Test 1

Idioms: animals

1. If you are like a bull in a china shop, you are... just browsing in a shop very careful very clumsy free as a bird

2. When you buy a pig in a poke, you... are bringing home the bacon don't really know what you're buying know there might be a surprise in it will get anything but a pig

3. If a cat's got your tongue, you... were kissing the cat love cats are shy are bold

4. A cock-and-bull story is... a silly and unlikely story a story that animal lovers usually tell a story about people with opposite personalities a story about how a cock made love to a bull

5. If you eat like a horse, you... are a vegetarian eat a lot have no table manners eat very little

6. When a company or an organisation is going to the dogs, it is... trying to sell dog food becoming worse becoming better dogged by incompetence

7. If you have a whale of a time, you... have too much time on your hands go whaling have a very good time have a terrible time

8. When a person has bats in the belfry, they... like to do moonlighting are crazy or eccentric are blind drunk are experts on nocturnal birds

9. If you do something to keep the wolf from the door, you... try to avoid a wolf attack bring out a better product than the competition manage to get the bare necessities of life outsmart your worst enemy

10. When a person smells a rat, they... become suspicious of something know everything will come up roses complain about somebody's flatulence have an advantage when doing business

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Quiz 1

The English language

1. Who brought English to the British Isles? Attila, King of the Huns Christopher Columbus Germanic tribes The Celts

2. Which two languages have influenced English the most? Italian and Spanish Portuguese and French Greek and Latin Latin and French

3. How many words and expressions did William Shakespeare contribute to English? about 1,000 about 2,000 about 5,000 about 10,000

4. Who wrote the first major dictionary of the English language? Queen Elisabeth I John Middleton Samuel Johnson Francisco Sánchez Benedito

5. How many native English speakers are there in the world? around 250 million around 380 million around 400 million around 500 million

6. Which country has the largest number of native English speakers? The UK Canada Australia The USA

7. How many vowels are there in British English? 5 8 12 15

8. How is English learned in Spain? as a chore as a foreign language as a pain in the neck as a second language

9. What percentage of Spaniards speak English? 20% 35% 40% 60%

10. What percentage of Spaniards speak English very well? 10% 20% 30% 40%

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