Grammar
South Africa
London
Around the World
Trivia
100

Put this sentence into the simple past form:

"I play football."

I played football.

100

Name the two groups that colonized South Africa.

the Dutch and the British

100

What is Big Ben?

A clock tower in London

100

Name three countries that have English as their official or national language.

UK, USA, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Nigeria, Ireland, Canada, India, …

100

When you design a poster, what do you put at the top and what do you put at the bottom?

Top: title, general information

Bottom: details, highlights, further information

200

What is the rule for English sentence structure?

Subject - Verb - Object (SVO-rule)
200

What is the name of South Africa's biggest national park and wildlife reserve?

Kruger National Park

200

What is the London Eye?

A huge ferris wheel at the river in London.

200

What is the huge blue-green statue in New York Harbor called? 

Hint: the statue is holding a torch and has a spiky crown

Statue of Liberty

200

What can you use instead of he/she if you don't know a person's gender?

You can use the pronoun they

or use the person's name :)

300

Last summer, we ________ (to go) to Italy.

Last summer, we went to Italy.

300

What are the big five animals?

elephant, rhino, lion, leopard, African buffalo
300

What is the name of the river that flows through London?

River Thames

300

What is the biggest country in the world?

Russia

300

What is the app "musical.ly" called today?

TikTok

400

Where in the following sentence can you put the signal word "usually"?

I go to the cinema on Sundays.

Usually, I go to the cinema on Sundays.

I usually go to the cinema on Sundays.

400

How many official languages does South Africa have?

(+/- 2)

11:

Sepedi, Sesotho, Setswana, siSwati, Tshivenda, Xitsonga, Afrikaans, English, isiNdebele, idiXhosa, isiZulu

400

What are two famous red things that you can see everywhere in London?

For example: red buses, red phone cells, red guards

400

Name 7 countries on the Asian continent.

For example: Japan, India, China, Indonesia, South Korea, Iran, Syria, Lebanon, Turkey, ...

400

How many countries have Arabic as their official or national language?

(+/- 3)

22

500

Put this sentence into the right order and use the simple past form of the verbs:

I - I - wrong - the - yesterday - late - bus - because -(to be) - (to take)


Yesterday, I was late because I took the wrong bus.

Yesterday, I took the wrong bus because I was late.

500

What colours does the flag of South Africa have?

black, green, yellow, blue, red, white

500

Who lives in Buckingham Palace?

The King / Queen of England

500

How many countries are there in the world?

(+/- 5)

ca. 195 

(recognized by the United Nations)

500

What is the world's largest city?

Tokyo (Japan)