Grammar
Vocabulary
"The Show Must Go On" song
Review
Facts
100
What should we use verb + -ing or to+verb after:
to want "I'd like (go) to the cinema"
to enjoy "I enjoy (watch) movies"
to want "I'd like to go to the cinema"
to enjoy "I enjoy watching movies"
100
A piece of cloth that we put on the window to help keep the sun out of a room?
Curtain
100
What is a synonym of the phrasal verb "to go on"?
To continue
100
Put the adjectives into the correct order:
I've met a (American, beautiful, young, blonde) girl.
I've met a beautiful young blonde American girl.
100
Freddie Mercury was very ill while recording The Show Must Go On. True or False?
True
The song chronicles the effort of Freddie Mercury continuing to perform despite approaching the end of his life. Mercury was so ill when the band recorded the song in 1990 that there were concerns as to whether he was physically capable of singing it. He died in 1991.
200
Put the sentence into the correct tense Present Perfect or Past Simple:
When I (be) a child I (not like) borsch.
Past Simple:
When I was a child I did not like borsch.
200
It may be atomic, heavy, light, nuclear, or of mass destruction. What is it?
Weapon
200
What, according to the song, the singer is going to do with all his problems (like failed romance or another heartache)?
To leave it all to chance
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Whatever happens, I'll leave it all to chance
Another heartache, another failed romance
200
The real name of Freddy Mercury is...
Farrokh Bulsara
200
Jazz is a music genre that originated in:
a) the USA
b) Brazil
c) Spain
d) Australia
a) the USA
in the African-American communities of New Orleans
300
Choose the words/phrases that are used in Present Perfect:
yesterday, in 2015, so far, just, today, last year, this year, since, 2 days ago, recently
so far
just
today
this year
since
recently
300
It means "to lose freshness or brilliance of color"
To fade
300
Fill the gaps with the correct words:
My soul is painted like the wings of __________
Fairy tales of __________will grow but never die
I can _________my friends
My soul is painted like the wings of butterflies
Fairy tales of yesterday will grow but never die
I can fly my friends
300
Fill the gaps in Sting's song:
I know that the spades are the ______of a soldier
I know that the clubs are ________of war
I know that diamonds mean money for this _____
But that's not the ______of my heart
I know that the spades are the swords of a soldier
I know that the clubs are weapons of war
I know that diamonds mean money for this art
But that's not the shape of my heart
300
How many stars are there in the American flag and what do they represent?
The 50 stars on the flag represent the 50 states of the United States of America
400
-ing, infinitive, or nothing?
1) She always makes her students (learn) lots of words.
2) They hate (travel) by car.
3) We've decided (visit) them in April.
1) She always makes her students learn lots of words.
2) They hate travelling by car.
3) We've decided to visit them in April.
400
If you do something this way, you do it before a particular event or before you need to, in order to be well prepared.
Ahead of time
400
Put the words into the correct order:
be smile on make-up still my (2) but stays may flaking
My make-up may be flaking
But my smile still stays on
400
In Memrise, we've learnt 2 verbs that can be related to medicine and health. Try to recollect them :)
to ache
to cure
400
"A Christmas Carol" novella was written by what famous English writer in 1843?
Charles Dickens
500
Translate into English using the correct tense:
- Ты когда-нибудь бывал в Австралии?
- Я никогда не был там, но я был в Китае в прошлом году.
- Have you ever been to Australia?
- I have never been there, but I was in China last year.
500
Something that you do to help produce or achieve something together with other people, or to help make something successful
Contribution
500
In what year was the song released in the UK?
in 1991
500
There are 3 conditional types. How do we form them?
I type — If...+
II type — If...+
III type — If...+
I type — If...Present Simple + will
II type — If...Past Simple + would
III type — If...Past Perfect + would have+III form
500
When does the Earth comes to the closest distance to the Sun?
A: On 22 Dec.
B: On 3rd Jan
C: On 23rd Sept
D: 21st Jun
B: On 3rd Jan