ADVANCED ESL

Verb Tenses

100

By the time I arrived, they __________  all the pizza.(already, finish)

By the time I arrived, they had already finished all the pizza.

200

As usual, next year I ____ my vacation in my country house. (spend)

will spend

300

Ever since I got a credit card, I _____ a lot of money on many unnecessary things. (spend)

have spent

400

By the eighteenth century, English shipping _____ as efficient as the Dutch. (become)

had become

500

By the time I graduate from school next year, I _____ here for five years. (live)

will have been living

Phrasal Verbs

100

To end a relationship: break _____

break up

200

To return: get ____ give ____

back

300

To review: go ____

go over

400

To postpone: put ____

put off

500

To investigate: look ____

look into

Word Forms

100

Verb: analyze Noun: _____

analysis/analyzation

200

Noun: identity Verb: ______

identify

300

Adjective: specific Verb: ______

specify

400

Noun: resource Adjective: _____

resourceful

500

Verb: symbolize Adjective: _____.

symbolic

Name 8

100

Things with wheels

Car, motorcycle, bus, train, airplane, bike, trucks, wheelchair, garbage can, lawnmower, cart, shopping carts.

200

Things you buy tickets for

opera, shows, party, sports, movies, airplane, buses, trains.

300

Types of drinks

coffee, juice, soda, tea, beer, wine, water, hot chocolate.

400

Professions that you must wear a uniform

firefighter, police officer, nurser, doctor, flight attendant, pilot, students, cook, security guards.

500

Four letter words

come, chat, bend, look, book, play, stay, gone, pace.

Vocabulary

100

Our baseball team's pitcher has a few [eccentric] habits, such as throwing exactly thirteen warm-up pitches and never wearing socks. A) normal B) strange C) messy

B) strange

200

After the heavy rains, the stream became [murky]; in fact, the water was so cloudy you couldn't see the bottom. A) hazy B) bottomless C) clear

A) hazy

300

The [debris] on the stadium floor included numerous paper cups, ticket stubs, and cigarette butts. A) products B) papers C) trash

C) trash

400

The coach takes every opportunity to [censure] his players, yet he ignores every opportunity to praise them. A) approve of B) criticize C) choose

B) criticize

500

The newlyweds agreed to be very [frugal] in their shopping because they wanted to save enough money to buy a house. A) economical B) wasteful C) interested

A) economical