esl efl resources games quiz time comparatives and superlatives
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This is an ESL GAME designed to practise comparatives and superlatives. In fact, it is a quiz which contains a lot of questions related to GENERAL CULTURE, SCIENCE; GEOGRAPHY; HISTORY, etc. You can use it to play with your whole class. Yo can divide your class in two teams and play this wonderfull and engaging game! :-)TRANSCRIPT
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$100SPAIN IS SMALLER THAN FRANCE.
TRUE. SPAIN IS 505,000 SQUARE KILOMETRES AND FRANCE IS 544,000.
The river Amazon os longer than the river Nile.
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False. The Amazon is about 6.400 km long and the Nile is about 6,670 km long.
Oxford University is older than Cambridge University press.
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TRUE. Oxford University was founded in 1170 and Cambridge 40 years later.
The English Alphabet is shorter than the Arabic alphabet.
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TRUE. There are 26 letters in the English Alphabet and 28 in the Arabic alphabet.
K2 is more dangerous to Climb than Mount Everest.
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TRUE. 40% OF CLIMBERS WHO GET TO THE TOP OF K2 DIE, BUT ONLY 9% OF CLIMBERS OF EVEREST DIE.
A gigabyte is larger than a megabyte.
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TRUE. A megabyte is 1,000, but a gigabyte is 1,000megabytes.
The Sahara Desert is drier than the Atacama desert.
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False. Sahara Desert average rainfall= 25mm; Atacama Desert average rainfall= 0.1 mm.
New Zealand is further south than Australia.
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TRUE. It´s 2,000 km south- east of Australia.
The Pyramids in Egypt are older than
the Parthenon in Greece.
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True. The Pyramids are about 500 years old and the Parthenon is about 2,500 years old.
The First World War was shorter than the Second World War
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TRUE. The 1st WW lasted 4 years (1914-1918), the 2nd WW lasted 6 years (1939-1945)
The mountains on earth are higher than the mountains on Mars.
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False. Olympus Mons on Mars is 25 km high; Everest is about 8 km high.
China is bigger than Canada.
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FALSE. Canada is 10,000,000 square metres; China is about 9,600,000 square metres.
$100In the UK coffee is now more popular than tea.
False. On average, the British drink 165,000,000 cups of tea a day than and 70,000,000 cups of coffe.
It is better to do exercise in the morning than in the afternoon.
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False. In the afternoon between 4 and 5 p.m. the body temperature is at its maximum, which means it is the perfect time to exercise.
The Earth is hotter than the moon.
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FALSE. The average temperature of the moon is about 123 degrees Celsius during the day; the average temperature of the earth is 13-17 degrees Celsius.
The Mediterranean Sea warmer than the Red Sea.
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FALSE. Mediterranean average temperature = 24-26; Red Sea average = 26-30 degrees Celsius.
Kilimanjaro is higher than the Everest.
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False.
A peregrine falcon is faster than a cheetah.
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TRUE. The falcon 389 km/h during its high speed dive hunting.The cheetah 112/ 120 km/h,The sailfish 96 km/ h in water.
The brown grizzle bear is larger than the polar bear.
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False. The Polar bear is larger than the Grizzle Bear.
New Zealand is further south than Australia.
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True.