EFE - Getting Started

Question 1

Nation: United Kingdom
Nationality: __________________

Answer 1

British

Question 2

Nation: Switzerland
Nationality: ________________

Answer 2

Swiss

Question 3

Nation: Netherlands
Nationality: ________________

Answer 3

Dutch

Question 4

Nation: Afghanistan
Nationality: _____________

Answer 4

Afghan

Question 5

Nation: Denmark
Nationality: _______________

Answer 5

Danish / Dane

Question 6

Nation: Finland
Nationality: _______________

Answer 6

Finn / Finnish

Question 7

Nation: Haiti
Nationality: ______________

Answer 7

Haitian

Question 8

Nation: Iceland
Nationality: _______________

Answer 8

Icelander

Question 9

Nation: New Zealand
Nationality: _________________

Answer 9

New Zealander / Kiwi

Question 10

Nation: Philippines
Nationality: ________________

Answer 10

Filipino

Question 11

Read the number in English:
1,500

Answer 11

One thousand five hundred / fifteen hundred

Question 12

Read the number in English:
1/8

Answer 12

One-eighth / an eighth

Question 13

Read the number in English:
2,402

Answer 13

Two thousand four hundred (and) two / twenty-four oh two (especially as an address)

Question 14

Read the number in English:
100,000th

Answer 14

One hundred thousandth

Question 15

Read the number in English:
0.85

Answer 15

(Zero) point eight five / point eighty-five

Question 16

Read the number in English:
99.7%

Answer 16

Ninety-nine point seven percent

Question 17

Explain your morning routine. Use some or all of the following vocab:
Alarm goes off, wake up, get up, take a shower, wash my hair, brush my teeth, wash my face, put on make-up, dry my hair, brush/comb my hair, get dressed, have breakfast, have coffee, have tea, make the bed

Answer 17

Ex: My alarm goes off at 5:30 am…

Question 18

Use frequency vocab (always, sometimes, never, twice a week, etc.) to make a sentence using one of the following:
Cook dinner, call my family, buy groceries, watch TV

Answer 18

Ex: I always watch TV when I cook dinner.

Question 19

Tell me about something you think is magnificent.

Question 20

Tell me about something you think is strange or odd.

Question 21

What is something in the U.S. that you found shocking?

Question 22

Is there any food that you think is disgusting?

Question 23

What job do you think is especially tiring?

Question 24

Use some good adjectives to tell me about some experiences:
Remarkable, extraordinary, breathtaking, wonderful, fantastic, incredible, brilliant, superb, great, amazing, outstanding

Question 25

Use some bad adjectives to tell me about some experiences: Awful, mediocre, terrible, disappointing, annoying, disastrous

Question 26

Make a sentence using the idiom: To get cold feet

Answer 26

Meaning: to have a sudden loss of confidence (especially in the context of a wedding/marriage)

Question 27

Make a sentence using the idiom: To lend a hand

Answer 27

Meaning: to help someone with something

Question 28

Make a sentence using the idiom: To feel under the weather

Answer 28

Meaning: to feel unwell, sick, or ill

Question 29

Make a sentence using the idiom: On the ball

Answer 29

Meaning: alert, knowledgeable, or competent

Question 30

Make a sentence using the idiom: To keep an eye on

Answer 30

Meaning: to take care of or watch carefully

Question 31

Make a sentence using the idiom: A teacher's pet

Answer 31

Meaning: someone who seeks and gets approval from a person in a position of authority

Question 32

Make a sentence using the idiom: To take something with a pinch / grain of salt

Answer 32

Meaning: to not completely believe something or someone

Question 33

Make a sentence using the idiom: To cut corners

Answer 33

Meaning: to do something the easiest or shortest way, at the expense of high standards

Question 34

Make a sentence using the idiom: To let the cat out of the bag / To spill the beans

Answer 34

Meaning: to tell a secret to someone who shouldn't know about it