Spelling
What is the correct spelling of this word?
a) misspell
b) mispell
c) missppell
a) misspell
someone who is very nice and respectful is:
a) creative
b) popular
c) polite
d) funny
c) polite
According to a Levada Center survey in 2015, what % of Russians can speak English?
a) 10%
b) 15%
c) 20%
d) 30%
d) 30%
Do you agree?
New York City has more languages spoken there than any other city. Roughly how many are there?
a) 500
b) 600
c) 700
c) 700
Malarkey:
a) beef jerky
b) nonsense
c) a type of candy in California
b) nonsense
'everything you just said is malarkey.'
чепуха
What is the correct spelling of this word?
a) recomend
b) recommend
c) reccommend
d) reccomend
b) recommend
What's the past simple of these verbs?
a) grow
b) ride
c) swim
d) break
e) drive
a) grow = grew
b) ride = rode
c) swim = swam
d) break = broke
e) drive = drove
Which country here has the largest population?
a) the United Kingdom
b) the United States
c) Australia
d) Ireland
b) the United States
the USA has around 332 million people
Which of these countries is NOT part of the United Kingdom?
a) England
b) Wales
c) Ireland
d) Scotland
e) Northern Ireland
c) Ireland
Lollygag:
a) when you eat too fast and your stomach hurts
b) to waste time
c) a type of chair popular in Florida
b) to waste time
'I lollygagged all weekend and didn't study.'
бездельничать
What is the correct spelling of this word?
a) beleive
b) believe
c) bileve
d) belieive
b) believe
Which verb has the highest number of forms/definitions?
a) set
b) get
c) go
d) do
a) set
464 different forms can be made from set
The longest word in English has how many letters?
a) 36
b) 41
c) 45
d) 52
c) 45
‘pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis’, refers to a lung disease caused by inhaling dust
What is the province in Canada that speaks French?
a) Ontario
b) Saskatchewan
c) British Columbia
d) Quebec
d) Quebec
Flub:
a) to make a mistake/error
b) a rubber ball
c) when you have to fart
a) to make a mistake/error
'I flubbed the last question on the exam.'
ошибиться
What is the correct spelling of this word?
a) to seperate
b) to saperate
c) to seperete
d) to separate
d) to separate
(разделять)
Are these four nouns countable or uncountable?
a) news
b) chips
c) games
d) wildlife
news = UC
chips = C
games = C
wildlife = UC
English is the official language of how many countries?
a) 51
b) 67
c) 75
d) 88
b) 67
These four words are in British English. What are they in American English?
a queue
football
lift
flat
queue = a line
football = soccer
lift = elevator
flat = apartment
Finagle:
a) to try and get something cheaper
b) to drive in a crazy way
c) to get something dishonestly
c) to get something dishonestly
'the company finagled people out of money.'
обжуливать
What is the correct spelling of this word?
a) neccessary
b) neccesary
c) necesary
d) necessary
d) necessary
Using these four adjectives, talk about the last time you felt these emotions:
angry
upset
worried
surprised
Various answers
What color in English is unique because no word rhymes with it?
Orange
Which of these countries has over 37 million of its population learning English as a native language, and is 3rd in the world?
a) Sri Lanka
b) Singapore
c) Nigeria
d) Trinidad and Tobago
1. USA 2. UK 3. _______ 4. Canada 5. Australia
c) Nigeria
Skidaddle:
a) a small child under 2 years old
b) a type of candy eaten in New York
c) to leave somewhere quickly
d) a machine that cuts wood
c) to leave in a hurry
'We need to skidaddle, we are late.'
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