WORD FORMATION
MULTIPLE CHOICE
OPEN CLOZE
MISCELLANY
100

Matthew Webb was the first (2)_____ to undertake the challenge in 1875 


swim

swimmer

100

There were more than three billion (1)_______ for the 2016 Olympics, all tuning in to find out how their country’s athletes were performing.

competitors 

viewers

spectators

viewers

100

Everyone was expected to participate______ the game

in

100

Which actress played the role of Rachel Green in friends?

Jennifer Aniston

200

There can be no (1)______ that crossing the English Channel is one of the toughest swims in the world


ARGUE 

ARGUEMENT

200

Each team (4)______ 15 players with up to five other players being used as substitutes. 

consists of 

insists on 

adjusts to

consists of

200

I feel really anxious ________ the exam

about

200

Who is the well-known English mathematician and physical scientist that became famous for his law of gravitation?

Newton

300

Although his first attempt was a (3)______ , he was back in the water within weeks. 

FAIL

FAILURE

300

The objective of the game is to hit a small ball into the net or over the cross bar to (2)_____ points


score 

earn 

beat

score

300

She insisted _____ being first

on

300

Mention two actors who participated in the Harry Potter saga

Emma Watson and Daniel Radcliff

400

Grimsey, who had swum in long distance (5)______around the world, managed to make the crossing in just under seven hours. 

compete

competitions

400

Since the Olympics, the pair seem to have (5) _____ well to the media attention.


benefitted 

adjusted 

cheated  

adjusted

400

The game consists ______ a series of checkpoints

of

400

Who was the wife of Prince Charles of Britain that died in a car accident in Paris on August 31, 1997?

Princess Diana

500

That’s roughly equivalent to the (4)________ of 2,575 swimming pools.


LONG 

LENGTH

500

. For many of them, the two athletes that (2)_____ out most were the O’Donovan brothers from Skibereen in Ireland.


stood

checked

made 

stood

500

The thought of having an accident prevented me _____ moving any part of my body

from

500

Who was the first black President of South Africa imprisoned for about 27 years for fighting apartheid and led the African National Congress to achieve a non-racist democracy?

Mandela

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