Check your english vocabulary for rawdon Wyatt

C. A quick quiz. Answer these questions.
1. What do we call a variety of language spoken in a particular area? Is it an 
accent
, a 
dialect
or an
idiom
?
2. What is 
your 
mother tongue?
3. What do we call a person who is able to speak (a) two languages and (b) three or more languages
fluently?
4. With regard to your country, what is (a) the name of the continent in which it is located, (b) the main
language spoken and (c) the nationality of the people?
-ese
(e.g., China =
Chinese)
-(i)an
(e.g., Brazil =
Brazilian)
-ish
(e.g., Britain =
British)
-i
(e.g., Pakistan
= Pakistani)
-ic
(e.g., Iceland
= Icelandic)
Others
(e.g., France =
French)

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general vocabulary
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Size, quantity & dimension
A. Look at the following list and decide whether we are talking about something 
big
(in
terms of size, quantity or dimension) or something 
small
.
B. Now complete these sentences using one of the expressions above. In some cases, more
than one answer is possible.
1. Before you embark on __________________________ , it is essential that you are well-prepared.
2. We spent ______________________________ working on the plans for the new library.
3. I’ve told you ______________________________ not to smoke in here.
4. __________________________ must have blown into the camera and scratched the film.
5. Villages along the coast were destroyed when _________________________ caused by the earthquake
swept houses into the sea.
6. It was _________________________ going there; he didn’t even turn up.
7. One of the Roman emperor Nero’s greatest excesses was to build _________________________ of
himself in the city centre.
For reference, see the 
Easier English Dictionary for Students
(978 0 7475 6624 3) 
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