Grammar Mastery
Which tense is used in this sentence? “By next year, I will have been living here for a decade.”
Future Perfect Continuous
Give a synonym for meticulous.
Careful / thorough / precise
Meaning of “break the ice”
To start a conversation and make people feel comfortable
Give a polite way to say “Give me that.”
“Could you hand me that, please?”
Which English-speaking country uses the word boot for the trunk of a car?
Correct this: “If I would know, I would tell you.”
“If I knew, I would tell you.” (Second conditional)
What does ubiquitous mean?
Found everywhere / very common
Meaning of “run out of steam”
To lose energy or motivation
What’s a more natural alternative to “I completely disagree with you.”
“I’m not so sure about that.” / “I see your point, but…”
What’s the difference between American English “chips” and British English “chips”?
US: thin potato snacks; UK: thick fries
Combine using a relative clause: She’s the woman. Her son won the Nobel Prize.
“She’s the woman whose son won the Nobel Prize.”
Complete the sentence: Her speech was so ____ that everyone listened in silence.
Compelling / eloquent / captivating
Give a synonym for “brush up on”
Review or improve knowledge of something
How would you make a suggestion more tentatively?
Use “How about…?”, “Maybe we could…”, “What if we…?”
What’s a common British idiom meaning “very easy”?
“It’s a piece of cake.”
Choose the correct form: I wish I ___ harder when I was at school. (study)
“I wish I had studied harder…”
What’s the opposite of scarce?
Abundant / plentiful
Use “come up with” in a sentence.
Example: “She came up with a brilliant idea for the project.”
Express enthusiastic agreement casually.
“Absolutely!”, “Totally!”, “For sure!”
Name two varieties of English pronunciation or dialects.
RP (Received Pronunciation), General American, Australian English, etc.
What’s the difference in meaning? I stopped to smoke vs I stopped smoking
Stopped to smoke” = paused to have a cigarette; “Stopped smoking” = quit the habit.
Which of these means “harsh criticism”: laudation, derision, or elation?
Derision
What does “take something with a pinch of salt” mean?
To doubt or not completely believe something
Replace this formal phrase with a natural C2 version: “I am writing to express my dissatisfaction.”
“I just wanted to say I’m really not happy about…” / “I wanted to bring up an issue with…”
What’s a “pub quiz”?
A trivia competition held in a bar/pub, common in the UK