0:00 Hello everyone and welcome back to English with Lucy.
0:03 Today we are testing your advanced English skills.
0:07 So if you know the 15 words in this video,
0:12 then I would predict that you have a C1 level of English.
0:17 We are going to do this in the form of a quiz.
0:21 It is a guide, not an official test.
0:25 It's going to be a very visual quiz on three topics, landscapes, animals,
0:33 and weather.
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1:30 Now, let's get started with the quiz.
1:33 There are lots of images in this lesson,
1:36 but don't worry if you can't see the screen.
1:38 I will describe everything to you.
1:40 Our first category is words connected to landscapes.
1:44 Starting with three nouns or landscape features.
1:49 Here's your first question.
1:51 Look at this picture.
1:53 It shows the wide part of a river where it joins the sea.
1:58 What do we call that?
2:00 I'll give you a clue.
2:01 It starts with E.
2:07 It should be estie.
2:11 Did you know that you can pronounce it with three syllables?
2:14 Estie or with four syllables?
2:18 Estie.
2:19 An example, there's a lot of wildlife in the temp's estie.
2:24 Okay, question two.
2:25 What do we call this in English?
2:29 It's a long piece of land that is almost entirely surrounded by water.
2:36 It's connected to a larger piece of land on one side.
2:44 It is a peninsula.
2:48 So, a peninsula can be in a lake, sea, or ocean,
2:52 and it can be very large or fairly small.
2:55 And notice how the final two syllables are schwas.
3:01 Peninsula.
3:01 And in British English, many speakers use a y sound between s and u.
3:11 Peninsula.
3:11 Many North American English speakers will say peninsula.
3:14 Let's have a couple more examples.
3:16 The Iberian Peninsula contains Spain and Portugal.
3:21 Or the peninsula had stunning views of the sea on three sides.
3:27 Now, when S and Y appear together, some people, especially British English speakers,
3:34 change the S to a shh sound.
3:39 Peninsula.
3:41 Can you hear the difference?
3:43 Peninsula. peninsula.
3:46 Okay.
3:46 Number three.
3:47 What is this?
3:49 It's an area of very wet, soft land.
3:53 It's often covered with water as well as trees and plants.
3:57 We're looking for a word with five letters starting with S.
4:07 It's a swamp.
4:10 Did you get that one?
4:12 You might have heard of the Everglades in Florida.
4:15 That's a swamp.
4:16 An example, as we waded through the swamp,
4:20 we kept our eyes out for alligators.
4:24 Okay, our next two words are adjectives.
4:27 First, how would you describe this landscape, one that is empty and without people?
4:34 It often makes us feel sad or a bit frightened.
4:38 Use a word with eight letters starting with D.
4:47 It's desolate.
4:50 Desolate.
4:51 The final two syllables each contain schwas.
4:54 Desolate.
4:56 An example.
4:57 They walked for hours through a desolate landscape seeing no one.
5:02 Okay, the last one in this category is really challenging.
5:06 Here's your picture.
5:07 It's of a very dry landscape with no plants.
5:11 How would you describe this in advanced English using a fourletter word beginning with
5:18 a.
5:25 It's arid.
5:27 Arid.
5:27 So, an arid landscape
5:29 or climate has little
5:30 or no rain and very little vegetation can grow there.
5:35 Think about the Sahara desert.
5:38 An example, farming is almost impossible in an arid landscape.
5:43 Okay, how are you doing so far?
5:45 What is your score out of five?
5:47 Remember to keep score as we go along.
5:49 Let's move on now to our animal category
5:53 and we'll do questions six
5:54 and seven together.
5:57 We have a picture of a goat
6:00 and I want to know the names for the hard part on its foot
6:04 and the hard pointed part
6:07 that is growing from its head.
6:10 We have I will give you four choices.
6:12 You need to choose two.
6:14 Antler, hoof, horn and paw.
6:20 Choose two.
6:26 Okay.
6:26 The part of its foot is the hoof.
6:31 The plural form is hooves.
6:34 Animals like horses and cows have hooves.
6:38 An example, the horse's hooves clattered loudly against the cobbled street.
6:44 And growing from the goat's head, we have horns.
6:50 The bull lowered its horns and charged without warning.
6:55 So antlers are the horns that grow from the head of a male deer,
7:00 a stag.
7:02 And a paw is the foot of an animal like a dog, cat,
7:06 or bear.
7:08 Okay, question eight.
7:10 Here is a photo of a cat's paw.
7:13 What are the sharp curved nails on the end called?
7:18 No clues this time.
7:24 They are called claws.
7:27 One is a claw.
7:29 We have that long
7:30 or vowel sound again like we had with horn
7:33 and paw.
