Video Game Vocabulary

by Vocafy Geverifieerd

Engels (VS) A2 Vragen (15) Sports & games

Explore common game actions, useful gaming terms, and the people who make games.

1. 1. Kies het juiste antwoord.

   What do you usually hold in both hands to control a game on a TV?

   • a headset
   • a controller
   • a monitor

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   • a controller

   A controller has buttons and often small sticks that help you move your character.

2. 2. Vul het ontbrekende woord in.

   Press this button to ___: your character goes up into the air and lands again.

   • run
   • turn
   • jump

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   Press this button to jump: your character goes up into the air and lands again.

   Jumping can help your character cross holes or reach higher places.

3. 3. Kies het juiste antwoord.

   You need a short break. Which action stops the game for a moment without closing it?

   • pause
   • restart
   • quit

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   • pause

   After you pause, you can continue from the same moment.

4. 4. Kies het juiste antwoord.

   What is the name for the points you earn in a game?

   • your level
   • your score
   • your health

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   • your score

   A high score is the best score reached in a game.

5. 5. Kies het juiste antwoord.

   What does your character's health bar usually show?

   • How many items your character carries
   • How fast your character can move
   • How much life your character has left

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   • How much life your character has left

   When an enemy hits your character, the health bar often gets shorter.

6. 6. Vul het ontbrekende woord in.

   You want to keep your progress for tomorrow.

   I will ___ my game before I close it.

   • save
   • restart
   • delete

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   I will save my game before I close it.

   Saving lets you continue later without starting from the beginning.

7. 7. Vul het ontbrekende woord in.

   I'm new to this game. The ___ lets me practice the controls with step-by-step help.

   • scoreboard
   • tutorial
   • main menu

   This part of a game is like a short lesson.

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   I'm new to this game. The tutorial lets me practice the controls with step-by-step help.

   Tutorials often let you practice before the main game starts.

8. 8. Kies het juiste antwoord.

   Your character has picked up a key and a map. Where can you check the items your character is carrying?

   • the settings menu
   • the scoreboard
   • the inventory

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   • the inventory

   Some games limit how many items you can keep in your inventory.

9. 9. Kies het juiste antwoord.

   A villager asks your character to find a lost dog. What is this kind of task called?

   • a quest
   • a battle
   • a race

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   • a quest

   A quest often gives you a reward when you finish it.

10. 10. Kies het juiste antwoord.

    Which word means that two or more people can play a game together?

    • single-player
    • multiplayer
    • offline

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    • multiplayer

    Multiplayer games can let people play together in the same room or online.

11. 11. Kies het juiste antwoord.

    You reach a marked spot in a level. If you lose later, you start again at this spot. What is it called?

    • a finish line
    • a main menu
    • a checkpoint

    It keeps you from repeating the whole level.

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    • a checkpoint

    A checkpoint keeps your place, but it may not save the game after you close it.

12. 12. Vul het ontbrekende woord in.

    Your character carries a sword but is not using it yet.

    You need to ___ the sword before you can fight with it.

    • equip
    • sell
    • drop

    Carrying an item and making it ready to use are different actions.

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    You need to equip the sword before you can fight with it.

    You can equip armor and tools as well as weapons.

13. 13. Kies het juiste antwoord.

    A shopkeeper in a game sells you items. The game controls this character, not a human player. What is this character called?

    • a developer
    • an NPC
    • a player

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    • an NPC

    NPC means “non-player character.” NPCs can give you tasks or help tell the game's story.

14. 14. Kies het juiste antwoord.

    Your character falls through a solid floor because of a mistake in the game. What is this problem called?

    • an update
    • a feature
    • a bug

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    • a bug

    Game makers can fix bugs with updates.

15. 15. Kies het juiste antwoord.

    Who writes the computer code that tells a game what to do?

    • a game programmer
    • a game tester
    • a game artist

    This person builds the instructions that the computer follows.

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    • a game programmer

    Programmers work with artists and other people to build a game.