Lingua Franca?
These are 3 typical nationalities who use ELF.
What are Denmark, Germany and China?
A typical mix up example of ELF/homophones on signs etc.
What is bear/beer, child/chilled etc.?
This is the adjective in the sentence "She was extremely good at singing".
What is "good"?
The correct English translation of "Jeg vil også gerne have en søster".
What is "I want/would like to have a sister as well/, too"?
That is how ELF is characterized.
What is a contact language between persons who do not share the same native language?
3 examples of countries with English as the native language (except from England/UK and USA).
What are Australia/New Zealand/Canada?
A typical example of grammatical mistakes in ELF - in the present tense conserning agreement.
What is lack of the -s in 3rd person singular, present tense?
This is the correct adjective in English in the sentence "Hun virker lettet".
What is "relieved"?
The correct English translation of "De sang vidunderligt".
What is "They sang beautifully"?
People using ELF use English not as their native language but this language.
What is their "third language"?
Those are the 3 circles in Kachru's model.
What are the inner, the outer and the expanding circle?
A wrong "one fits all" question tag often seen in ELF.
What is "....., no?"
This is the English version of "Han vinkede venligt".
What is "He waved in a friendly way/manner"?
The correct and precise English translation of the sentence "Hvis han efter 10 måneder ikke husker sin fødselsdag, er det virkelig slemt".
What is "If, after 10 months, he does not remember his birthday, it is really bad"?
This restricted language has only approximately 300 words.
What is pidgin?
Three examples of countries with English as a second language.
What are Nigeria/Jamaica/Sri Lanka/India?
This is sometimes also called a "rainworm" by Danes speaking English.
What is (an) "earthworm"?
An example of a word which can be both an adjective and an adverb in the same form.
What is "daily/early/fast/loud/hard"?
An example of a word changing its meaning to something else than the original adjective when adding -ly.
What is late/hard?
One of the mentioned examples of vocal mistakes in ELF.
What is the pronunciation of specific consonant sounds (e.g. th)/length contrasts (e.g. leave and live)/wrongly placed stress in a sentence or word?
What are creole and pidgin?
This fish was called a "redspet" by Peter Ingemann in one of his shows on television.
What is a plaice?