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📕 A pun vocabulary task: Vol 2 📕

We saw that you liked this task, so here’s another one for you!

For items 1–5, complete the puns. The number of letters is given in brackets to help you and there is an example (0) done for you.

0. Why did the math book look so sad? It had too many _ (8).
Answer: problems

1️⃣ Why don’t skeletons fight each other? They don’t have _ _ (3, 4).

2️⃣ Why did the scarecrow win an award? He was outstanding in _ _ (3, 5).

3️⃣ Why can’t your nose be 12 inches long? Because then it would be a _ (4).

4️⃣ Why did the tomato blush? It saw the salad _ (8).

5️⃣ Why did the stadium get hot after the game? All the _ (4) left.

Guess in the comments 👇

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⚡ДАТА ЗАКЛА «ЛОМОНОСОВА»: 14 февраля⚡

Стала известна дата проведения Заключительного этапа олимпиады «Ломоносов» по иностранным языкам: 14 февраля (суббота) в 11:00. Для тех, кто влюблен в английский!

Онлайн-интенсив по подготовке к олимпиаде пройдет 7–8 февраля (17:00–18:30 и 18:45–20:15 мск). С интенсивом к «Высшей пробе» время не пересечётся.

На интенсиве вас ждут:
➡️4 семинара, где мы разберем основные части олимпиады: чтение, аудирование, письмо, лексику и грамматику, страноведение
➡️авторский пробник
➡️фидбэк от преподавателя
➡️ресурсы для самостоятельного продолжения подготовки

Регистрируйтесь — time is of the essence!

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💱Punctuation for direct speech 💱

📎At the Regional stage, you are often required to include direct speech in your writing, for example, your story (2022, 2019) or interview (2024)
📎For the "Lomonosov" writing task, you also need a quote
📎In «Высшая Проба» you need to base your Listening Summary on specific ideas from the audio, which you may choose to quote, and you can "decorate" your writing task there with quotes, too.

"How do we handle it, then?" you ask.
"Let's review the basic rules together," we answer.

1️⃣Direct speech in one sentence

(a) She said, "My brother is a student."
(b) "My brother is a student," she said.
(c) "My brother," she said, "is a student."
(d) "Well," Jack began, "it's a long story."

Note that the comma connected to the quote is inside the quotation marks, but the one after the verb (said etc.) is not.

2️⃣Direct speech in several sentences

(e) "My brother is a student. He is attending a university," she said.
(f) "My brother is a student," she said. "He is attending a university."

Note that if the whole sentence is a quote, the full stop comes before the closing quotation mark.

3️⃣Questions and exclamations

(g) She asked, "When will you be here?"
(h) "When will you be here?" she asked.
(i) She said, "Watch out!"

Note that the question and exclamation marks are inside the quotes.

4️⃣Single or double?

🇺🇸 In the US, double quotes (" ") are for main direct quotes and titles, while single quotes (' ') are for quotes within quotes or for headlines.
🇬🇧 In the UK, the tradition is the other way around: single for main speech, double for inner quotes.

📍An example for you:
According to the teacher, the test would be “the most difficult exam of the year.” ➡️
“Our teacher called it ‘the most difficult exam of the year,’” Almir complained to his parents.

📍Another example:
“A Retrospective on ‘The Road Not Taken’ and Its Themes”

5️⃣Lower or upper?

Always upper. Both the opening and the closing quotation marks should be in the upper part of the line ("").

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📖 Literature quiz 📖

For questions 1–6, choose the correct answer and write out the letter. All six letters will then make up a secret word 😏
Once you're done, share the secret word in the comments, but cover it with a spoiler

Hint for the secret word: it is often mentioned together with a name of a Roman dictator 👑

1️⃣ Which feature best shows that Beowulf comes from an oral tradition?

V. It is written in Middle English
L. It focuses on Christian morality
R. It criticizes medieval society
C. It uses repetition and formulaic phrases

2️⃣ In The Canterbury Tales, Chaucer mainly uses different storytellers to:

A. Show the history of England
I. Present different social classes
Y. Teach religious lessons
E. Tell one long heroic story

3️⃣ What is the main difference between a Shakespearean sonnet and a Petrarchan sonnet?

C. Shakespearean sonnets have no final couplet
E. Petrarchan sonnets do not discuss love
L. Petrarchan sonnets are written only in Italian
P. Shakespearean sonnets use a different rhyme scheme

4️⃣ Which Romantic idea is most clearly shown in Wordsworth and Coleridge’s poetry?

K. Faith in machines and industry
P. Strict social rules
S. Political satire
H. Nature is very important

5️⃣ Why were Dickens’s novels especially influential in Victorian England?

E. They showed social problems
O. They were published as short stories
A. They were written in easy language
I. They avoided political topics

6️⃣"Mrs Dalloway" by Virginia Woolf is strongly influenced by:

L. The Industrial Revolution
N. The English Civil War
R. World War I
W. Colonial expansion

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💜Изменения в заключительном этапе Олимпиады СПбГУ: Информация с официального вебинара💜

💜Задание на исправление ошибок убрали. Вместо него теперь будет задание на аудирование.

💜Аудирование состоит из двух частей и основано на одном аудио, которое будет проиграно два раза:
• Даются три текста, нужно выбрать правильную summary по содержанию аудиозаписи.
• Нужно дописать абзац с опорой на аудирование, учитывая 3–4 вопроса (пункта), на которые стоит обратить внимание.

💜Комментарий к цитате в этом году заменён на комментарий к поговорке. Объём задания сокращён до 60–80 слов.

💜В задании на описание картинки появились дополнительные требования:
• обязательно нужно добавить заголовок;
• к каждой мини-картинке необходимо написать ровно два предложения: первое — описание того, что изображено, второе — передача мыслей героя (не забудьте повторить правила пунктуации при прямой речи).

💜 Источник: Подготовительный вебинар СПбГУ

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