7:34 Lots of animals have claws like dogs, tigers, bears,
7:38 as well as many birds as well.
7:40 Often a bird's claws are called talons.
7:43 An example with claw.
7:45 The bear left deep claw marks on the tree.
7:49 Okay, for number nine, we have one of my favorite animals, an elephant.
7:54 What do we call an elephant's long, flexible nose?
7:59 No clues again.
8:05 It should be a trunk.
8:08 So, elephants use their trunks for breathing, smelling, touching, and picking things up.
8:13 An example, the elephant used its trunk to spray water over its back.
8:19 In North American English,
8:20 you will hear trunk used to describe the space in the back of a
8:24 car.
8:25 In British English, we call it a boot.
8:28 Okay.
8:28 Number 10.
8:29 Here we have a very, very young horse.
8:32 What do we call it in English?
8:34 Is it a calf, a fo, a pony, or a tadpole?
8:45 It should be a fo.
8:48 So cute.
8:49 Did you get that one?
8:50 The fo was born a few hours ago,
8:52 but it's already running around and exploring.
8:55 If you said pony, you're probably not alone.
8:58 A pony is a small type of horse, but ponies aren't necessarily young.
9:04 I used to have a 30-year-old pony living next to me.
9:08 A calf is a young cow and a tadpole is one of these.
9:14 A small black creature with a big head
9:16 and long tail that lives in water
9:18 and will develop into a frog
9:20 or a toad.
9:21 Okay, what's your score so far out of 10?
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10:25 Okay, let's finish our quiz.
10:27 Our final category is the weather.
10:29 Number 11.
10:31 What is this?
10:32 The picture shows a deep pile of snow that's been created by the wind
10:37 blowing it together.
10:38 Is it a snow drop, a snow plow, a snow ball,
10:44 or a snow drift?
10:51 It's a snow drift.
10:53 During the storm, snow drifts built up along the fences.
10:58 A snowdrop is a small white flower.
11:01 A snow plow is a vehicle that removes snow from roads.
11:05 And a snowball is a ball of snow that we throw at somebody.
11:10 Okay.
11:11 Number 12.
11:12 What is this?
11:13 It's a ball of ice, usually small, that falls from the sky like rain.
11:20 It has nine letters and it begins with H.
11:29 It is a hailstone.
11:33 I say they're usually small, but they can be as big as golf balls.
11:37 An example, I can't believe a huge hailstone broke my car windscreen last night.
11:44 We also use the general noun hail to describe that weather.
11:49 For example, we got caught in the hail and a freezing cold.
11:53 Okay, we'll get a little spooky for number 13.
11:56 What is this?
11:58 It's a very fine cloud of water hanging in the air just above the
12:04 ground.
12:05 It makes it difficult to see clearly.
12:13 If you're thinking fog, think again.
12:18 This is mist.
12:20 This is thinner than fog.
12:22 We often say that something is shrouded in mist when it's covered in it.
12:28 Or that mist lifts or clears when it goes away.
12:32 An example, the fields were shrouded in mist this morning,
12:37 but it cleared when the sun came out.
12:39 Number 14.
12:40 What can we see here?
12:42 This is a very strong wind.
12:44 It's a fourlet word starting with G.
12:54 It's a gale.
12:57 A gale is a sustained wind.
13:00 It's not just one breath of wind or a gust of wind.
13:04 It lasts longer than that.
13:07 You'll hear people say it's blowing a gale, meaning it's extremely windy.
13:12 Or on the weather forecast, you will hear about gale force winds,
13:17 meaning very strong winds.
13:20 An example, the gale blew tiles off the roof and knocked down several trees.
13:27 Okay, we're ready for the last one.
13:29 Number 15, and it's really tricky.
13:31 Look at this photo.
13:33 It's showing a place that's very dry.
13:36 What do we call a period of time with very little or no rain?
13:42 It's a dry what?
13:50 It's a dry spell.
13:53 A dry spell.
13:55 Did anyone get that?
13:56 I would be very impressed if you did.
13:58 When we're talking about weather,
14:00 a spell is a short period of a particular type of weather.
14:05 A dry spell tends to last a few days to a few weeks.
14:10 A cold spell is a short period of cold weather
14:14 which could also last days
14:16 or weeks.
14:16 A spell of weather can be shorter.
14:18 On the weather forecast,
14:20 you might hear today it will be mainly cloudy with sunny spells,
14:24 short periods of sunshine.
14:26 Okay, so how did you do out of 15?
14:29 Let me know your score in the comments
14:31 and try to make a couple of sentences with any words
14:34 that were new for you.
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15:00 I really hope you enjoyed today's lesson.
15:02 I'll see you in the next one.
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