Tip of the Month
We had The Passive Voice Quiz some time ago. But why not do it again with different questions – about Serbia.
The Passive Voice Quiz
About Serbia
Level: Pre-Intermediate / Intermediate
Time: 10 – 20 minutes (depending on the number of questions)
Type: Whole class competition game for groups
Aim: Practise the Passive Voice and check the knowledge / learn about Serbia.
Procedure:
- Divide your students into groups of 3-6. They may decide on the name of each group / team.
- On the board, teacher writes numbers of the questions (1, 2, 3, 4, …) and draws a grid in which she will write points the groups get for correct answers. For each correct answer/sentence a group gets 1 point. Students should produce full answers using the Passive Voice.
- Group 1 starts by choosing one of the numbers on the board. Teacher crosses out the number and reads out the question from her list. Students have 20 seconds to think and then answer the question. If they don’t know the answer or if it is incorrect, the other groups may try get an extra point (on “first come, first served” basis).
- Then group 2 takes its turn and the quiz goes on in the same way. At the end of the game the group with the best score may be given something (sweets, pictures, stickers…) as a prize.
The questions (and answers)
- Who was the Gračanica monastery built by? (by King Milutin in the first half of the 14th century)
- Where was the first Serbian Constitution proclaimed in 1835? (the name of the town) (It was proclaimed in Kragujevac.)
- Who was Kragujevac proclaimed the capital of the new Serbian State by? (by Miloš Obrenović – in 1818)
- When was Mediana built? (Mediana was built at the beginning of the 4th century B.C.)
- Which year in the 21st century was celebrated by UNESCO as the 150th anniversary of the birth of Nikola Tesla? (The year 2006.)
- Who was Kusturica’s film “Underground” scripted by? (Dušan Kovačević)
- Who was Stefan Nemanja succeeded by? (By his middle son Stefan II – Stefan Prvovenčani)
- Where was King Aleksandar I assassinated? (In Marseille, France – in 1934)
- Which Serbian mountain is nicknamed the “roof of Serbia”? (Kopaonik)
- Who was the film “I Even Met Some Happy Gypsies” (Serbian : “Skupljači perja”) directed by? (Aleksandar Petrović)
- Who was the ballet “The Legend of Ohrid” composed by? (Stevan Hristić)
- Who was the autobiography, From Immigrant to Inventor written by? (by Mihajlo / Michael Pupin)
- Whose novels were turned into two very popular films in 2002 and 2005? (The novels of Stevan Sremac)
- Who was the Serbian literary language reformed by? (by Vuk Stefanović Karadžić)
- Who was the film “Who Sings Over There?” directed by? (Slobodan Šijan)
- Who was Belgrade founded by? (by the Celts – by the Celtic tribe of the Scordisci, 279 BC)
- When were the first massive demonstrations led by Vuk Drašković held against Slobodan Milošević? (On March 9, 1991)
- Who was the medieval city of Krusevac founded by? (Prince Lazar - between 1371 and 1377)
- What is a huge Roman complex near Gamzigrad called? (Felix Romuliana)
- Which Serbian city was once known as "Little Manchester"? (Leskovac)