Цікава англійська мова

Цікава англійська мова

(Матеріали для позакласної роботи з англійської мови)

1. Здогадайтеся, що означають ці слова, згадавши українські з таким самим коренем:

Jounalist, designer, sociologist, chemist, biologist, biochemist, dentist, businessman, farmer, physicist, computer programmer, computer operator, electrician, mechanic, model, chauffeur, actor, ecologist, politician, lecturer, professor, conductor, pilot, geologist, architect, jockey, manager, producer, sportsman, footballer, specislist, policeman, musician, pianist, detective, economist, steward, captain, interpreter, engineer, archeologist, secretary, cook, mathematician, composer.

2. Виберіть правильну відповідь

1. Which is the largest ocean?  Pacific    Atlantic   Indian
2. Which is the longest river?   Mississipi   Nile   Amazon
3. Which is the fastest animal?   antelope   horse   cheetah
4. Which is the tallest building?   Eiffel Tower   Sears Tower (Chicago)   Empire State Building (New York)
5. Which is the smallest country?   Vatican City   Monaco   Andorra
6. Which is the most spoken language?   Spanish   English   Chinese
7. Which is the smallest bird?   Sparrow   nightingale   bee humming bird
8. Which is the smallest planet in our Galaxy?   Pluto   Mars   Mercury
9. Which is the biggest planet in the Solar System?   Saturn   Jupiter   Venus
10. Who was the first cosmonaut to go out into open space?  Gagarin  Leonov  Titov

3. Do you believe it? Is is true or false?

1. In written English people use the word “as” more than any other word?
2. People use the word “I” more than other in spoken English?
3. The oldest newspaper in the world is a Swedish one?
4. The shortest bone in the human body is in the ear?
5. The strongest beer in the world comes from Switzeland?
6. People in Germany drink more beer than people in any other country?
7. The busiest railway system in the world is British Rail.

4. How much do you know?

1. The first book was printed in

                            France    Germany   England

2. John F. Kennedy was assassinated in

                            Houston   New York   Dallas

3. The Eiffel Tower was built in

                            1876   1889   1901

4. The motorcar was invented in

                            1850   1885   1903

5. Christopher Columbus was born in

                            Spain   Italy   Portugal

6. Coffee is produced in

                            Columbia   Scotland   Canada

7. Australia was discovered in

                      the 17-th century  the 16-th century  the 18-th century

8. Jaguar cars are made in

                      England   the USA   Italy

9. Mount Everest, the highest peak of the Earth, was limbed for the first time in

                                                   1961   1953   1957

10. Uranium was discovered in

                        1798   1844   1032

5. How much do you know?

1. Who was the first president of the United States?

1. Abraham Lincoln  B) George Washington  C) Theodore Roosevelt

2. Which play did Shakespeare not write?

1. Macbeth  B) Hamlet  C) Faustus

3. Who painted the Mona Lisa?

1. Rembrandt  B) Renoir  C) Da Vinci

4. Who was Shakespeare’s wife?

1. Jane Seymour  B) Anne Hathaway  C) Florence Nightingale

5. Where is the Parthenon?

1. Rome  B) Athens  C) Istanbul

6. Which volcano covered Pompeii in Italy?

1. Mount Etna  B) Mount Vesuvius  C) Mount St Helens

7. The mathematician’s Einstein’s name was

1. Albert   B) Allen  C) Andrew

8. Where is Colosseum?

1. Rome  B) Agra   C) Athens

6. Guess and answer the following questions using the list below:

1. Which language in the world is spoken by most people?
2. Which language has the largest vocabulary?
3. Which is the oldest written language?
4. Which sub-continent has the largest number of languages?
5. Which language has no irregular verbs?
6. Which language has the most letters in its alphabet?
7. In which language is the largest encyclopaedia printed?

(Spanish\English\Cambodian\Egyptian\Esperanto\Mandarin\Chinese\Indian

7. What does it mean?

1. INVU  2. RUOK  3. IB4U  4. IOU

8. How much do you know? Circle the correct answer.

1. Which is the biggest desert of the world?

1. Atakama (in Chile)
2. Sahara (in Africa)
3. Karakum (in Central Asia)

2. Which is the biggest lake in the world?

1. Lake Victoria
2. Lake Chad
3. The Caspian Sea

3. Which is the deepest lake in the world?

1. Baikal
2. Michigan (one of the Great Lakes of the United States)
3. Balkhash

4. Which country celebrates July 4^th?

1. the United States
2. Great Britain
3. Canada

5. This is the name of an island in the Indian Ocean:

1. Zaporozhia
2. Zanzibar
3. Zealand

6. He was the first man on the moon

1. John Glenn
2. John Young
3. Neil Armstrong

7. Which country consists of over 13 thousand islands, has the area of 1904 thousand square kilometers and the population that speaks 862 languages?

