THE BIG ADVENTURE : THE BIG ADVENTURE This is a quiz put together by learners who took part in the
English Language through Literature Course.
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For Whom the Bell Tolls: Ernest Hemingway : For Whom the Bell Tolls: Ernest Hemingway 1. One of the group is described as a boar...
Is this a...?
A) very boring person
B) a wild pig
C) a peasant
2. A partisan is kind of a:
A) gorilla
B) guerrilla
The Other Side of Truth:Beverley Naidoo : The Other Side of Truth:Beverley Naidoo We studied similes and metaphors:
Here we have a simile:
3. As quiet as a ............... mouse/worm/ghost.
She crept upstairs to her room, as quiet as a....
The Joy Luck Club: Amy Tan
4. If you were born in another country and moved,
would you come back ?
We studied conditional tenses.
What tense is this? 0,1st, 2nd,3rd, or other?
Charles Dickens: A Christmas carol/oliver : Charles Dickens: A Christmas carol/oliver 5. Scrooge was described as “tight-fisted..”:
Which word is a synonym?
1. mean 2. unkind 3. rude
6. Oliver meets his new boss. Is it..?
Fagin/Bill/Nancy.
7. Oliver becomes a kind of robber.
When he arrives he is shown how
to be a..
1. mugger 2. burglar 3. pickpocket
Watching the english: kate fox : Watching the english: kate fox 8. How many different ways can you think of to greet someone..?
For example: embrace
Our choice: : Our choice: The Key to Rebecca: Ken Follett
- a Second World War thriller....
9. What/who is Rebecca?
A. A spy B. A code C. A nurse
Manchester:
10. Has two football teams. Can you name them?
11. Has how many airports? One/two/three
Answers: : Answers: 1. a wild pig (a wild boar: a fierce animal when cornered.)
2. a kind of guerrilla (part of an unofficial army,
often fighting an official army a gorilla: a great ape)
3. as quiet as a mouse
4. the second conditional (if + past + /would + base verb)
5. mean (unwilling to spend money)
6. Fagin is the leader of the gang
7. C) a pickpocket, although later he commits a burglary.
8. embrace/hug/kiss on the lips/kiss on the cheek (s)/shake hands/wave/
“man” hug/air-kiss/rub noses/bow/curtsey/pat on the back/
pat on the head (for a small child)/smile/high-five/a mixture
9. Rebecca is a code. (the key = the answer to the code)
10. Manchester United Manchester City
11. two
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Helped to make up the questions.