Vocab & Definitions
What is the word corresponding to this definition:
A speech or talk in which a new piece of work is shown and explained to an audience.
A presentation
Name the main geographical regions that form the UK along with their capitals.
Ireland and Great Britain
They have no capitals as they are geographical regions.
State the comparative and superlative forms of the opposite of ‘ugly’.
more beautiful
the most beautiful
1) What is the complete name of the UK?
2) What is the name given to the region which comprises the UK as well as many little islands surrounding it?
1) The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
2) The British Isles
Are these verbs regular or irregular? Also conjugate the verbs in the past tense.
1) to defend oneself
2) to fall into a trap
3) to fight back
1) regular - defended oneself
2) irregular - fell into a trap
3) irregular - fought back
Give 2 synonyms for 'culprit'.
A perpetrator, a criminal
Name the patron saints of the UK along with the country.
England - St. George
Scotland - St. Andrew
Wales - St. David
Northern Ireland - St. Patrick
Name 5 irregular verbs we’ve learnt in class this year and how they are conjugated in the past tense.
[student response]
State whether 'to make it look like an accident/suicide' is a regular verb or irregular verb. Then use it in a sentence in the past tense.
irregular - made it look like an accident/suicide
[student response]
Where does John Watson live?
At 221B, Baker Street, London with Sherlock Holmes.
Give 4 synonyms for the word whose definition is:
A person who investigates mysteries and gathers information.
A detective, a gumshoe, a PI, a private eye, a private investigator, a sleuth, a snoop
Name the seas and oceans surrounding the UK.
Start with the body of water that is found between the country many of you come from and the country whose language we are speaking right now.
Then, go clockwise to name the rest.
Name the oceans at the end.
The English Channel
The Celtic Sea
The Irish Sea
The North Sea
The Atlantic Ocean
Complete this sentence:
The food at the canteen isn't too bad today. Often it is much ________ .
worse
1) Name the main countries of the British Isles in alphabetical order.
2) What languages are spoken there?
3) What nationalities can you be if you are from the British Isles?
1) England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales
2) English, Irish, Scottish and Welsh
3) English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh and British
In the series we watched, which organisation does Holmes’s older brother work for?
The British secret service (MI6). Also, the CIA on a freelance basis.
What are these?
1) An act that is punishable by law.
2) The process of looking for the perpetrator of the crime thereby solving it.
3) A person who steals something from someone.
1) A crime
2) An investigation
3) A Thief
1) Who is Sherlock Holmes?
2) Where does he live?
3) Who created him?
4) Name 4 other characters created by him and their relationship to Sherlock.
1) A fictional private investigator
2) 221B, Baker Street, London
3) Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
4) Mycroft Holmes, John Watson, Inspector Lestrade, Professor Moriarty, Mrs. Hudson
State the superlative forms of these five words:
1) slow
2) careful
3) far
4) polite
5) heavy
1) the slowest
2) the most careful
3) the farthest
4) the most polite
5) the heaviest
1) What is the flag of the UK called?
2) What are its colours?
3) Name the countries whose flags are represented in the flag of the UK.
4) Name the countries whose flags are not represented in the flag of the UK. Why not?
1) The Union Jack
2) Red, white and blue
3) England, Scotland, Northern Ireland
4) Wales. [dragon]
1) Who is the prime minister of the UK?
2) Where do they live?
1) Theresa May
2) 10 Downing Street, London
What is a spy fiction?
A mystery or adventure involving the protagonist who is usually a spy and who deals with other spies and a foreign power.
1) What is the country that is found in the northeastern part of the UK?
2) What is its capital?
3) What language do people speak there?
1) Scotland
2) Edinburgh
3) Scottish
Spell the comparative form of the opposite of 'polite'.
more impolite
Name the genres:
1) Adam Dalgliesh is called in to investigate the murder of a woman found stabbed to death in a private clinic. Who did it? One of the nurses? A doctor? There are no witnesses, no clues. Apparently.
2) Moonraker is a missile to stop all wars. But it threatens London. This is a job for James Bond 007 who saves millions of people including his homeland with the help of a pretty young lady.
3) Mary Yellen goes to live with her aunt Patience and her uncle Joss in an inn in Jamaica. Her uncle drinks heavily and he is violent at times. Slowly, Mary understands that her uncle is the leader of a gang of cruel men. What is she going to do?
1) a detective story / whodunit
2) a spy film / spy fiction
3) a thriller
1) I am trying to get someone innocent caught by the law. What am I doing? Give the verb. Then use it in a sentence.
2) Fill in the blanks:
A conman is someone who ________ someone of something or makes someone ________ something that's not ________ .
1) to frame someone + [student response]
2) cheats / believe / true