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Folklore creatures

Based on 6 minute English:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/radio/specials/144_6minute/
then go to September 2008

1. Which of these is NOT another name for Bigfoot?

a) Sasquatch
b) Abominable Snowman
c) Loch Ness monster
d) Yeti

2. An artist's ____________ is a drawing based on what someone has described.

a) compression
b) suppression
c) depression
d) impression

3. __________ say the accident happened just before 3 pm.

a) eye-witnesses
b) onlookers
c) sightseers
d) peepers

4. Which of these does NOT mean 'out of place', 'strange and unusual'?
a) bizarre
b) incongruous
c) irrefutable
d) odd

5. The word 'definite' is synonymous to which other word?

a) exclusive
b) reclusive
c) conclusive
d) inclusive

6. The prefix 'crypto' in cryptozoology originally comes from Greek, but what does it mean?
a) unknown
b) hidden
c) mysterious
d) secret

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ANSWERS:

1. Which of these is NOT another name for Bigfoot?

a), b) and d) are all other names for Bigfoot, an ape-like hairy animal which stands and
weighs nearly two times more than the average man.
c) Loch Ness monster - this is the correct answer. It is reputed to be a dinosaur-
like water creature living in a very large lake in Scotland called Loch Ness.

2. An artist's ____________ is a drawing based on what someone has described.

d) impression - this is the correct answer.

3. __________ say the accident happened just before 3 pm.

a) eye-witnesses - correct. This means 'people who have seen something with their
own eyes'.
b) onlookers - this is not the best answer. An onlooker is someone who watches something
that is happening in a public place but is not involved in it.
c) sightseers - wrong. A sightseer is someone who is visiting interesting places, especially
when they are on holiday.
d) peepers - wrong. A peeper is somebody who looks secretly at somebody or something.

4. Which of these does NOT mean 'out of place', 'strange and unusual'?

c) irrefutable - this is the right answer. It means 'impossible to prove wrong'.

5. The word 'definite' is synonymous to which other word?

c) conclusive - this is the right answer.

6. The prefix 'crypto' in cryptozoology originally comes from Greek, but what does it mean?

b) hidden - this is the right answer, well done.

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