Business tense review trivia quiz
Cut or fold the worksheet along the vertical line so each students get half of it each.
| Student A/ Team A Only look at the half of the worksheet that your teacher tells you to. Ask a question below. If the person with the other worksheet answers, they get two points for a correct answer or no points for a wrong answer. If they say that they don’t know and so don’t guess, give them four options. If they answer correctly from those four options, they get one point. Then take turns doing the same. Which city is the HQ of the European Central Bank in? (Frankfurt) What is special about the domain name ‘www.symbolics.com’? (It was the first domain name ever) Which Shakespeare play has the line ‘Neither a borrower nor a lender be’? (Hamlet) ‘Blue chip’ companies are named after poker chips, but why are they called ‘blue’ chip? (It’s the highest value poker chip) In which country did the Industrial Revolution start? (England/ The UK) Which Italian fashion designer worked as a bellboy in the Savoy in London? (Gucci) What was originally called ‘Brad’s drink’? (Pepsi) Which company was founded in the Austrian Empire and has been producing cars for nearly a century? (Skoda) | Student B/ Team B Only look at the half of the worksheet that your teacher tells you to. Ask a question below. If the person with the other worksheet answers, they get two points for a correct answer or no points for a wrong answer. If they say that they don’t know and so don’t guess, give them four options. If they answer correctly from those four options, they get one point. Then take turns doing the same. What company is the world’s largest employer? (Indian railways) How is acetylsalicylic acid better known? (Aspirin) What did Henry Ford call his first car? (A quadricycle) What was ‘501 Blues’ the original of? (Levi Jeans) Who issued the first US credit card? (Diner’s Club) What did Nintendo produce before computer games? (Playing cards) What was designed jointly by Daimler-Benz and Swatch? (The SMART car) Which London institution has had the motto ‘My word is my bond’ since 1801? (The stock exchange) |
Grammar review
When your teacher stops you, look at both sides of the worksheet and ask about anything you aren’t sure about, working together to think of good wrong answers each time.
Try to find sentences that are written with the same tenses on both worksheets.
What are the names of all the tenses in Worksheet 1?
Which sets of tenses are these the general forms for?
1. be + past participle (e.g. a form of be + gone)
2. have + past participle (e.g. a form of have + done)
3. be + ing (e.g. a form of be + playing)
Without looking back at Worksheet 1, try to fill these gaps with the correct tense of the verbs in brackets:
‘Blue chip’ companies _____________________________________________________ (name) after poker chips, but why are they called ‘blue’ chip?
In which country _______________________________ (the Industrial Revolution start)?
Which Italian fashion designer ____________________________________________ (work) as a bellboy in the Savoy in London?
What __________________________________________ (originally call) ‘Brad’s drink’?
Which company ______________________________ (found) in the Austrian Empire and __________________________________________ (produce) cars for nearly a century?
How ________________________________________ (acetylsalicylic acid better know)?
What ___________________________________________ (Henry Ford call) his first car?
Who __________________________________________ (issue) the first US credit card?
What _______________________________ (Nintendo produce) before computer games?
What _____________________________ (design) jointly by Daimler-Benz and Swatch?
Which London institution ___________________________________________________ (have) the motto ‘My word is my bond’ since 1801?
Check your answers with Worksheet 1.
Give your partner the answers to the questions and see if he or she can make the whole question with the correct grammar.
Do the same with other trivia that you know.
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