Викторина: “Знаешь ли ты английский язык и англоговорящие страны?”

Презентация Викторина : “Знаешь ли ты английский язык и англоговорящие страны?” Quiz: “Do you know English and English-speaking countries?”

Do you know English and English-speaking countries?

The names of the teams are:

TEAM 1.

TEAM 2.

SHAMROCK

THISTLE

The plan of the quiz.

• English-speaking countries

• Royal family quiz - 5 points
• USA quiz – 5 points
• Canada quiz – 5 points
• Australian animals quiz – 10 points

2. Borrowings – 27 points

3. Idioms quiz

• Nose idioms – 5 points
• Colour idioms – 5 points

4. Guess the melody – 13 points

Total – 80 points

TASK 1 QUIZ ENGLISH-SPEAKING COUNTRIES

TASK 1 PART 1

Royal family Quiz

How well do you know the British royal family?

Choose the correct answer a, b, c or d

1. What is the family name of the present royal family?

• Tudor
• Smith
• Stuart
• Windsor

2. When did Queen Elizabeth II become Queen?

• 1952
• 1962
• 1972
• 1982

3. Which university did Prince William attend?

• Oxford University
• Cambridge University
• St Andrews University
• London University

4. Who was once part of the British horse-riding team in the Olympic Games?

• Prince Philip
• Prince Charles
• Prince Andrew
• Princess Anne

5. Which member of the royal family is president of England’s Football Association? a) Prince Charles b) Princess Anne c) Prince William d) Prince Harry

Answers.

1. Windsor is the family name of the present royal family.

2. Queen Elizabeth II became Queen in 1952 .

3. Prince William attended St Andrews University .

4. Princess Anne was once part of the British horse-riding team.

5. Prince William is president of England’s Football Association.

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Do you know?

• Everybody knows that Henry VIII

had six wives. But not many people

know that his sixth wife, Catherine

Parr, had four husbands of her own

including Henry.

• The surname of the British Royal Family is Windsor. This might sound very British, but the Royal Family’s ancestors were German. Queen Elizabeth II’s great-great-grandmother, Queen Victoria, was born in Britain, but her mother and her husband were both German.

TASK 1 PART 2

USA Quiz

Choose the correct answer a, b or c

1) The Statue of Liberty was designed by Frederic Bartholdi and was given to the US by France in 1884 as a symbol of Franko-American friendship. But who was the model for the statue?

• Bartholdi’s wife
• Bartholdi’s mother
• Bartholdi’s daughter

2) Which country is bigger, Canada or the USA?

• Canada
• The USA

3) Your American friends say to you, “ Let’s go see a ball game.” What do they mean?

• volleyball
• basketball
• baseball

4) The two largest political parties in the US are the Republicans and the Democrats. The Republican Party is traditionally represented by an elephant. What animal represents the Democratic Party?

• a donkey
• a tiger
• a monkey

5) What is the New York underground called?

• the metro
• the subway
• the tube

Answers.

• The model for the Statue of Liberty was Bartholdi’s mother .

• Canada is bigger than the USA.

• A ball game is baseball .
• A donkey represents the Democratic Party.
• The New York underground is called the subway .

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Do you know what it is ?

The Great Seal

of the USA

WHO SAYS NUMBER 13 IS UNLUCKY?

This much abused number is the keynote of the Great Seal of the United States. In it there are:

13 stars

13 stripes

13 arrows

13 letters in the motto

13 olive leaves

13 olives

13 feathers on each arrow

TASK 1 PART 3 CANADA QUIZ

Choose the correct answer a, b, c or d

1. The capital of Canada is

• Toronto
• Montreal
• Quebec

d) Ottawa

2. Which animal is an official emblem of Canada?

a) the beaver

b) the moose

c) the polar bear

d) the black cat

3. Which place in Canada is called ‘the honeymoon capital of the world’?

• the Yukon
• Newfoundland
• Montreal
• Niagara Falls

4. Which Canadian singer had a worldwide hit with a song from the Titanic movie?

• Avril Lavigne
• Shania Twain
• Celine Dion
• Diana Krall

5. The Canadian head of state is

a) the Queen

b) the President

c) the Prime Minister

d) the Governer General

Answers.

• The capital of Canada is Ottawa .

• The beaver is an official symbol of Canada.

• ‘ The honeymoon capital of the world’ is the Niagara Falls.

• Celine Dion had a hit with a song from the “Titanic”.

• The Canadian head of state is the Queen .

