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30 Vocabulary Tests · 6 games

Are We Born Able to Imitate?

Answer all 5 questions in a test, then press Check answers. Tap See explanation under any question to see why — in 🇬🇧 English, 🇺🇿 Uzbek and 🇷🇺 Russian.

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Test A · Questions 1–5

Meaning Match

Choose the correct meaning
1A reflex is…

🇬🇧Reflex = automatic reaction. (reflex: an automatic physical reaction you cannot control)

🇺🇿Refleks. reflex — refleks.

🇷🇺Рефлекс. reflex — рефлекс.

2Experts couldn’t replicate the results. They couldn’t…

🇬🇧Replicate = reproduce. (replicate: to repeat an experiment and get the same result)

🇺🇿Takrorlay olmadilar. replicate — takrorlamoq (tajribani).

🇷🇺Воспроизвести. replicate — воспроизводить.

3Misleading results…

🇬🇧Misleading = deceptive. (misleading: giving a wrong idea or impression)

🇺🇿Chalg‘ituvchi. misleading — chalg‘ituvchi.

🇷🇺Вводящие в заблуждение. misleading — вводящий в заблуждение.

4To undermine an argument is to…

🇬🇧Undermine = weaken. (undermine: to make something weaker or less effective)

🇺🇿Zaiflashtirmoq. undermine — zaiflashtirmoq.

🇷🇺Подрывать. undermine — подрывать.

5From the outset means…

🇬🇧From the outset = from the start. (from the outset: from the beginning)

🇺🇿Boshidanoq. from the outset — boshidanoq.

🇷🇺С самого начала. from the outset — с самого начала.

Test B · Questions 6–10

Complete the Story

Choose the missing word for each gap — two words are extra!
ReadMeltzoff claimed (6) babies copy faces, but experts couldn’t (7) the results. Tongue protrusion may be a simple (8). Slaughter’s large study (9) the idea, and now we know babies (10) imitation like other social skills.
Word bankreplicatereflexportrayunderminedpick upinfantnewborn
6Gap (6): Meltzoff claimed ______ babies copy faces…

🇬🇧Adjective use: newborn babies. (newborn: a baby that was born very recently)

🇺🇿Newborn. newborn — yangi tug‘ilgan chaqaloq.

🇷🇺Newborn. newborn — новорождённый.

7Gap (7): …experts couldn’t ______ the results.

🇬🇧Verb: replicate. (replicate: to repeat an experiment and get the same result)

🇺🇿Replicate. replicate — takrorlamoq (tajribani).

🇷🇺Replicate. replicate — воспроизводить.

8Gap (8): …may be a simple ______.

🇬🇧Noun: reflex. (reflex: an automatic physical reaction you cannot control)

🇺🇿Reflex. reflex — refleks.

🇷🇺Reflex. reflex — рефлекс.

9Gap (9): Slaughter’s large study ______ the idea…

🇬🇧Past verb: undermined. (undermine: to make something weaker or less effective)

🇺🇿Undermined. undermine — zaiflashtirmoq.

🇷🇺Undermined. undermine — подрывать.

10Gap (10): …babies ______ imitation like other social skills.

🇬🇧Pick up = learn. (pick up: to learn something without formal study)

🇺🇿Pick up. pick up — o‘rganib olmoq.

🇷🇺Pick up. pick up — перенимать, схватывать.

Test C · Questions 11–15

Prepositions & Collocations

Choose the word that goes together
11Babies are often absorbed ___ things around them.

🇬🇧Absorbed in. (absorbed (in): giving all your attention to something)

🇺🇿Absorbed in. absorbed (in) — berilib ketgan.

🇷🇺Absorbed in. absorbed (in) — поглощённый.

12It was a reflex ___ response to stimulation.

🇬🇧In response to.

🇺🇿In response.

🇷🇺In response.

13Every parent is drawn ___ the idea.

🇬🇧Drawn to.

🇺🇿Drawn to.

🇷🇺Drawn to.

14___ the outset, experts had doubts.

