Summer School Challenge #1

Prepositions

1

What do prepositions indicate?

Relation of objects in terms of place and time

3

Which prepositions are common both in place and time?

in / On / At

5

Why do we use "triangle" method to understand "in, on, at" prepositions?

Each article has its own scope. In - for the biggest period of time and place. "On" - for the less significant period of time and space. "At" - for the least and specific period of time and place.

7

Which preposition we use for "surfaces"?

on

9

Which preposition we use when we refer to "enclosed spaces"?

In

Pronouns, Articles

1

Name 7 subject pronouns

I, you, we, they, he, she, it

3

What are objective pronouns?

Me, you, us, them, him, her, it

5

What are possessive adjectives?

My, your, our, their, his, her, its

7

When do we use "A, an" articles?

When we deal with singular nouns, talking about them for the first time and when we talk about professions

9

Name at least 4 situations when we use "the"

1. Superlative sentences

2. Talking about things for the second time

3. Geographical objects

4. Unique things

5. Name of specific places

6. Ordinal numbers

7. Groups of people

8. Family names

9. Highlighting people

Quantifiers

1

What are the quantifiers to express that we have millions of something?

A lot of, much, many

3

What's the difference between a lot of, much, many and a few / a little?

For affirmative (+) sentences: a lot of

For negative (-) and interrogative (?) sentences: much (uncountable), many (countable)

"A few" is used with countable nouns, "a little" is used with uncountable nouns.

5

When do we use "some" and "any"?

Some: positive sentences, plural nouns (countable and uncountable)

Any: negative, interrogative sentences, plural nouns (countable, uncountable)

7

When we don't use quantifiers?

When we talk about nouns which are in singular form

9

What are the difference in usage of "a lot of, much, many, a few, a little" and "some"? 

"Some" indicates unspecified number of something, while "a lot of, much, many, a few, a little" clearly show their quantity

Tenses

1

How many tenses are in English language?

12

3

What do we use "Present Simple" for?

Routines, stable/regular actions, hobbies, facts

5

Tell the structure of Past Simple sentences

(+) S + V2 + O

(-) S + didn't + V + O

(?) Did + S + V + O?

7

What kind of verbs are not mainly used in Present Continuous?

non-action verbs

9

Apart from actions which are happening "now", in what cases we use Present Continuous?

future goals, arrangements

RANDOM

1

How many letters are in "English Language"?

15

3

How many people speak English language?

1.5 billion people

5

How many stars are on the USA's flag?

50

7

Why is English Language considered as the global language?

students suggest their reasonable and logical answer

9

Combining the amount of consonants and vowels, we get 27, but English language has 26 letters. Why?

The letter "Y" can be both vowel and consonant