Score

AUSTRALIAN

ANIMALS

QUIZ

TASK 1 PART 4

Match the animals with their names

3

1

2

4

a) echidna

b) koala

c) emu

d) platypus

e) dingo

f) lyrebird

g) kookaburra

h) anteater

• cockatoo

j) wombat

6

7

5

9

10

8

Answers.

1 – kookabarra

2 –cockatoo

3 – platypus

4 – koala

5 – anteater

6 – dingo

7 – lyrebird

8 – echidna

9 – wombat

10 - emu

Score

Do you know

what ‘Strine’ is?

Australian people speak English but their English is a bit different from British or American English. They have their own special words and phrases called ‘Strine’ .

Here are some examples:

Arvo – afternoon

Barbie – barbecue

Chrissie – Christmas

Cow – anything that is difficult

Crook – not well, ill

Dead horse – tomato sauce

Grizzle – to complain

Kanga or kangaroo - shoe

Lollies – sweets

Lolly – money

Mate – a best friend

Snags –sausages

Can you work out what these sentences mean?

Hey, mate! Come along to our barbie this arvo. We’re going to cook the snags.

I don’t mean to grizzle, but I was feeling pretty crook during Chrissie.

TASK 2. BORROWINGS.

The English language has many words which have been borrowed from other languages. Can you guess where the following words come from? Match the word and the language .

F rench G reek I talian R ussian S panish

G erman T urkish H indi J apanese

Coffee

Menu

Pizza

Hamburger

Theatre

Kindergarten

Physics

Samovar

Canyon

Judo

Poodle

Café

Soprano

Guitar

Caviar

Shampoo

Kimono

Bouquet

Fresco

Sputnik

Chemistry

Kiosk

Vodka

Tango

Bungalow

Pyjamas

Hara-kiri

Answers.

• French: menu, cafe, bouquet
• Greek: physics, theatre, chemistry
• Italian: pizza, soprano, fresco
• Russian: sputnik, vodka, samovar
• Spanish: guitar, canyon, tango
• German: hamburger, kindergarten,

poodle

• Turkish: coffee, kiosk, caviar
• Hindi: shampoo, bungalow, pyjamas
• Japanese: kimono, hara-kiri, judo

Score

Do you know English?

TASK 3. PART 1. “ N O S E ” I D I O M S

Can you match the “nose” idioms on the left with their definitions on the right?

• to keep out of trouble,

• to pay through the nose

especially trouble with law

• to follow one’s nose

b) to be reading

• to keep one’s nose clean

c) to pay too much

• to have one’s nose in the air

d) to go straight ahead

• to have one’s nose in the book

e) to behave as if you are

better than someone else

Answers.

• to pay through the nose

c) to pay too much

• to follow one’s nose

d) to go straight ahead

• to keep one’s nose clean

• to keep out of trouble,

especially trouble with law

• to have one’s nose in the air

e) to behave as if you are

• to have one’s nose in the book

better than someone else

b) to be reading

Score

TASK 3. PART 2. C O L O U R I D I O M S

Match the idioms with the correct definition.

1. to be in the red

a) to be in a dangerous situation

b) to be bleeding

c) to have spent more money than you had in your bank account

2. to have green fingers

a) to wear green gloves

b) to be very good at gardening

c) to be very interested in the environment

3. to feel blue

a) to be fond of the colour blue

b) to enjoy a beautiful blue sky

c) to be sad or depressed

4. to want everything in black and white

• to want information in a very clear written form
• to be a fan of old black-and-white films
• to buy only black or white clothes

5. to see life through rose-coloured glasses

a) to wear glasses with pink lenses

b) to see the world better than it really is

c) to be colour-blind

Answers.

• to be in the red

c) to have spent more money than you had in your bank account

2. to have green fingers

b) to be very good at gardening

3. to feel blue

c) to be sad or depressed

4. to want everything in black and white

a) to want information in a very clear written form

5. to see life through rose-coloured glasses

b) to see the world better than it really is

Score

Do you know

what a Death Valley is?

Going to Death Valley once meant danger and even death. It’s the hottest place in the USA and summer temperatures there can reach 54 degrees ! Today it’s a national park and thousands of people drive there to enjoy the beauty of this strange land.

There are lots of ghost towns in Death Valley. In the 1800s people streamed to Death Valley looking for gold and silver. The terrible heat combined with hard work made people leave the towns.

Today, you can visit there eerie ghost towns and look inside old houses, prisons and banks to see how people lived back then.

Task 5. Guess the melody.

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THANK YOU