How Well Do You Know English?

 English is the most popular language in the world, with roots going thousands of years and influenced by German, Latin, French more! By our time, the language has been enriched by a plethora of new words for expressions. This Quiz will let you test your knowledge of English.

1. What is a Sciolist?

A. A fake intellectual

B. A scissors tester

C. A scientist that works alone

2. The term “Pygalgia” is used for

A. Describing a pig sty

B. The dwelling of Pygmies

C. A pain in the Buttocks

3....

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Habari Zinazoendana

11 years ago

TheCitizen

02 Feb

Our English, yes, and our Kiswahili too

Fire in small bottles. That’s how a long-deceased veteran Tanzanian politician described electric bulbs. Since the people she was addressing understood what she meant; well, to use modern mobile phone language, it was “message sent.”

 

10 years ago

GPL

SPEAK ENGLISH PLEASE!

HABARI zenu maanko. Sina shaka kwamba mko poa na mnaendelea vizuri na masomo. Anko wenu kama kawa, nipo kijiweni nang’aa macho, nawaangalia mnavyopita kuelekea shule mkiwa mnazungumza mambo ya mtaani badala ya kimasomo. Wiki jana hatukuweza kuwa pamoja kutokana na sababu za kiufundi, lakini wiki hii tupo tena pamoja tunaliendeleza katika kijiwe chetu hiki cha madenti. Juzikati nilipata SMS kutoka kwa mtu mmoja aliyeniuliza...

 

10 years ago

BBC

Are Rwandans healthier than the English?

Are Rwandans healthier than the English?

 

10 years ago

TheCitizen

22 Mar

Let English be medium of instruction

Tanzania is among a few countries in Africa, which is graced with a language that can be used by almost all its inhabitants as a national language that can also be used as medium of instruction. Kiswahili, which is a Bantu oriented, but substantially borrowed a lot from other foreign languages happens to be an original language of Tanzanians unlike other African countries, which use foreign languages that came with colonisers.

 

10 years ago

TheCitizen

16 Sep

Can you really master english in one month?

It’s in the evening, and I find myself in class again. Yes it’s another day as a student. I, like the plus minus 25 other adults in the room have registered for an English course in a local centre in Buguruni.

 

9 years ago

BBC

14 Nov

Why SA students want to be taught in English

Why South African university was forced to switch language

 

10 years ago

Mwananchi

28 Apr

Zijue English tenses

Baada ya kujifunza maumbo (forms) mawili kati matano ya vitenzi (verbs) vya Kiingereza ambayo tutayatumia katika kuunda’English tenses’, leo tutaendelea kujifunza maumbo zaidi. Kabla ya kuendelea tujikumbushe baadhi ya vitenzi na maumbo yake.

 

10 years ago

Vijimambo

Mdundiko (with English Subtitles)

 

10 years ago

TheCitizen

26 Sep

Kibaha keen on English for business

Kibaha Town Council director Ms Jenifa Omolo has proposed to review the current primary school curricular to give more emphasis on English from the grassroots level, saying the demand of the language globally was high.

 

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