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The Pirahã People of Brazil

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
1The findings were perplexing. They were…

🇬🇧Perplexing = confusing. (perplexing: confusing and difficult to understand)

🇺🇿Chalkash. perplexing — chalkash, hayron qoldiruvchi.

🇷🇺Озадачивающий. perplexing — озадачивающий.

2Their counting system is rudimentary. It is…

🇬🇧Rudimentary = very basic. (rudimentary: very basic or simple)

🇺🇿Oddiy. rudimentary — oddiy, boshlang‘ich.

🇷🇺Элементарный. rudimentary — элементарный, примитивный.

3Their literal view curtails abstract thought. It…

🇬🇧Curtail = limit. (curtail: to reduce or limit something)

🇺🇿Cheklamoq. curtail — cheklamoq, qisqartirmoq.

🇷🇺Ограничивать. curtail — ограничивать, сокращать.

4Everett anticipated criticism. He…

🇬🇧Anticipate = expect. (anticipate: to expect something to happen)

🇺🇿Oldindan kutmoq. anticipate — oldindan kutmoq.

🇷🇺Ожидать. anticipate — ожидать, предвидеть.

5This would negate Chomsky's theories. It would…

🇬🇧Negate = disprove. (negate: to show that something is not true, or to cancel its effect)

🇺🇿Inkor etmoq. negate — inkor etmoq, yo‘qqa chiqarmoq.

🇷🇺Опровергать. negate — опровергать, сводить на нет.

Test B · Questions 6–10

Complete the Story

Choose the missing word for each gap — two words are extra!
ReadThe Pirahã live in a (6) part of the forest. Their language does not use a (7), and they cannot (8) verbs for the past. The central (9) of their culture is to live in (10).
Word banktenetremotepeculiarityriddlesubordinate clauseconjugatethe here and now
6Gap (6): …live in a ______ part of the forest.

🇬🇧Remote = far away. (remote: far away from towns and other people)

🇺🇿Remote. remote — chekka, olis.

🇷🇺Remote. remote — отдалённый.

7Gap (7): …does not use a ______.

🇬🇧Subordinate clause = dependent clause. (subordinate clause: a part of a sentence that cannot stand alone, e.g. 'when I have finished')

🇺🇿Subordinate clause. subordinate clause — ergash gap.

🇷🇺Subordinate clause. subordinate clause — придаточное предложение.

8Gap (8): …cannot ______ verbs for the past.

🇬🇧Conjugate = change verb forms. (conjugate: to give the different forms of a verb)

🇺🇿Conjugate. conjugate — tuslamoq.

🇷🇺Conjugate. conjugate — спрягать.

9Gap (9): The central ______ of their culture…

🇬🇧Tenet = main principle. (tenet: one of the main principles of a belief or theory)

🇺🇿Tenet. tenet — asosiy tamoyil.

🇷🇺Tenet. tenet — принцип, догмат.

10Gap (10): …is to live in ______.

🇬🇧The here and now = the present. (the here and now: the present time)

🇺🇿The here and now. the here and now — hozirgi lahza, bugun.

🇷🇺The here and now. the here and now — здесь и сейчас.

Test C · Questions 11–15

Prepositions & Collocations

Choose the word that goes together
11Everett committed his career ___ studying their speech.

🇬🇧Commit to + -ing. (commit: to give your time and energy to something)

🇺🇿To. commit — bag‘ishlamoq.

🇷🇺To. commit — посвящать.

12The language departs ___ what academics believed.

🇬🇧Depart from. (depart from: to be different from the usual way or rule)

🇺🇿From. depart from — …dan chetga chiqmoq.

🇷🇺From. depart from — отходить от, отличаться от.

13Everett is ___ pains to point out their intelligence.

🇬🇧Be at pains to. (be at pains to: to try very hard to do something)

🇺🇿At. be at pains to — …ga astoydil harakat qilmoq.

🇷🇺At. be at pains to — всячески стараться.

14The debate goes right to the core ___ the riddle.

🇬🇧The core of.

🇺🇿Of.

🇷🇺Of.

