Phrasal Verbs
I'll be _______________ their cat while they are away on holiday.
looking after
If only I ______lunch, I wouldn't be so hungry. (to eat)
Had eaten
Which is the largest UK country in size?
Wales
Scotland
Northern Ireland
England
England
I heard ___ this place from a friend of mine.
of / about
What goes up when the rain comes down?
We often quarrel but we always make ____ soon after.
up
I admitted (to cheat on the test/ cheating on the test)
I promise (to talk to him / talking to him)
I admitted cheating
I promise to talk to him
Who is the current president of the UK?
They have no presidents (Boris Johnson is the current Prime Minister)
The United Nations____ in 1945. (to found)
was founded
What flies without wings?
That's a nice excuse. Did you make it __________ yourself?
up
The press ____ _____ them ____stealing money from the organization. (to accuse)
The press has/have accused them of ....
What is the name of the busiest airport in the UK?
Heathrow
What does the idiom "to beat around the bush" mean?
Not getting directly to the point
What is yours but your friends use it more than you do?
I could hardly make __________ the ship in the distance.
out
Every night before we went to bed my mother _____ tell us a story.
would
How many crosses are there on the UK flag? What do they represent?
3 (England, Scotland, Ireland)
What does the idiom "hit the nail on the head" mean?
you have done or said something exactly right (I think Mick hit the nail on the head when he said that what's lacking in this company is a feeling of confidence.)
I travel all over the world, but always stay in my corner. What am I?
Jack came____ a fortune when his great uncle passed on.
into
Invert the following sentence:
I had never heard such a terrible noise before.
Among many Scottish inventions and discoveries are Telephone, Television, Penicillin, and Insulin. Name at least 2 of the 3 people responsible for these inventions/discoveries.
Alexander Graham Bell (the first practical telephone); John Logie Baird (one of the inventors of the mechanical television); Alexander Fleming (discoverer of penicillin and insulin)
What is your English teacher's full name?
Vasili _________ Lavitski
Vasilyevich
Who makes it, has no need of it.
Who buys it, has no use for it.
Who uses it can neither see nor feel it.
What is it?