The World of the English Language.
1. Opposites (найдите слова с противоположным значением) (10 баллов).
Example: black — white
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happy free North smile
clean summer winter
cry South right sad thin
rain fat snow dirty
left light busy dark
2.
Make up one word out of two (10 баллов).
1. foot a) fast
2. hop b) heart
3. break c) man
4. home d) market
5. super e) scotch
6. leap f) frog
7. after g) ball
8. grand h) work
9. sports i) noon
10. sweat j) parents
3. Do you know Great Britain?( 10 баллов)
1. London stands on the …
a) Thames.
b) Severn.
c) Avon.
2. The Queen’s official London home is …
a) the Tower of London.
b) Windsor Castle.
c) Buckingham Palace.
3. What do the English often put in the tea?
a) Jam.
b) Milk.
c) Fruit.
4. Taxis in London are usually…
a) green.
b) black.
c) yellow.
5. Who wrote stories about the famous detective Sherlock Holmes?
a) Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
b) Agatha Christie.
c) Daniel Defoe.
6. Where do men wear kilt?
a) In England.
b) In Scotland.
c) In Wales.
7. What are the colours of the British flag?
a) Blue, red, white.
b) Red, green, black.
c) White, blue, brown.
8. Which holydays is on December 25?
a) St. Valentine’s Day.
b) Easter.
c) Christmas.
9. A famous waxworks museum in London is …
a) MOMI.
b) the British Museum.
c) Madame Tussaud’s museum.
10. Daniel Defoe was a famous English…
a) poet.
b) writer.
c) artist.
4. Whatisthemessage? (Расшифруйте сообщение, используйте ключ к коду) (5 баллов).
1-a 7-g 13-m 19-s 25-y
2-b 8-h 14-n 20-t 26-z
3-c 9-i 15-o 21-u
4-d 10-j 16-p 22-v
5-e 11-k 17-q 23-w
6-f 12-l 18-r 24-x
13 25 6 1 22 15 21 18 9 20 5 1 14 9 13 1 12 9 19 1 12 9 15 14.
5. Guess the word (Угадайслово) (5 баллов).
1. The first letter of “sometimes”;
2. The second letter of “twenty”;
3. The fourth letter of “interesting”;
4. The second letter of “hamster”;
5. The fifth letter of “right”;
6. The eight letter of “tortoise”;
7. The sixth letter of “favourite”.
6. Quiz (отгадайте загадку и найдите даты рождения этих известных людей) (10 баллов).
6 June, 21 April, 8 October, 25 January, 3 October.
Sergey Esenin, Alexander Pushkin, Elisabeth II, Marina Tsvetaeva, Vladimir Visotsky.
1) The Queen’s birthday is not in October.
2) The singer’s birthday is in January.
