The Dathan Peris Jeopardy Challenge!

(dis)Grammar

100

^{(From Office Issues)}

What are you talking ________?

Complete the sentence above

about?

_{(sentence ending with a preposition)}

200

^{(From Business Persuasion)}

'I have been to Italy last year.'

Correct the sentence above.

I went to Italy last year.

           OR

I have been to Italy.      

300

^{(From The Future Crossover)}

Give 3 different examples of Future Use.

- Will

- Be going to

- Present Cont, Simple Pres, Modal Verbs

- Other verbs of Intention

400

^{(From We S2 BH)}

- Belo Horizonte was designed by Aarão Reis; not Niemeyer.

- The streets downtown are named after Indian tribes horizontally, and Brazilian cities and states vertically.

- MRV Arena will be finished in 2023

^{The sentences above are examples of what grammar structure?}

PASSIVE VOICE

500

^{(From Office parties and traditions)}

How many prefixes and/or suffixes does the word 

DISRESPECTFULLY

have?

1 Prefix (Dis)
2 Suffixes (Ful, Ly)

Vocabulary

100

^{(From All About Food - The Challenge)}

Puff Puff and Nanaimo Bars are examples of...?

FOOD!

200

^{(From Office Issues)}

A similar word to 'hate and ignore' is:

_{a) Moan       b) Despise     c) Stunning}    

b) Despise

300

^{(From Directions 2.0)}

Say 3 different ways of speaking 'Turn left/right'

Hit the; Take the; Make a    

left/right

400

^{(From In or Out?)}

Which word(s) have a (generally) negative meaning:

_{a) Spokesman   b) Well-Known   c) Biased   d)Jeopardize}

 _{e) Though        f) Foreigner       g) Oppressive   h) Otherwise}

LETTERS C, D and G

500

^{(From The COVIDecision)}

What's the meaning of the expressions below:

^{- TO TAG ALONG}

^{- TO FACE THE MUSIC}

^{- I COULDN'T CARE LESS}

- To join/get together a group of people

- To face a diffucult or different situation

- When you do not care at all about something

True or False?

100

^{(From In & Out, Future Crossover, and Directions 2.0)}

Maristilde, one of Dathan's most famous employees, thought her English was great; but in fact, she has bad English skills, and she never developed her language skills.

FALSE

Later on, she improves significantly (vide 'Directions 2.0')

200

^{(From Music & Lyrics)}

'Skimming' and 'Scanning' are listening techniques to get/understand the main idea/s in a test or activity.

FALSE

They are READING techniques.

300

^{(From New Famous Traveling Places)}

WILL is used for future plans or ideas.

WOULD is used for future predictions.

FALSE!!!

WOULD is used for imaginary, hypothetical situations.

400

^{(From La Casa de Law - The Office Theft)}

When using 'Narrative Tenses' to tell a story, the verbal tenses usually used are three: Simple Past, Past Continuous, and Past Perfect.

TRUE!!!

Simple Past - a finished action at a specific time in the past

Past Continuous - a finished action in progress in the past

Past Perfect - a finished action that occurs before another past situation

500

^{(From All Classes)}

TOFU, Tinder, Galozero, La Casa de Law, ChocoPeris, and Dathennis are all companies that belong to Mr. Dathan Peris.

TRUE !

_{(but there are more. Soon)}

Extras

100

^{(From Fact or Fake?)}

Which ones of the connectors below indicate contrast; opposite ideas?

^{FIRSTLY - AND - BUT - WHEN - HOWEVER - FINALLY - THEN} 

BUT and HOWEVER

200

^{(From Job Screening & Interviews)}

Mention 3 questions that are commonly asked in a Job Interview in English.

- What are your Strenghs and Weaknesses?

- Tell us about yourself.

- Why should we hire you?/Why do you want this job?

- What are your salary expectations?

- What's your biggest accomplishment?

- How do you work under pressure?

ETC

300

^{(From Questions and Answers)}

Give one example of a "Subject Question".

- Who broke the vase?
- What happened yesterday?

Etc

400

^{(From Questions & Answers)}

What's the 'Spoiler' that we need to pay attention to when answering (especially) a Yes/No Question?

The beggining of the questions

(Do you...?; Is she...?; Did they...?; etc)

500

^{(From All About Food - The Challenge)}

Complete the sentences with the correct modal verb:

- I _________ play the piano when I was a child.

- In my opinion, you _______ study more.

- _______ I open the window? It's so hot! 

- We __________ smoke inside an airplane.

- COULD or USED TO

- SHOULD

- CAN or COULD

- MUSTN'T or CAN'T

Miscellaneous 4ever

100

^{(From The COVIDecision)}

What was the COVIDecision that the company TOFU needed to make?

Bring the workers back to the office normally, keep them working from home, or adopting a hybrid working system.

200

^{(From La Casa de Law - The Office Theft)}

Who stole the Laptops, and why?

Professor Salva & his assistant (Rachel), because they wanted the money of the project tordesilhas just for them, not sharing with Dathan Peris.

300

^{(From New Famous Traveling Places)}

Which of the countries above is NOT on the list of future famous touristic places?

a) The USA   b) Canada   c) Japan 

d) Denmark   e) Argentina

LETTER

C - JAPAN

400

^{(From Smartphones & Apps)}

Why isn't WhatApp so used/famous in the USA?

Say at least 2 reasons

- People prefer SMS

- People prefer Facebook Messenger

- USA users are App weary

- People download other apps (they don't trust Wpp safety)

500

^{(From Fact or Fake?)}

 Mention at least 3 of the 6 videos showed in this class.

- The fake shark attack

- Hulk (the soccer star) smashing (as usual)

- The water tornado invading a beach in Italy

- Friends play volleyball while there's a volcano expelling lava nearby

- A Volcano expelling in the ocean and destroying eveything

- The baseball player saving a reporter by catching a ball