GRAMMAR CHALLENGE
VOCABULARY AND SPEAKING
PHRASAL VERBS
IDIOMS
PROVERBS
100
Which sentence is NOT correct?
A) My grandmother would have long, fair hair. 
B) We would go swimming every Friday.
C) We would go to the zoo every summer.
Which word goes in the space?
My mum _____ my hair in the kitchen.
1) would to cut
2) would use to cut
3) would cut
A) My grandmother would have long, fair hair.
3) would cut
100
Stereotypes
Talk about stereotypes for one minute:
ok. ;)
100
How many phrasal verbs with ASK do you know?
can you use them in sentences?
ask about, ask around, ask out, ask after,
100
a daredevil
runs risks
100
Can you remember a proverb a book The Greeks?
Beware of greeks bearing gifts
200
1. This tea tastes ______ water.
2. It's raining. I hate weather ________ this.
3. I'll phone you tomorrow _______ usual, OK ?
4. _______ I said yesterday, I love you.
1. LIKE
2. LIKE
3. AS
4. AS
200
WAYS OF LAUGHING
-How many different ways of laughing can you describe?
-What is slapstick humour? What other types of humour can you describe?
-100 extra points if you tell a joke in English
giggle/ crack up /burst out laughing/ be in stitches/chuckle/ snigger
slapstick humour: physical humour
dark humour/self deprecating humour/dad jokes
200
use come across in a sentence
I came across some old pictures last weekend.
200
a whizz kid
A WHIZZ KID
200
Which proverb talks about the benefits of getting up early and has to do with birds and worms?
The early bird catches the worm
300
MIXED CONDITIONALS
1. If I hadn't fought for our relationship, we ____ together now.
2- I would be happier if I _____ 'yes' when she asked me to marry her.
3- If you weren't such a jerk, they ____ you to yesterday's party.
4-If you _______ a map, as I told you, we wouldn't be lost now.
5-If I didn't love you, I ________ you last year.
1- WOULD BE
2- I HAD SAID
3- WOULD HAVE INVITED
4- HAD BROUGHT
5- WOULDN'T HAVE MARRIED
300
Books and films:
What type of film is a/an ________ film?
uplifiting/ moving/ gory
uplifting: high spirits
moving: touching or making you emotional
gory: violence
300
get away with
can you use this phrasal verb in a sentence?
He cheated in the exam, but the teacher didn't see him so he got away with it.
300
a couch potato
television
300
This proverb says that sometimes appearances are deceptive
(key word: glitter)
All that glitters is not gold
400
INFINITIVES AND GERUNDS
WHEEL GAME
WHAT'S THE NAME OF THE GAME?
WHEEL GAME!
400
CONFUSING WORDS
fun or funny?
1. The week I stayed in your country was really ____ and I found the city where you live very interesting and beautiful.
2. Wasn’t it _____ the way Don just got up and left without saying goodbye to anyone?
3. It was _____ to go to the beach with Rita’s family.
4. I think Jerry Springer is so _____. I just laugh so much when I watch his show.
1. fun
2. funny
3. fun
4. funny
400
live up to
I didn't like the book as much as I had expected I would, so it didn't live up to my expectations
400
a copy cat
imitates somebody or someone
400
Could you explain the meaning of the following proverb?
A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush
said when you recognize that you should not risk losing something you already have by trying to get something you think might be better
500
although / though/ despite
1. She went out ____ the rain.
2 - She went out ____ it was raining.
3 - She went out ____ the fact that it was raining.
4 - ____ she didn't like it, I enjoyed it a lot.
5 - It was good, ____ expensive.
1. despite
2. although
3. despite
4. Although/ Tough
5. though
500
talk about selfies for about a minute. Use the following
up the ante
one-up
showcase
up the ante- bigger risk
one-up- be better
showcase- show best part
500
catch up
First I was behind, but soon I could catch up with my friends and we all finished the race together
500
a crybaby
People who are extremely sensitive and tend to be triggered easily, consequently ending in tears.
500
Which proverb has the word HELL in it?
What does it mean?
The road to hell is paved with good intentions