A
How many articles are there in English? Name them
3: A, AN, THE
Complete the name of the following sport:
F_ _u_e S_ _ _ ing
FIGURE SKATING
Freestyle, backstroke, sidestroke, breaststroke, butterfly are styles of ___________
SWIMMING
What was the last name of the brothers who were locked by their father and that knew the world through movies?
A) Krysiak
B) Angulo
C) Erhard
B) Angulo
What type of word is MUST?
A) LINKING VERB
B) MODAL VERB
C) CAUSATIVE VERB
B) MODAL VERB
TRUE/FALSE: English language has both LATIN and GERMANIC roots.
TRUE, for example: Error (latin) / Mistake (Germanic)
TRUE/FALSE: English is the language with the most words in the world.
FALSE, Greek has the most words. Almost 5,000,000.
'She's better at math than her brother'. Is it COMPARATIVE or SUPERLATIVE?
COMPARATIVE, the superlative is THE BEST.
Which language has no irregular verbs?
A) English
B) Portuguese
c) Esperanto
C) ESPERANTO
How many languages are there in the world?
A) 1,800 - 2,700
B) 4,500 - 6,800
C) 7,100 - 8,000
C) 7,100 - 8,000
What is the STROOP EFFECT?
The Stroop effect is the delay in reaction time between automatic and controlled processing of information, in which the names of words interfere with the ability to name the colour of ink used to print the words.
TRUE/FALSE: OUGHT TO is considered a MODAL VERB.
TRUE, it actually means SHOULD, but more formal.
Manner, frequency, time, place degree, are types of ____________
A) ADVERBS
B) ADJECTIVES
C) VERBS
A) ADVERBS
TRUE/FALSE: Would & Used to can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
FALSE, Would can be used to talk about it, but Used To cannot. However, they both can be used to talk about past habits = Solía
A) Past simple
B) Past Continuous
C) Present Perfect
How many types of present are there?
4: Simple, continuous, perfect & perfect continuous
What is the difference between Language Learning and Language Acquisition?
Language Learning refers to learning about a language, its sound system, its structure. Language acquisition means somehow absorbing a target language's sound system and structure, without thinking explicitly about the language's actual structure.
Who, which, that, whose, whom are examples of ___________
RELATIVE CLAUSES
COMPLETE: Matt, _____ is 21 years old, plays guitar in the band.
WHO
TRUE/FALSE: Will, May and Might can be used to talk about future predictions.
TRUE, the only difference is the certainty you have about the event.
How many grammatical categories are there? Name 5 at least
9: adv, adj, nouns, pronouns, verbs, conjunctions, prepositions, articles, and interjections.
TRUE/FALSE: A reporting verb is a word which is used to speculate.
FALSE: A reporting verb is a word which is used to talk about or report what other people say.
How many tenses are there in English language? Name 5
12: Past, Present and Future (simple, continuous, perfect, and perfect continuous)
What is the difference between a DYNAMIC and a STATIVE verb?
Dynamic verbs (sometimes referred to as "action verbs") usually describe actions we can do physically, Stative verbs refer to a state or condition which is not changing or likely to change.
What is a NARRATIVE TENSE? Name 4
Narrative tenses are verb tenses that are used to talk about the past. You can often find them in stories, textbooks, spoken accounts and in descriptions of past events. Examples: past simple, continuous, perfect, perfect continuous, future in the past, used to, would.