Culture
What does “to cut corners” mean?
To do something cheaply/easily by skipping steps or reducing quality.
This Queen song famously begins with the lyrics "Is this the real life?"
Bohemian Rhapsody
¿Cuál es la capital del Reino Unido?
Mánchester
Londres
Belfast
Edimburgo
Londres
This gas is essential for most humans to breathe.
oxygen
What tense is used for routines and habits?
Present simple
What is a word called when it is formed by imitating a sound, such as “buzz” or “hiss”?
Onomatopoeia
In this animated movie, a clownfish named Marlin searches the ocean for his son.
Finding Nemo
¿Cuántos estados integran los Estados Unidos de América?
50
52
51
48
50
Alexander Fleming is famous for discovering this medicine.
Penicillin
Why do we say “I had breakfast” without an article?
Meals commonly take zero article when speaking generally:
I had breakfast.
We ate lunch.
Dinner was delicious.
What is the only English-speaking country in South America?
Guyana 🇬🇾
This South Korean film became the first non-English-language movie to win the Academy Award for Best Picture.
Parasite
¿Qué término britano-inglés equivale a la palabra estadounidense "elevator"?
Flat
Subway
Lorry
Lift
Lift
A scientist who studies weather is called this.
meteorologist
Find and correct 3 mistakes: “Yesterday I go to the store because I need buying some food.
Yesterday I went to the store because I needed to buy some food.
Which English word is pronounced differently when its first letter is capitalized?
Polish / polish
This instrument has 88 keys and is commonly found in classical and pop music.
piano
¿En qué año se firmó la Declaración de Independencia de los Estados Unidos?
1789
1776
1812
1765
1776
A group of these black and-white birds is called
“waddle.”
What is the difference between should have and must have?
should have = something was advisable/expected but didn't happen
“You should have called me.”
must have = strong deduction about the past
“She must have forgotten.”
Which word can cause confusion because “it” means an eraser in British English but something different in American English?
Rubber
This German composer wrote the Brandenburg Concertos.
Johann Sebastian Bach
¿Qué evento histórico del año 1066 introdujo una masiva cantidad de vocabulario de origen francés en el idioma inglés?
Las invasiones vikingas de Northumbria
La conquista normanda de Inglaterra
La Guerra de los Cien Años
La firma de la Carta Magna
La conquista normanda de Inglaterra
The country where Southern Cryonics first client was cryogenically frozen
Australia
Explain why this sentence can have two meanings: “I saw the man with the telescope.”
Meaning 1: I used a telescope to see the man.
Meaning 2: I saw a man who had a telescope.