Vocabulary & Collocations
Question: Complete the phrase from the text: To risk money on a game or race is to _______
Gamble
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
Choose the correct tense: "He has worked at a clothing company (since / for) 2005.
SINCE
In the text vocabulary, what does the verb "recall" mean?
a) to forget
b) to remember
c) to invent
REMEMBER
Complete the sentence logically: "When you make a decision, it's important to think ____ it."
OVER
Fill in the blank: "He risked his money on this business and l____ everything"
LOST
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
Correct the error: "I didn't bought a new jacket yesterday."
didn't buy
Find the word in the text ON PAGE 16 (lines 1-4) that means to become popular or fashionable again: " ______."
MAKE A COMEBACK
Complete the sentence: "Some foods that boost your energy are ____."
BANANA, NUTS...
Complete the expression meaning to study or practice hard: "Make an _____ to study the classic moves."
EFFORT
Name two long, strategy-based board games mentioned in the text that became particularly popular before the pandemic (2019).
Catan and Ticket to Ride
Fill in the blank using the correct tense of design: "Doran Kim ____ first prize in the 2021 Concept 2 Consumer Student Design Competition!"
WON
Find the word in the text PAGE 16 that means to increase or raise something quickly
BOOST
Complete the sentence using a gerund: "The student was punished after he had cheated ____."
DURING THE EXAM
What phrase means to imagine things during the day while you are awake, as mentioned in the vocabulary exercises?
DAYDREAM
What specific 2020 Netflix mini-series inspired many people to take up chess?
The Queen's Gambit
Complete the question form: "____ you ever designed clothing?"
Have you ever designed
Find the phrasal verb in the text on page 17 that means to start doing a new activity or hobby
TAKE UP
Complete the fashion text context: "In the 19th century, Beau Brummell ____ men's clothing forever with the introduction of the suit."
CHANGED
Complete the phrase meaning to figure out or understand someone's hidden thoughts: "It seemed like she had ___ our _______!"
READ OUR MINDS
According to psychologists in the text, playing board games can help prevent which specific neurological disorders in older adults?
Alzheimer's and dementia
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)
Find the precise adverb in the text on page 17 (lines 19-26) that means exactly
ACCURATELY
Complete the timeline fact: "Today, Converse is famous for its trainers, but in 1908 the company actually ____ rain boots!"
MADE