Challenge your English! Can you answer these 20 Questions? (A1-C1)

hello lovely students and welcome back to English with Lucy today I have a challenge for you I'm going to ask you 12 questions four at A1 or A2 beginner level four at B1 B2 intermediate level and four at C1 C2 advanced level answer as many questions as you can and see how far you can go after each question I will explain the answer meaning this video contains ains 12 mini lessons I've also expanded those mini lessons in the free pdf that goes with this video if you'd like to receive that just click on the link in the description box enter your name and your email address and the PDF will arrive directly in your inbox after that you'll be signed up to my mailing list and you will automatically receive my free weekly PDFs alongside my news course updates and offers it's a free service and you can unsubscribe at any time time with this free pdf you will also receive a secret link this link which is not shared anywhere else will also give you access to some exclusive interactive exercises to practice what you've learned in this video right let's get started with the quiz I'm going to give you 5 Seconds to answer each question but you will probably need more time so use the pause button please keep count of your score and share it with me in the comment section when you're finished let's start with beginner level questions number one choose the correct option to fill in this Gap there aren't books on the table is it a some or B any I'll give you five seconds the answer is any there aren't any books on on the table we usually use any in negative sentences with plural or uncountable nouns okay let's do question two fill in the gaps to create a question in the present simple tense I want you to use the verb to like he olives 5 Seconds okay here's the answer does he like olives does he like olives did you get that to make yes no questions in the present simple we often use do or does we used does here because the subject is he and the verb is in the base form like not likes all right question number three fill in the Gap using the correct form of the word easy to compare English to German ready I think English is than German 5 seconds are you ready for the answer I'm also checking your spelling easier did you spell that right when a one or two syllable adjective ends in a consonant Plus y we usually make the comparative by removing the Y and adding ear i e r easy easier pretty prettier for example let's look at sentence four and this is your last one at A1 A2 level ready choose the correct option to fill in the Gap oh no he that mirror watch out is it a will break B is going to break or C is breaking five seconds okay ready for the answer B is going to break oh no he is going to break that mirror watch out we use to be going to to make predictions based on evidence we have now often evidence that we can see so how did you do on that section are you ready to move on to B1 and B2 level questions let's start with question five find the mistake and correct it have you ever been to Tokyo yes I've been in 2019 I'll give you 5 seconds are you ready for me to reveal the answer the mistake was using I've been which is the present per perfect simple tense with a specific time reference in 2019 if you want to use a specific time reference you should use the past simple I went in 2019 you could also remove the time reference from the sentence have you ever been to Tokyo yes I've been it would be more natural to say yes I have but yes I've been is okay let's look at question six choose the correct option to fill in the Gap I finally got round to that film you recommended is it a watch B watched or see watching 5 Seconds the answer is C watching to get round to or to get around to is a phrasal verb meaning to find the time to do something it can be followed by a gerand an ing verb or a noun pronoun or noun phrase I've explained more about each of those things in the PDF let's move on to question seven which word forms the best collocation with a reputation for something Colin has a reputation for being very stubborn in negotiations is it a constructed B gained or C achieved I'll give you six seconds this time just kidding five the answer is gained B Colin has gained a reputation for being very stubborn in negotiations to gain a reputation for something is a strong collocation we wouldn't usually say constructed or achieved a reputation okay are you ready for the final question in our B1 B2 section number eight fill in the gaps to complete the sentence and use the verbs in Brackets if the weather be better yesterday we eat outdoors however it was pouring so we ate inside 5 seconds for that one are you ready for the answer if the weather had been better yesterday we would have eaten Outdoors this is a third conditional sentence the structure is if Plus past perfect comma would have Plus past participle we use the third conditional to imagine a different past it's a hypothetical conditional because we can't change the past okay that's the end of our B1 B2 intimate immediate section and remember that the PDF and interactive exercise pack will really help you to understand and remember what you're learning okay now we're moving on to C1 and C2 level questions and these questions are really challenging please don't worry if you can't answer them but do have a go because I'm going to explain the answers and there are more detailed explanations in the PDF even if you're not at this level yet it's interesting to see what to aim for remember to pause the video if you need longer to think about your answer let's start with number nine think of one word to fill in the blank in all three sentences and the word must be exactly the same sentence one I was at a as to how to help two the of his mother hit Eric hard and three we made a during our first first year in business 5 seconds but you may need longer ready for the answer the word for all three sentences is loss I was at a loss as to how to help the loss of his mother hit Eric hard and we made a loss during our first year in business explanation time if you are at a loss you don't know what to do or say that's the first sentence in the second sentence loss means the death of a person in the third sentence loss means the money a business lost and it's the opposite of profit all right let's move on to the next one this is a highlevel vocabulary question number 10 choose the correct option to fill in the Gap the singer had a wonderfully voice that was perfect effect for jazz is it a Gruff B husky or C horse 5 seconds for you the answer is B husky the singer had a wonderfully husky voice that was perfect for jazzz now Gruff Husky and horse have similar meanings we can use them all to describe the sound of someone's voice however Gruff usually has a negative connotation a Gruff voice is low deep and sometimes unfriendly horse also has a negative connotation if someone's voice is horse it's rough and unpleasant often because someone has a sore throat a husky voice is also low and rough but it's often in an attract active way it's essential to know these nuances in meaning when you get to an advanced level in English Nuance is something we really focus on in my beautiful British English C1 program if you'd like to learn more about that visit English with lucy.com okay let's move on to question 11 you might recognize this question type from English exams ready use the word Brink to fill in the Gap and make the second sentence mean the same as the first do not change the word Brink you can use between three and six words in the Gap ready first sentence medical advances should soon produce a breakthrough in gene therapy second sentence this one's for you the medical community is thought a breakthrough in G therapy 5 seconds but I honestly think you'll need longer ready for the answer the medical community is thought to be on the brink of a breakthrough in gene therapy did you get that if you did well done that's amazing if you are on the brink of something a new or different situation is about to begin it implies that something is going to happen or someone is going to do something in the very near future there was also an impersonal passive structure in that sentence the medical community is thought to be again there is more about that in the PDF if you want to learn about it now the final question number 12 and then you can share your score with me number 12 change the form of the highlighted word so that it fits in the Gap ready the city was by large stone walls the highlighted word is circle I'll give you 5 Seconds to think this through okay the answer is encircled encircled the city was encircled by large stone walls did anyone get that that question was all about about word formation something that again we cover in great detail in my beautiful British English C1 program in this case we took the word Circle and made it into a past participle by adding D and we added the prefix n to encircle means to surround completely we wouldn't say circled because that means moving in a circle or drawing a circle around something I've put some examples in the PDF to show this more clearly I know it's complex and that was the last question wasn't that a challenge I really want to know how you did so please do share your score or let me know which questions were easy or difficult for you in the comments sometimes I find with my higher level students that they get the C1 and C2 questions but then they make a mistake in an A2 question remember if you want to download the PDF there are more explanations on everything I covered today the link is in the description box and you also get access to that secret link with an interactive activity I really hope you enjoyed today's lesson I hope you learned something if you like my lessons I think you will love my courses we've got our B1 B2 and C1 beautiful British English programs they are 12we programs over well over 10,000 students have participated in 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Published: Wed Apr 24 2024