1. Thailand
2. Indonesia
3. New Zealand

9. Health quiz

1. Which of these is essential to a healthy diet?

1. milk  b) fruit  c) vegetables  d) none of these

2. Which of these is the most complete form of exercise?

1. jogging  b) cycling  c) swimming  d) tennis

3. How often should you replace your tooth-brrrrush?

1. once a month b) once every three months c) once every six months d) once a year

4. Which of these foods contains iron?

1. liver  b) apples  c) potatoes  d) tomatoes

5. How many hours of sleep do you need each night?

a) 6   b) 7   c) 8   d) as many as you feel you need

6. How often should you visit your detist?

a) when you have a toothache

b) once every six months

c) once every nine months

d) once a year

7. How much does each cigarette take off your life?

a) 1 minute  b) 2 minutes  c) 4 minutes  d) 5 minutes

10. Let’s revise the English alphabet

1. What letter is a drink?
2. What letter is on your face?
3. What letter is an insect?
4. What letter is a body of water?
5. What letter is a vegetable?
6. Why is letter H good for deafness?
7. What starts with a T, ends with a T, and is full of T?
8. What letter is a personal pronoun?
9. What letter is an exclamation?
10. What letter is the most inquisitive?
11. Souveenir hunt. Find the right present for each person.

Grandmother is nearly 80 years old. She loves knitting and sewing. She says her room is already full of possessions and she doesn’t need anything at all.

Mother hates cooking and sewing. Always feels cold.

Father enjoys gardening and walking holidays, eating and drinking.

Sister is not very practical but very houseproud.

Uncle works in town but spends weekends in the country. Hates shopping so he usually eats in restaurants and has very few possessions.

Niece is a quiet artistic girl of seven.

Brother-in-law is a successful businessman with no time for any hobbies and plenty of money to buy anything he needs.

Cousin lives abroad. Remember it would cost a lot to send a heavy present to him by cost.

Nephew is a boisterous, impatient ten-year-old. Hates reading, loves being out of doors.

Presents

Framed painting from Cornwall

Cheddar cheese

Basket of dried flowers

Walking stick

Lavender soap

Pottery mugs

Sheepskin slippers

Knitting woll and needles

Harris tweed to make a skirt or a jacket

Jar of honey

Enamelled box

Toy theatre

Lace platemats

Porcelain dish

Penknife

Children’s stories

Bottle of wisky

Keys

1. Журналіст, дизайнер, соціолог, хімік, біолог, біохімік, стоматолог, бізнесмен, фермер, фізик, програміст, оператор комп'ютера, електрик, механік, модель, шофер, актор, еколог, політик, лектор, професор, диригент, пілот, геолог, архітектор, жокей, менеджер, продюсер, спортсмен, футболіст, спеціаліст, поліцейський, музикант, піаніст, детектив, економіст, стюард, капітан, перекладач, інженер, археолог, секретар, кухар, математик, композитор.

2.

1. Pacific (its area is 165 million square km.) 2. Nile (it’s 6670 km long) 3

. Cheetah (its speed can reach 101 km per hour) 4. Sears Tower (it’s 548 metres high) 5. Vatican City (its area is 44 hectars) 6. Chinese (575 million speakers) 7. Bee humming bird (it’s the woorld’s smallest bird. 8. Pluto. 9. Jupiter. 10. Alexey Leonov ( in 1965)

3.

1. False: “the” is the most used word in written English.

 2. True. 3. True: it began in 1645. 4. True: it’s called the stapes or stirrup bone. 5. True: it’s called Samichlaus Bier and it’s made in Zurich. 6. True. 7. False: It’s the Japanese National Railways.

4. 1. Germany. 2. Dallas. 3. 1889. 4. 1885. 5. Italy. 6. Colombia. 7. The 17-th century. 8. England. 9. 1953. 10. 1798

5. 1-b, 2-c, 3-c, 4-b, 5-b, 6-b, 7-a, 8-a

6. 1.Mandarin Chinese is spoken by 700 million people (70% of the population of China). English is the most widespread language, with 400 million speakers. 2. English has the largest vocabulary, with approximately 500,000 words and 300,000 technical terms. 3. The oldest written language is Egypptian, which is 5000 years old. 4. India has the most languages (845). 5. There are no irregular verbs in Esperanto - an artificial language invented in 1887. 6. Cambodian has 72 letters in its alphabet. 7. The largest encyclopaedia is printed in Spanish.

7. 1. Envy you. 2. Are you OK? 3. I before you. 4. I owe you.

8. 1. Sahara  2. The Caspian Sea 3. Baikal 4. USA 5. Zanzibar 6. Neil Armstrong 7. Indonesia

9. 1-d  2-c  3-a  4-a  5-d  6-b  7-d

10. 1. T (tea) 2. I (eye) 3. B (bee) 4. C (sea) 5. P (pea) 6. H-Add it to ear and you can hear: H + ear = hear 7. A (teaport) 8. U (you) 9. O (Oh!) 10. Y (why)

11. Grandmother - Knitting wool and needles\Harris tweed to make a skirt or a jacket

Mother - sheepskin slippers to keep her warm

Father - bottle of wisky, a walking stick

Sister - porcelain dish\lace platemats\basket of dried flowers

Uncle - pottery mugs\a jar of honey

Niece - toy theatre

Brothwe-in-law - a fraimed painting from Cornwall to put up in his office

Cousin - framed painting from Cornwall to remind him of home

Nephew - penknife

Голуб О.Б.