Vocabulary
What does "housebound" mean?
Unable to leave your home (especially when you are injured or ill).
Fill in the blank:
I saw a library while I was walking down the street, and there were so ____ books!
a) much
b) many
b) many
Which tense should you use to describe something that happened before another event in the past?
past perfect
Which of these words combines with "house" to form a common two-word compound noun?
a) proud house
b) happy house
c) open house
d) sick house
c) open house (an event where many people come to visit a house, often to consider buying it)
What is the difference between “a” and “an”?
We use “a” before a consonant sound and “an” before a vowel sound.
Match the words to the blanks:
My _____(1) came before me, and my ____(2) will come after me.
a) ancestors
b) descendants
1a, 2b
Which word means "having too much work or too many things to deal with"?
a) overcome
b) swamped
b) swamped
Name 3 different verb forms used to talk about something happening in the future.
Possible answers: future simple ("will"), future continuous, present continuous, "going to", future perfect, present simple for future schedules
Q: Which phrase is incorrect?
a. make a good impression
b. make arrangements
c. make an effort
d. make a degree
d. make a degree (should be "do a degree")
Which relative pronouns can “that” replace?
who & which
What does "teetotaler" mean?
A teetotaler is a person who doesn't drink alcohol.
Fill in the blank:
He might be happier ______ with his family.
a) staying
b) to stay
a) staying
Make a sentence using the present perfect tense that uses these words:
Yet / I / my / haven't / homework /
Possible answer: I haven't done my homework yet.
What is a phrase for taking a risk and doing something even though you’re not sure it will work?
a leap of faith
Fill in the gap.
Home is the place ______ the heart feels at peace.
a. who
b. where
c. which
d. that
b. where
Fill in the gap.
The gym is open every day, but only a few people use it. It is clearly ______.
a. underused
b. disused
c. unused
d. misused
a. underused
Fill in the blank:
My mother is not ______, so I’m not worried about introducing her to my foreign boyfriend.
a) acrophobic
b) xenophobic
b) xenophobic
Create a sentence using the future continuous to explain that you will be in the middle of dinner tomorrow at 20:00 and you don’t want someone to call you at that moment.
Possible answer: I’ll be eating my dinner tomorrow at 20:00, so don’t call me then.
What is the difference between "have gone" and "have been"?
"have gone" = you are still there
"have been" = you went there, but you have come back.
Fill in the blanks with the right prepositions.
I arrived ____(1) London yesterday, and I'm going _____(2) Paris next.
1. in
2. to
What word describes someone who says they have particular moral beliefs but behaves in way that shows these are not sincere?
ex) He teaches children about the dangers of smoking, but he's a heavy smoker at home.
hypocrite
Fill in the blank:
I had _____ problems at my restaurant, so I called my friend to help me.
a) few
b) a few
b) a few
Fill in the gap.
She ______ for two hours, and she still hasn't finished her report.
a. worked
b. works
c. has been working
d. has worked
c. has been working
***What is the meaning of “to pull a sickie”?
To lie about being ill (in order to avoid doing something).
Read the text and add articles (a, an, the) where necessary.
"Girl was hanging by her hands from railing of balcony. Balcony was on twelfth floor of high-rise building. It was half-past six in morning."
Possible answer: A girl was hanging by her hands from the railing of a balcony. The balcony was on the twelfth floor of a high-rise building. It was half-past six in the morning.