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100

List 4 English-speaking countries (make a sentence).

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100

How can you make a sentence in English ?

SVO

Subject + Verb + Object

100

Give the name of 2 plays by Shakespeare.

Hamlet, Macbeth, Romeo and Juliet, A Midsummer Night's Dream, As You Like It, King Lear, The Tempest, Othello, Richard III, All's Well That Ends Well, ...

100

Who is the current World Champion of rugby ?

Bonus point if you can say where rugby was invented ...

The current rugby World Champion is South Africa.

Rugby was invented in England (the United Kingdom).

200

Name 3 presidents of the USA ...

From most recent : Joe Biden, Donald Trump, Barack Obama, George W. Bush, Bill Clinton, George H. W. Bush, Ronald Reagan, Jimmy Carter, Gerald Ford, Richard Nixon, Lindon B. Johnson, John F. Kennedy, Dwight D. Eisenhower, ...

200

What are 2 rules to remember about adjectives ?

They are invariable and they are placed before the noun.

200

What do these films have in common?

E.T., Jaws, Jurassic Park, Westside Story, Back to the Future.

They were all directed by Steven Spielberg.

200

Who was nicknamed the "KING OF POP" ?

Mickael Jackson was nicknamed the King of Pop.

300

King Charles III has been king for 2 years. How many countries is he King of?

a) 1        b) 4        c) 7          d) 15           e) 23

d)

He is the King of 15 countries.

300

Translate the following sentence : 

Pour apprendre l'anglais et pour réussir, tu dois travailler dur.

To learn English and to succeed, you must work hard.

300

Who's the odd one out ?

The Lord of the Rings, Divergent, Fantastic Beasts, Harry Potter, The Hunger Games, Percy Jackson.

Fantastic Beasts because it was not adapted from a book.

300

Give the names of three British bands ...

The Beatles, the Rolling Stones, Queen, Little Mix, Radiohead, Arctic Monkeys, One Direction, The Who, The Kinks, Spice Girls, Oasis, Led Zeppelin... and many more!

400

BLIND TEST!

Match the national anthems to the countries...

(Ireland, England, New Zealand, USA, South Africa)

400

List 5 modals and explain the 3 rules to remember.

1) They are followed by an infinitive (BV)

2) They are invariable (no conjugation)

3) You can't use 2 modals in the same sentence

MUST, MAY/MIGHT, CAN/COULD, WILL/WOULD, SHALL/SHOULD

400

Match the author to the book : 

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Pride and Prejudice, Oliver Twist, Romeo and Juliet.

Charles Dickens, Shakespeare, Jane Austen, Roald Dahl.

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory - Roald Dahl

Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen

Oliver Twist - Charles Dickens

Romeo and Juliet -Shakespeare

400

WORD RACE

Write ideas on your slate and count your points. The team with the highest score wins the 400 points.

List monuments in the English-speaking world (places where tourists go)

500

CHALLENGE - Everyone can participate, the team with the highest score will get 500 points.

In the United Kingdom, list : 

- 4 countries

- 4 capital cities

- 4 nationalities

500

WORD RACE

Write your answers on the slate and at the end, count your score.

List verbs that are irregular (careful, you must KNOW them)

500

WHO AM I ?

Write the names of cinema characters on your slates. We will count your points at the end and the team with the highest score gets 500 points.

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500

Blind test !

Listen to the song extracts and find the title and artist of each.

1 point for the artist or the title, 3 points if you have both !

The Beatles - All You Need Is Love

Ed Sheeran - Bad Habits

Queen - We Are the Champions

The Weeknd - Save Your Tears

Michael Jackson - Billie Jean

Coldplay - Viva La Vida

Mariah Carey - All I Want for Christmas Is You