WorksheetsThe concept of natural language
Total questions: 11
Worksheet time: 8mins
In English, we say 'I am hungry.' The French 'J'ai faim' literally translates to...
I hungry (no verb to be)
I am hungry
I have hunger
I want to eat.
In Arabic, we say 'a white and black TV.' In English...
'a white and black TV,' the same as in Arabic.
'a black and white TV.'
The French 'quatre-vingt-dix' translates literally to...
70
ninety (90)
four twenty ten (their word for 90)
four twenties and ten (their word for 90)
In Irish Gaelic (the old language of Ireland),
when they want to say 'I am sad', it translates to:
I am sad (same as English)
I sad (no verb to be, like Arabic)
I have sadness
'sadness is on me'
In Mandarin Chinese, when they literally say 'cover my ear while stealing a bell,' it actually means:
to lie to yourself or deceive yourself
to have a headache
to cover your ears while stealing a bell
to rob a bank
Which of the following is natural English:
I made an accident
I had an accident
I accidented
An accident happened to me.
In English, we say 'I made a mistake.' 'I did a mistake' is incorrect because:
It's bad grammar.
It's bad spelling.
It's the wrong word order.
It's not natural English.
Why do we say 'I have 20 years' in French, but 'I am 20 years old' in English?
Every language has different grammar rules.
Every language has a different way of 'putting words together.'
Words that are normally said together ('do' and 'homework'/'make' and 'dinner') are called:
collections
connotations
conflations
collocations
A piece of a sentence like 'on the other hand...' is called a 'phrase.'
True
False
The best way to learn English is:
to learn single words and take a lot of grammar lessons
to think in Arabic and speak English
to learn natural phrases and collocations, as well as grammar and single words
to focus only on grammar
