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Exhilarate
To give someone strong feelings of happiness and excitement
Fix the mistake.
How many examples per term should pupils have.
Research suggests that three is too many.
How many examples per term should pupils have?
Research suggests that three is too many.
What type of noun is this?
Uncountable
Based on this sentence define the idiom, "read the room".
Sales used to be about doing a sales presentation and reading the room for non-verbal cues.
To be or become aware of the opinions and attitudes of a group of people that you are talking to
One of these is the odd one out. Which is it?
Over the hill, No spring chicken, elderly, infant.
Infant
Define the word.
Garment.
Piece of clothing.
Fix the mistake.
It is expected by the school that the student's results will improve.
It is expected by the school that the students' test results will improve.
Define the third conditional, how its formed, and give an example.
This conditional describes imaginary situations in the past.
If + Past Perfect + Would/Could Have + Past Participle
Ex. If I had gotten a gold medal, I would have been happy.
Based on this sentence, define the idiom on the line.
My job, our marriage, and our kids' futures' are on the line if we don't figure this out.
At risk of failing or being harmed.
Choose the word that best fits in the parentheses.
Selling a new product is a complex business, especially when the product could be ( ) as a luxury and many people are involved in introducing it to the market.
Classed, clarified, grouped, graded.
Classed.
Define the word.
Malign
Evil in nature, in effect.
Fix the mistake.
The future is in wind power said the director
What is the difference between passive and active voice? Give the grammatical structure for each and then give an example.
In a sentence written in the active voice, the subject of the sentence performs the action. In a sentence written in the passive voice, the subject receives the action.
A : Subject + Verb + Object
P : Object + Verb + Subject
Example. Ana painted the house. The house was painted by Ana.
Based on the sentence define the idiom, grasping at straws.
After being soundly defeated in the argument, the conservative commentator started grasping at straws for a semblance of victory.
When you are totally desperate and you pursue every hope or possibility even if the likelihood of working is nearly negligible.
In English, these words are often used interchangeably. What is the difference between skimming and scanning?
Skimming is reading rapidly in order to get a general overview of the material. Scanning is reading rapidly in order to find specific facts
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Interchangeably.
Solve the riddle.
As I was going to St. Ives,
I met a man with seven wives,
Each wife had seven sacks,
Each sack had seven cats,
Each cat had seven kits:
Kits, cats, sacks, and wives,
How many were there going to St. Ives?”
One.
When discussing time how are the words FOR and SINCE used?
FOR is used to mention a specific period (or duration) of time.
SINCE is used to mention the starting point of a period of time that continues to now.
There's no point in debating this, it's too confusing, we will need to hear it straight from the horse's mouth.
Hearing something directly from the person involved.
In Italiano mi chiamo Ornitorinco.
Come mi chiamo in inglese?
Platypus
Spell the word.
S
Spontaneity
Answer my riddle.
"First think of the person who lives in disguise, Who deals in secrets and tells naught but lies. Next, tell me what's always the last thing to mend,
The middle of middle and end of the end?
And finally give me the sound often heard, During the search for a hard-to-find word. Now string them together and answer me this,
Which creature would you be unwilling to kiss?"
Spider
What is the difference between a homonym and a homophone?
Homonyms - words that sound the same and are spelled the same but with different meanings. Ex. Bat and Palm
Homophone - words that sound the same but are spelled differently and with different meanings. Ex. Sun and Son.
What does the American expression "the whole nine yards mean"?
Everything, the entire, full amount.
in 1972, this country knighted a penguin and gave him royal titles. Which country was it?
Norway
Nils Olav the Penguin.