Boost Your Brain

1. Speakers of two or more languages are better at __ - doing multiple things at the same time.
7. In the UK, taking a GCSE exam in a second language is not __.
8. Every 2 hours, a new word is added to the Oxford English __.
9. Learning a second language can reduce your __ of dementia as you get older.
10. Your ____ language is the first one you learn when you're born.
11. She is _____ so she can speak both English and Spanish perfectly.
12. Shakespeare invented the word __, which means 'extremely big'.
13. Studies show bilingual children are better at __, which means focusing.

2. To ___, or get better at, your second language, you need to practise.
3. I can't remember things anymore. I have a terrible __.
4. 67 countries use English as their __ language.
5. The UK government made taking a GCSE exam in a second language __ in 2004.
6. He is __ in French, so he speaks it smoothly and naturally.
11. The hippocampus, responsible for memory and critical thinking, is found in the __.
14. The Korean __ consists of 24 basic characters.