WorksheetsWhat Happens in the Brain when you Learn a Language?
Total questions: 9
Worksheet time: 3mins
1.________________________ (learn) a foreign language can increase the size of your brain.
To learn
Learning
Learn
If learning
This is what Swedish scientists 2.______________ (discover) when they used brain scans to monitor what 3._____________ (happen)...
have discovered / happened
discovered / was happening
discovered / happens
discovered / is happening
The study 4.__________________ (be) part of a growing body of research usgin brain imaging technologies to better understand the cognitive benefits of language learning.
is
was
has been
could have been
Magnetic resonance [...] can now tell us not only whether we 5.________________ (need) knee surgery...
will need
have needed
needed
need
, but reveal what 6.__________________ (happen) in our brains when we 7._________________ (hear), understand and produce second languages.
was happening / hear
happens / hear
is happening /hear
happens / are to hear
The Sweddish MRI study 8._________________ (show) that learning a foreign language...
showed
has shown
shows
is showing
that learning a foreign language 9.____________________ (have) a visible effect on the brain.
is having
has had
has
had
Young adult military recruits with a flair for languages 10._______________ (learn) Arabic, Russian or Dari intensively,...
were learning
are learning
will have learnt
learn
, while a control group of medical and cognitive science students also 11._________________ (study) hard, but not at languages.
were studying
studied
study
will study
