is this sentence correct?

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is this sentence correct?

ELOJOLIE274

is this sentence correct?

hello!
i �m creating a new game and i �m wondering if this question is correct:

I am the most populous Spanish-speaking country in the world. Before Europeans colonized me, the Maya and the Aztec were 2 advanced civilizations on my lands.

What am I? Answer: Mexico

it sounds weird but it might be because i �m tired...

can you help me rephrase it???

thanks a lot!

Elodie Wacko

P.S.: i �m running out of ideas for the questions, so if you have any good ones (about history, geography or general knowledge) for intermediate learners, i �ll welcome all the help you can provide! once the powerpoint is done i �ll be happy to send it to you if you send me a PM with your email address... thanks again!

16 Mar 2013

Hello Elodie.

Not sure if this is exactly what you are looking for but a colleague of mine used the following in her class to create a guessing game.

I look Italian.

You can watch me fly through the air in my early stages.

I am found in almost every city.

I have been accused of being �cheesy � but never tasteless.

What am I?

I �m a pizza.

________________________________________________

I was made by man.

Modern machines were not used to create me.

I am a roadway for horsemen.

It took hundreds of years to make me.

I am 2414 k/m long.

I can be seen from outer space.

Tourists love to visit me.

What am I?

I �m the Great Wall of China.

__________________________________________________

It took approximately 27 months to build me.

I am a technological masterpiece.

I celebrate the anniversary of a revolution.

I am a landmark and a great tourist attraction.

I bear the designers name.

You could say I am well composed. I have over 12,000 parts.

What am I?

I am the Eiffel Tower

______________________________________________________

Hope this helps a little.

Have a great day!

16 Mar 2013

ELOJOLIE274

thanks,
yes it helps! and I had already asked a question about the Eiffel Tower :)

some questions also look like that:

Who became the 44th President of the United States in 2008?

if the question is hard I give 3 possible answers and the pupils have to choose...

16 Mar 2013

ueslteacher

It �s April soon, so how about a question related to Yuri Gagarin (as I was pointed out, in English, there�s no y at the end of this man�s first name), the first man who travelled to space?

Sophia

16 Mar 2013

ELOJOLIE274

thanks :)

can anyone tell me if my sentence is correct? please...

16 Mar 2013

almaz

The sentence is fine grammatically, if that �s what �s bothering you.

You could also use, "Before Europeans colonised me, the Aztecs and the Mayans had already established advanced civilisations within my modern borders." Depends on your class, I suppose.

16 Mar 2013

ELOJOLIE274

thanks almaz... I knew it was fine grammatically but it looked/sounded weird
i will use yours, it �s better!

16 Mar 2013

Jayho

I think it sounds odd to say "what am I" . I think "what country am I" sounds better.

Here are some Ozzie questions for your quiz:

People say that this Commonwealth country is at the bottom of the world and is often called the land downunder. A common greeting is G�day and everyone says no worries instead of no problem. What country am I?

My babies are called joeys. I am a marsupial which means that I carry my joey in a pouch on my tummy. I am a macropod which means I have big feet? What animal am I? (kangaroo)

I am a marsupial. When my joey is older you will often see it clinging to my back. I am aboreal which means that I can climb trees? What animal am I? (koala)

Cheers

Jayho

16 Mar 2013

ELOJOLIE274

thanks Jayho :)
actually I found the question "what am I?" in a game I have at home: Usborne Travel Quiz Cards published in the UK.
for example: " I was the largest and most luxurious ship ever built. they called me �unsinkable"... but I was sunk by an iceberg on my first voyage. what am I?"
Is it not correct then?

16 Mar 2013

almaz

Yes, it�s perfectly all right. You�ve already mentioned �country�, after all.

16 Mar 2013

Jayho

To me, what am I sounds fine for an object or for an animal but for a country it sounds odd, to me. Not saying it�s incorrect, just that I�ve never heard it termed like that before in a quiz. It�s a trivial point so no need to worry.

Cheers

Jayho

16 Mar 2013

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