IB Classwork 9 septembre 2025

Benjamin can only speak one language, while his friends Anika and Mason can speak several. What is the term for someone like Benjamin who speaks only one language?

• Multilingual

• Monolingual

• Bilingual

• Polyglot

During a geography quiz, David asked Avery and Liam: Which country is known as 'l'Algérie' in French?

• Egypt

• Algeria

• Tunisia

• Morocco

Imagine Aria and Michael are talking about the languages they first learned to speak at home. What does 'une langue maternelle' mean?

• A minority language

• A foreign language

• A native language

• An official language

Ava, Anika, and Zoe are learning new words in French! The word that means 'tolerance' in French is (a)   .

• La tolérance
• La compréhension
• La liberté
• La patience

Michael, Arjun, and Oliver are planning a trip and come across the country name 'la Tunisie' in their travel guide. In English, 'la Tunisie' means (a)   .

• Tanzania
• Thailand
• Tunisia
• Turkey

Match the following language terms with their correct meanings:

• Speaks one language

• Bilingual

• Speaks four languages

• Monolingual

• Speaks two languages

• Quadrilingual

• Speaks three languages

• Trilingual

Abigail, Nora, and Zoe are planning a trip to a country where people are mostly 'francophone.' What does 'francophone' mean?

• English-speaking

• French-speaking

• Spanish-speaking

• German-speaking

Abigail and William are curious about languages! They discover that some languages are given a special legal status in certain regions. Such a language is called an (a)   .

• Official language
• Native language
• Minority language
• Foreign language

Jackson and Ava are planning a trip and come across the word 'le Maroc' in their travel guide. What country are they reading about?

• Morocco

• Mauritania

• Mali

• Madagascar

Luna is learning French and comes across a word that describes a person of mixed race. Which of the following terms should she use?

• Un(e) immigrant(e)

• Un(e) citoyen(ne)

• Un(e) étranger(ère)

• Un(e) métis(se)