ESL Canada Trivia

Geography

100

Name Canada's 3 prairie provinces (where we grow things to eat)

Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba

200

This province touches the Pacific Ocean

British Columbia

300

Canada are larger than the United States (TRUE or FALSE)

TRUE, Canada is the 2nd largest country on the planet. The US is #4

400

How many GREAT LAKES does Canada have?

A. 3    B.  4    C. 5    D. 6

C. Canada has 5 Great Lakes. They are the largest group of fresh water lakes on Earth.

Famous people

100

This LINC 4 student has twins at home

Sherin

200

Name a LINC 4 student who studied at AXIS

Answers may vary

300

Both hip hop artists 'Drake' and 'The Weeknd' were born in Toronto (TRUE or FALSE)

TRUE

400

True or False:  At ANC, Marlene and Khalid are managers, Leo is the director of the language department, and Barb works in Diversity 

FALSE: Marlene is Admin (and she works very hard)

Grammar

100

What is the correct answer to this question: "Where did you go yesterday?"  A) I went to home  B) I went home  C) I go to home, yesterday  D) I came home, yesterday

C. I went home

200

What are the 2 conjunctions we studied in class earlier this week (these are words used to connect sentences)?

AND   &    BUT

300

Which sentence is NOT correct?  A) Effrem is sit down now  B) Effrem will sits down  C) Effrem maybe sits down  D) Effrem sitting down  E) No answers are correct

E. No answers are correct

400

Which sentence is correct: A) I went to go shopping  B) I will to go shopping  C) I will not go shopping  D) I am going to go to shopping

B) I will not go shopping

Things you should know

100

St. John's has fewer people than Halifax (TRUE or FALSE)

TRUE. Halifax is much larger than St. John's 

200

What day & month is Boxing Day?

December 26th

300

Thanksgiving is the SECOND Monday in October...and it is the same every year (TRUE or FALSE) 

TRUE

400

What are the nicknames for the $1 and $2 coins used in Canada?

$1 > Loonie  $2 > Toonie

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100

Your LINC 4 teacher has: A) 1 cat  B) 2 cats  C) 2 cats and a dog

B) 2 cats

200

Canada borders 3 oceans (TRUE or FALSE)

TRUE, Canada has 3 ocean borders: the Pacific Ocean, the Atlantic ocean, and the Arctic Ocean.

300

This is Canada's most famous waterfall is spelled: A) B) Nigera  C) Nyaggara  D) Niagara  F) Nyagera  F) Niagarra 

D) Niagara 

400

What is Canada's largest province? 

QUEBEC - Quebec is nearly 1/6 of Canada's total land area