RELATIVE CLAUSES
Complete: "He wrote his books with this pen. This is the pen ___ he wrote his books with."
which/that (or omit entirely: "This is the pen he wrote his books with.")
Turn into a cleft sentence starting with What: "I'm nervous about the exam."
What I'm nervous about is the exam.
Fill the gap: "Could you please ___? I can't hear you at the back."
Could you please speak up? I can't hear you at the back.
Choose the correct word: "I love films that are based on / set in true stories."
based on
Rewrite to sound less exact/vaguer: "There are ten people coming."
There are about/around ten people coming" or "...ten people or so."
Spot and correct the mistake: "That's the restaurant which food is amazing."
should be whose food (possessive relative pronoun)
Turn into an It-cleft to emphasize "on Monday": "She was due to arrive on Monday."
It was on Monday that she was due to arrive.
Give a phrasal verb synonym for "tolerate."
put up with (tolerate)
Explain the difference between cast and crew.
the cast are the actors/performers who appear on screen in the film or show; the crew are the people working behind the scenes (director, camera operators, sound technicians, editors, etc.) who are not seen on screen
Add emphasis: "I like this song."
I DO like this song. / I DID like this song.
Combine into ONE sentence with a relative clause: "That girl's father predicted the disaster. She's the girl."
She's the girl whose father predicted the disaster.
Spot and correct the mistake: "It the exam that I'm nervous about."
It IS/WAS the exam that I'm nervous about.
Explain the difference between bring up and come up with (as in bringing up/coming up with a topic).
bring up = someone deliberately raises/mentions a topic; come up with = a topic arises naturally/by itself during conversation (no one "does" it on purpose)
One word: "The words shown on screen that translate foreign dialogue or help you follow speech."
subtitles
Which suffix is often used to sound vaguer? Make 1 example.
-ish
#The water was warmish.
True or False, then explain: "In the sentence 'My brother, who lives in Spain, is a chef,' you could remove the relative clause and the sentence would still make complete sense about who 'my brother' is."
True — it's a non-defining clause (extra, non-essential info, marked by commas). In a defining clause, removing it would lose essential identifying information.
Explain the difference in meaning between: "I taught you Spanish." and "It was I who taught you Spanish."
The cleft version puts strong emphasis/focus on the subject "I" — often used to correct a misunderstanding or contrast with someone else who might be credited instead.
Spot and correct the mistake: "The film didn't come up to my expectations."
Should be "live up to" my expectations
Name three different music genres and describe one of them in a full sentence (instruments, mood, or origin).
Your original answer (judged by vocabulary accuracy)
Spot and correct the mistake, then explain the rule: "I did liked the concert."
"I did like the concert." — after emphatic do/does/did, the main verb stays in its base form (the tense is carried by do, not by the verb).
Produce 2 original sentences about someone in the room: one with a defining relative clause, one with a non-defining relative clause. Punctuate correctly.
Your original answer (judged by commas (or their absence) and correct pronoun choice)
Create a cleft sentence (either type) to emphasize what you personally love most about learning English (for each team member).
Your original answer (judged by structure accuracy and pronunciation (that the emphasis lands on the right element))
Use THREE phrasal verbs from the list correctly in a short story (3+ sentences) about a difficult meeting or presentation.
(live up to, come up with, end up, put off, put up with, carry on, fall back on, speak up, point out, spell out, move on, bring up, come across well, get your message across)
Your original answer (judged by correct particle and natural usage)
30-second challenge: describe your favourite film/show OR music genre using at least 3 pieces of unit vocabulary (twist, atmosphere, scene, soundtrack, subtitles, based on/set in, come across well, etc.).
1 description from the team
Your original answer (judged by the correct unit vocabulary usage)
Explain why a speaker might choose vague language instead of being precise (give two reasons).
politeness/softening, genuine uncertainty, informality, not wanting to sound too blunt or overly precise