Using the internet

If you’ve got the hang of using the Internet, try using it to answer the following questions (NB when you click on the link, it will open in a new window):

  1. What does "get the hang of sth." mean? (use the Cambridge International Dictionary of Idioms- choose from the pull-down menu - on http://www.cup.cam.ac.uk/elt/dictionary/)

  2. What does "gobsmacked" mean?

  3. What is a ‘gatt’ in rap-speak? http://www.rapdict.org/terms/g

  4. Can you find the lyrics to your favourite song in English? (use a websearch such as http://www.alltheweb.com/ and type the name of the band, the song and ‘lyrics’ to search).

  5. Find some common collocations with the word ‘internet’. (use the CoBuild site - http://titania.cobuild.collins.co.uk/form.html#democoll )

  6. Find some examples of determiners.(use the internet grammar http://www.ucl.ac.uk/internet-grammar/ )

  7. Which prepositions go with the words ‘substitute’, ‘acquainted’, ‘ distinguish’ and ‘relevant’ ? (use http://members.home.net/eng-zone/preps/index.html)

  8. What is the weekly ‘music cut’ on ‘EnglishBaby’? http://www.englishbaby.com/lessons/music/music.htm?24,24

  9. What changes are Cambridge introducing to the CAE exam? http://www.cambridge-efl.org.uk/exam/general/bg_cae.htm

  10. How many uses of the word ‘get’ can you find? (use the multi-search dictionary site http://onelook.com/ or the Wordnet vocabulary helper http://www.notredame.ac.jp/cgi-bin/wn )

  11. Write your own question and send it in an e-mail to: webmaster@efllinks.freeservers.com

if you want your answers checked, send them to: webmaster@efllinks.freeservers.com (don't forget to put the number of the question your'e answering)

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