Lewis 7

Common Mistakes

100

Correct this sentence:

We see us next week!

See you next week! (or We will see each other next week!)

200

Correct this sentence:

We moved here before 5 years.

We moved here 5 years ago.

300

Correct this sentence:

Did you become the money I sent you?

Did you receive the money I sent you?

400

Complete this sentence:

This remembers me of my previous job.

This reminds me of my previous job.

500

Correct this sentence:

I work since 2 years for this company.

I’ve been working for this company for 2 years.

Germany

100

The full official name of the city of Frankfurt, Germany is Frankfurt am ______. What river, the longest tributary of the Rhine, fills in the blank?

Main

200

Berlin is the city with the highest population in Germany. Which city is #2?

Hamburg

300

If you’re at a location in France, Germany, or several other European countries, which fast food place lets you order a beer with your Quarter Pounder?

McDonald's

400

Because Mercedes-Benz is headquartered there, what city in southwestern Germany is often known to locals as "Benztown?"

Stuttgart

500

Neuschwanstein Castle, a 19th-century palace built in Schwangau, Germany, commissioned by King Ludwig II of Bavaria, and heavily inspired by the operas of what 19th-century German composer?

Richard Wagner

British & American English

100

Americans call it a "cookie." What do the British call it?

A biscuit

200

Americans call it an "elevator." What do the British call it?

A lift

300

Americans call it a "sweater." What is the British word?

jumper

400

Americans call them "sneakers." What do the British call them?

trainers

500

Americans call it a "diaper." What do the British call it?

A nappy

Tenses

100

Fill in the blank with the appropriate form of the verb:

I _______ (call) you tomorrow.

will call

200

Fill in the blank with the appropriate form of the verb:

I _______ (eat) all the biscuits yesterday.

ate

300

Fill in the blank with the appropriate form of the verb:

He _________ (call) the police right now.

is calling

400

Fill in the blank with the appropriate form of the verb:

I ________ (visit) Greece three times.

have visited

500

Fill in the blank with the appropriate form of the verb:

She ___________ (not write) the final chapter of her new book yet.

hasn't written

General knowledge

100

Approximately many days does it take for the Earth to orbit the Sun?

365

200

Name the biggest selling book series of all time.

Harry Potter by J.K.Rowling

300

Name the longest river in the world

The Nile

400

What’s the national animal of Australia?

Kangaroo

500

Until 1923, what was the Turkish city of Istanbul called?

Constantinople