🇬🇧From the outset. (from the outset: from the beginning)

🇺🇿From. from the outset — boshidanoq.

🇷🇺From. from the outset — с самого начала.

15Children learn through interaction ___ other people.

🇬🇧Interaction with.

🇺🇿Interaction with.

🇷🇺Interaction with.

Test D · Questions 16–20

Synonym Match

Match each word with its synonym — one option is extra!
Word bankobviousweakenbabycopyengrossedfeeling
16mimic (born able to mimic)

🇬🇧Mimic = copy. (mimic: to copy the way someone speaks or moves)

🇺🇿mimic — taqlid qilmoq.

🇷🇺mimic — подражать, копировать.

17apparent (flaws became more apparent)

🇬🇧Apparent = obvious. (apparent: easy to see or understand)

🇺🇿apparent — aniq, ravshan.

🇷🇺apparent — очевидный.

18undermine (undermined this argument)

🇬🇧Undermine = weaken. (undermine: to make something weaker or less effective)

🇺🇿undermine — zaiflashtirmoq.

🇷🇺undermine — подрывать.

19infant (older infants)

🇬🇧Infant = baby. (infant: a baby or very young child)

🇺🇿infant — go‘dak.

🇷🇺infant — младенец.

20absorbed (absorbed in things around them)

🇬🇧Absorbed = engrossed. ‘Feeling’ matches sensation.

🇺🇿absorbed (in) — berilib ketgan.

🇷🇺absorbed (in) — поглощённый.

Test E · Questions 21–25

Spot the Correct Sentence

Only ONE sentence uses the word correctly
21absorbed

🇬🇧be absorbed in.

🇺🇿absorbed in.

🇷🇺absorbed in.

22pick up

🇬🇧pick up a language. (pick up: to learn something without formal study)

🇺🇿pick up. pick up — o‘rganib olmoq.

🇷🇺pick up. pick up — перенимать, схватывать.

23in the aftermath of

🇬🇧in the aftermath of. (in the aftermath of: in the period after an important event)

🇺🇿in the aftermath of. in the aftermath of — … dan keyin (oqibatida).

🇷🇺in the aftermath of. in the aftermath of — после, вследствие.

24a wealth of

🇬🇧a wealth of + noun. (a wealth of: a large amount of something useful)

🇺🇿a wealth of. a wealth of — juda ko‘p (qimmatli).

🇷🇺a wealth of. a wealth of — масса, множество.

25portray

🇬🇧portray sb as. (portray: to describe or show someone in a particular way)

🇺🇿portray as. portray — tasvirlamoq.

🇷🇺portray as. portray — изображать.

Test F · Questions 26–30

Translation Challenge

Choose the English word for the Uzbek / Russian
26🇺🇿 go‘dak · 🇷🇺 младенец

🇬🇧Infant. (infant: a baby or very young child)

🇺🇿infant — go‘dak.

🇷🇺infant — младенец.

27🇺🇿 kognitiv, aqliy · 🇷🇺 когнитивный

🇬🇧Cognitive. (cognitive: connected with thinking and mental processes)

🇺🇿cognitive — kognitiv, aqliy.

🇷🇺cognitive — когнитивный.

28🇺🇿 sinxronlashtirmoq · 🇷🇺 синхронизировать

🇬🇧Synchronise. (synchronise: to make things happen at the same time)

🇺🇿synchronise — sinxronlashtirmoq.

🇷🇺synchronise — синхронизировать.

29🇺🇿 his, tuyg‘u · 🇷🇺 ощущение

🇬🇧Sensation. (sensation: a physical feeling; also great excitement)

🇺🇿sensation — his, tuyg‘u.

🇷🇺sensation — ощущение.

30🇺🇿 obro‘sizlantirmoq · 🇷🇺 дискредитировать

🇬🇧Discredit. (discredit: to make people stop believing an idea or person)

🇺🇿discredit — obro‘sizlantirmoq, rad etmoq.

🇷🇺discredit — дискредитировать.