Vocabulary & Collocations
Reading Comprehension ("The Return of Board Games")
Grammar Clash (Present Perfect vs. Past Simple)
Enter CategDefinitions & Synonyms ("Linguistic Life Skills")ory Name
Context Clues & Sentence Completion
100

Question: Complete the phrase from the text: To risk money on a game or race is to _______

Gamble

100

Question: According to the text, which game is noted as one of the oldest board games, played over 4,000 years ago?

The Royal Game of Ur

100

Choose the correct tense: "He has worked at a clothing company (since / for) 2005.

SINCE

100

In the text vocabulary, what does the verb "recall" mean? 

a) to forget

b) to remember 

c) to invent

REMEMBER

100

Complete the sentence logically: "When you make a decision, it's important to think ____ it."

OVER

200

Fill in the blank: "He risked his money on this business and l____ everything"

LOST

200

In what year did many families find themselves staying at home for weeks due to the coronavirus pandemic, sparking a board game boom?

IN 2020

200

Correct the error: "I didn't bought a new jacket yesterday."

didn't buy

200

Find the word in the text ON PAGE 16 (lines 1-4) that means to become popular or fashionable again: " ______."

MAKE A COMEBACK

200

Complete the sentence: "Some foods that boost your energy are ____."  

BANANA, NUTS...

300

Complete the expression meaning to study or practice hard: "Make an _____ to study the classic moves."

EFFORT

300

Name two long, strategy-based board games mentioned in the text that became particularly popular before the pandemic (2019).

Catan and Ticket to Ride

300

Fill in the blank using the correct tense of design: "Doran Kim ____ first prize in the 2021 Concept 2 Consumer Student Design Competition!"

WON

300

Find the word in the text PAGE 16 that means to increase or raise something quickly  

BOOST

300

Complete the sentence using a gerund: "The student was punished after he had cheated ____."

DURING THE EXAM

400

What phrase means to imagine things during the day while you are awake, as mentioned in the vocabulary exercises?  

DAYDREAM

400

What specific 2020 Netflix mini-series inspired many people to take up chess?

The Queen's Gambit

400

Complete the question form: "____ you ever designed clothing?"

Have you ever designed

400

Find the phrasal verb in the text on page 17 that means to start doing a new activity or hobby

TAKE UP

400

Complete the fashion text context: "In the 19th century, Beau Brummell ____ men's clothing forever with the introduction of the suit."  

CHANGED

500

Complete the phrase meaning to figure out or understand someone's hidden thoughts: "It seemed like she had ___ our _______!"

READ OUR MINDS

500

According to psychologists in the text, playing board games can help prevent which specific neurological disorders in older adults?

Alzheimer's and dementia

500

Complete the fashion text sentence: "Levi Strauss ____ (not go) into business selling his first pair of jeans until 150 years ago, and jeans ____ (sell) out of style since then."

didn't go and have sold (or have been sold)

500

 Find the precise adverb in the text on page 17 (lines 19-26) that means exactly

ACCURATELY

500

Complete the timeline fact: "Today, Converse is famous for its trainers, but in 1908 the company actually ____ rain boots!"

MADE

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