PRESENT TENSES General knowledge quiz

By Mgr. Šárka Jurajdová

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Pre-teach:

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Instructions:Form groups of 3-4 students and prepare a sheet of paper to write the answers on.

Write down the correct answers in a grammatically correct form to win the points.

Don‘t speak Czech or else you are disqualified.

Example: The Czech Republic borders on 5 countries.Answer: The Czech Republic doesn‘t border on 5 countries, It borders on 4 countries.

Do you know our Earth?Part1/ Are these statements true or false? If they are false, negate them and add a correct statement.

1/ More than 1/4 (one fourth) of all people in the world live in Australia, Canada and the USA.2/Spiders have 6 legs, just like all insects.3/The capital city of Australia is Sydney.4/ Looking down from above, the Earth rotates clockwise.5/ New York consists of 10 boroughs.

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Part 2/ Answer these questions with a Yes or no short answer and add a correct one if it is not true.

6/ Is the Earth larger than Mars?7/ Do people in Uganda have access to Lake Victoria? (from geographical point of view)8/ Does every zebra have the same stripes? 9/ Does the American president usually stay in his office for 2 years until he may be voted again?10/ Are there about 125 countries in the world?

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Answers:Pass your sheet to the group on your right and get a sheet to correct from the group on your left:2 points for for the whole correct answer. (negation + correction)1point for the whole correct negation, no or wrong correction.0.5 point for correct answer, but wrong grammar (10points maximum).

Part1/1/ More than 1/4 (one fourth) of all people in the world don‘t live in Australia, Canada and the USA. About 350 million people live there, which is about 1/20 of the world population.2/ Spiders don‘t have 6 legs. They have 8 legs.3/The capital city of Australia is not Sydney. It is Canberra.4/ Looking down from above, the Earth doesn‘t rotate clockwise. It rotates anti-clockwise.5/ New York doesn‘t consist of 10 boroughs. It consists of 5 boroughs. (Manhattan, Queens, Brooklyn, Staten Island, the Bronx)

Part 2/ 2 points for correct short answer + correction.1 point for correct short answer only. (8points maximum)

6/ Is the Earth larger than Mars?

Yes, it is.

7/ Do people in Uganda have access to Lake Victoria? (from geographical point of view)

Yes, they do.

8/ Does every zebra have the same stripes?

No, it doesn‘t./No, they don‘t. Every zebra has different stripes.

9/ Does the American president usually stay in his office for 2 years until he may be voted again?

No, he doesn‘t. He stays there for 4 years.10/ Are there about 125 countries in the world?

No, there aren‘t. There are about 196 countries in the world. (take about 200 as correct)