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Latin Words In English Disguise
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Whether we like it or not , the English language still has a lot of its roots in good old Latin. Even our videoclips are from Latin.(Video= I see.) In this quizz the hints work like this: V(3)O = V+3letters+O = VIDEO.
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Latin
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Tough
20 Q
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chrissie_26
May 04 01
1461 plays
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Foreigners in the English Language
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No language can do without the benefit of 'free import' of new words from its neighbours. Especially not a world-language like English. Just see if you can 'identify' these foreigners in disguise.
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Borrowed Words and Phrases
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Average
10 Q
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chrissie_26
Sep 05 01
3879 plays
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Words Too Have Family
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Many modern words describe a former function or are derivatives of words enclosing that function. E.g., a 'Colonel' was a leader of a 'COLONNA ' (Italian for column). In this quiz, identify the modern words that evolved from their various roots.
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Etymology
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Average
10 Q
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chrissie_26
Apr 20 01
1239 plays
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Writers And Where They Lived
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Authors just as normal earthlings need houses to live in. Some had very impressive, very romantic or very unusual houses, or they simply were very much attached to them. - In this quiz all questions have a link with such a house.
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Writers and Places
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Average
10 Q
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chrissie_26
May 19 01
1209 plays
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Shakespeare Plots , Characters , Quotes
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Discussing Shakespeare without a Basic Knowledge of the Plots , Characters etc. would not be a very sensible thing to do. So a quick revision of some 'Basics' via a lil quiz cannot be a waste of time. Everything follows the Multiple Choice procedure.
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Shakespeare
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Average
10 Q
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chrissie_26
May 18 01
1170 plays
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Abbreviations
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You simply have to complete the missing word(s) in the fuller versions of some common 'shortened forms'.D.I.Y = Do It --- And now its up to you YOURSELF to prove this was really easy.
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Acronyms and Initialisms
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Average
10 Q
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chrissie_26
Aug 04 01
4098 plays
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Changing World of English Vocabulary
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Word-forms and word-meanings do change. Housewives became hussies ,and philanderers(literally: man-lovers)became flirts. This quiz requires you to link old meanings with new ones and gives first and last letters as hints.
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Definitions
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Average
10 Q
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chrissie_26
Aug 02 01
897 plays
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Trifles For The History Buff
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Many a little, makes a mickle, as my grannie said. So a bit of knowledge here, and a bit of information there, may help us end up with a better understanding of the world we live in. That was my teachers' view. Hope it's a bit of fun too.
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World History
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Average
10 Q
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chrissie_26
Apr 20 01
1551 plays
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Know Your Global Village
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A geography quiz for you.
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Where on Earth?
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Tough
10 Q
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chrissie_26
Apr 20 01
2928 plays
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Missing Words From Nursery Rhymes
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Can you complete the rhyme? The number of letters is given as a hint.
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Nursery Rhymes
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Average
10 Q
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chrissie_26
Sep 30 01
3213 plays
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Nursery Rhymes
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This quiz is about well-known nursery rhymes. Questions in most cases refer to the hero of a mini-story. First letters are given as a hint. Example:Who would a-wooing go whether his mother would let him or not? Wasn't it a f___ ? Answer: frog.
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Nursery Rhymes
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Average
15 Q
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chrissie_26
Sep 21 01
3369 plays
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Words Tell Stories
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Turkeys were thought to come from Turkey ,copper was orginally found on Cyprus, and denim was first imported from Nimes in France.('de Nimes'= from Nimes). We are daily using words we don't know the origins of anymore. May be this quiz might help?
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Etymology
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Tough
10 Q
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chrissie_26
Apr 20 01
876 plays
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Words From Words
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Words Beget Words...Laundry + Automat = Laundromat. Many English words still betray their 'kinship' with cousins from other languages. French briser (causing breakages) = English bruise ('breaking the skin')- Try out your 'flair' for word-relations.-
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Words Within Words
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Tough
10 Q
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chrissie_26
May 18 01
1299 plays
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Twentieth Century Stuff
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20th & 21st Centuries
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Very Difficult
10 Q
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chrissie_26
Apr 17 01
2361 plays
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More Words From Words
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Word-sensitivity might be a great help in remembering new words. Children with a natural flair for word-relations(= sound AND meaning somehow related) pick up words more easily. Ever thought of the 'link' between a GEYSER and water that GUSHES up?
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Words Within Words
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Tough
10 Q
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chrissie_26
May 18 01
792 plays
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Guess The Related Word
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Words become more transparent when you see them in their etymological 'context' :usually other words with which they have similarities of meaning and sound. - Hints will appear as :lst letter of the answer + number of missing letters +last letter.
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Etymology
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Average
10 Q
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chrissie_26
May 21 01
1032 plays
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