15Many features are taken ___ granted.

🇬🇧Take for granted. (take for granted: to accept something without thinking about it or valuing it)

🇺🇿For. take for granted — o‘z-o‘zidan tushunarli deb bilmoq.

🇷🇺For. take for granted — принимать как должное.

Test D · Questions 16–20

Synonym Match

Match each word with its synonym — one option is extra!
Word bankexpectprinciplecomplexbasicconfusingrelevant
16puzzling (their puzzling speech)

🇬🇧Puzzling = confusing. (puzzling: difficult to understand or explain)

🇺🇿puzzling — jumboqli, tushunarsiz.

🇷🇺puzzling — загадочный, непонятный.

17rudimentary (rudimentary counting)

🇬🇧Rudimentary = basic. ‘Complex’ is the opposite.

🇺🇿rudimentary — oddiy, boshlang‘ich.

🇷🇺rudimentary — элементарный, примитивный.

18tenet (the central tenet of their culture)

🇬🇧Tenet = principle. (tenet: one of the main principles of a belief or theory)

🇺🇿tenet — asosiy tamoyil.

🇷🇺tenet — принцип, догмат.

19anticipate (anticipated controversy)

🇬🇧Anticipate = expect. (anticipate: to expect something to happen)

🇺🇿anticipate — oldindan kutmoq.

🇷🇺anticipate — ожидать, предвидеть.

20pertinent (most pertinent to his work)

🇬🇧Pertinent = relevant. (pertinent: directly connected with what is being discussed)

🇺🇿pertinent — tegishli, aloqador.

🇷🇺pertinent — уместный, относящийся к делу.

Test E · Questions 21–25

Spot the Correct Sentence

Only ONE sentence uses the word correctly
21commit

🇬🇧commit to + -ing (to is a preposition). (commit: to give your time and energy to something)

🇺🇿committed to studying. commit — bag‘ishlamoq.

🇷🇺committed to studying. commit — посвящать.

22be at pains to

🇬🇧be at pains to + base verb. (be at pains to: to try very hard to do something)

🇺🇿is at pains to stress. be at pains to — …ga astoydil harakat qilmoq.

🇷🇺is at pains to stress. be at pains to — всячески стараться.

23anticipate

🇬🇧anticipate that + clause. (anticipate: to expect something to happen)

🇺🇿anticipated that. anticipate — oldindan kutmoq.

🇷🇺anticipated that. anticipate — ожидать, предвидеть.

24stir up

🇬🇧Present perfect: has stirred up.

🇺🇿has stirred up.

🇷🇺has stirred up.

25take for granted

🇬🇧Past participle: taken for granted.

🇺🇿taken for granted.

🇷🇺taken for granted.

Test F · Questions 26–30

Translation Challenge

Choose the English word for the Uzbek / Russian
26🇺🇿 ergash gap · 🇷🇺 придаточное предложение

🇬🇧Subordinate clause. (subordinate clause: a part of a sentence that cannot stand alone, e.g. 'when I have finished')

🇺🇿subordinate clause — ergash gap.

🇷🇺subordinate clause — придаточное предложение.

27🇺🇿 bahsli, munozarali · 🇷🇺 спорный

🇬🇧Controversial. (controversial: causing a lot of disagreement)

🇺🇿controversial — bahsli, munozarali.

🇷🇺controversial — спорный.

28🇺🇿 tuslamoq · 🇷🇺 спрягать

🇬🇧Conjugate. (conjugate: to give the different forms of a verb)

🇺🇿conjugate — tuslamoq.

🇷🇺conjugate — спрягать.

29🇺🇿 namoyon bo‘lishi · 🇷🇺 проявление

🇬🇧Manifestation. (manifestation: a sign or example of something)

🇺🇿manifestation — namoyon bo‘lishi, belgisi.

🇷🇺manifestation — проявление.

30🇺🇿 hozirgi lahza · 🇷🇺 здесь и сейчас

🇬🇧The here and now. (the here and now: the present time)

🇺🇿the here and now — hozirgi lahza, bugun.

🇷🇺the here and now — здесь и сейчас.