CORE
PRONUNCIATION
GRAMMAR
LINKERS
VOCAB
100

Don't shout, ________? The baby is asleep!

a. do you

b. will you

c. don’t you

Don't shout, will you? The baby is asleep!

100

Which of the following words include these sounds?

/i:/ keep - night - lit - late - fry

/I/ feet - sit - night - keen - sigh

/i:/ keep

/I/ sit

100

What words do we use in order to create INVERTED CONDITIONALS?

Should, were, and had.

100

The English like tea ____________ Americans prefer coffee.

a. while

b. because

c. whereas

d. due to

The Enlgish like tea whereas/while Americans prefer coffee.

100

spotless or perfectly clean

(def)

a) incessant

b) subordinate

c) serene

d) ambiguous

e) inquisitive

f) concise

g) authoritarian

h) immaculate

h) intrepid

i) audacious

j) homogeneous

immaculate

200

_________for his help, we would get into terrible trouble.

a. Thanks

b. Were it not

c. Because

Were it not for his help, we would get into terrible trouble.

200

Which of the following words include these sounds?

/e/ gate - feel - fade - bell - grass

/3:/ feed - bad - food - fate - bird

/e/ bell

/3:/ bird

200

Can you give me an example of an impersonal passive?

The President was thought to be guilty of fraud.

200

It is _____________ believed that vegetarianism is the only way to save the planet.

a. widely

b. greatly

c. always

d. biggly

It is widely believed that vegetarianism is the only way to save the planet.

200

crystal +

a. success

b. account

c. county

d. schedule

e. clear

f. issue

g. handed

h. service

i. objective

j. phenomenon

crystal clear

300

He promised ___________ drinking.

a. to give up

b. give up

c. giving up

He promised to give up drinking.

300

Which of the following words include these sounds?

/ɑ:/ water - night - cat - stars - paper

/ʌ/ fat - bet - look - food - cut

/æ/ late - cut - laugh - best - tea

/ɑ:/ stars

/ʌ/ cut

/æ/ cat

300
Can you name the three types of participle clauses?

Past Participle Cl.

Present Participle Cl.

Perfect Participle Cl.


1. Situated in...

2. Wanting to go...

3. Having been there before...

300

Many people were trapped in their houses ___________ the heavy snowfall.

a. lead to

b. due to

c. owing to

d. because

Many people were trapped in their houses due to the heavy snowfall.

300

shred

(syn)

a) pinch

b) thorough

c) permanent

d) inconsistent

e) inconsequential

f) astute

g) minimum

h) objective

i) partial

j) dubious

pinch

400

I was wondering _________ you prefer tea or coffee.

a. whether

b. if

c. that

I was wondering whether you prefer tea or coffee.

400

Which of the following words include these sounds?

/ð/ rather - thing - three - though

/θ/ that - thorough - thus - thin

/ð/ rather - though

/θ/ thorough - thin

400

What do we use WISH + Past Simple for?

In order to talk about situations in the present or future that we would like to be different.

400

It goes without ___________ that without nuclear weapons the world would be a safer place.

a. telling

b. saying

c. explaining

d. reminding

It goes without saying that without nuclear weapons the world would be a safer place.

400

It was ____ from her face that she was really upset.

a. rush

b. opposed

c. blatant

d. apparent

e. shield

f. assessment

g. commitment

h. stiff

i. gullible

j. legible

It was apparent from her face that she was really upset.

500

Both my parents work as lawyers. I'm under so much pressure to become one but I don't know if I could live _____to their expectations.

a. up

b. down

c. out

Both my parents work as lawyers. I'm under so much pressure to become one but I don't know if I could live up to their expectations.

500

Which of the following words include these sounds?

/aʊ/ shout - fall - down - look

/eɪ/ came - break - bike - being

/aʊ/ shout - down

/eɪ/ came - break

500

Finish the sentence and describe what grammar structure is used here:

Every year in takes me forever to get used to ________ after the winter holidays.

be/get used to + gerund (-ing)

500

In ___________ of the above, it's probably true that...

a. light

b. contrast

c. account

d. reply

In light of the above, it's probably true that...

500

asking too many questions

(def)

a) incessant

b) subordinate

c) serene

d) ambiguous

e) inquisitive

f) concise

g) authoritarian

h) immaculate

h) intrepid

i) audacious

j) homogeneous

inquisitive

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