British history
Who was defeated in the battle of Waterloo?
Napoleon
The name of the people who started the 13 colonies in America.
The Pilgrims.
Due to her traumatic past, she has no memories from her ________. CHILD (noun)
childhood
Blood is thicker than _____________.
water
Name the figurative language:
The water was a glove that enveloped the swimmer’s body.
Metaphor
Name two houses of Parliament in Britain
House of Lords
House of Commons
The island where immigrants into America had to stop at for processing?
Ellis Island
The books in the library are _______ according to subject. CLASS (passive verb)
classified
It will never happen.
When .... fly.
pigs
Identify the figurative language:
The sun smiled down on us.
Personification
Which country was called the Jewel of the Empire. Due to the amount of money that it made for England?
India
Who is the first president of USA?
George Washington
Being rowdy on your first day moving in is not the best way to ______ your new neighbours. FRIEND
befriend
Better to show than tell
A ________ is worth a thousand _________
Picture, words
Name the figurative language:
"He let the cat out of the bag."
Idiom
Which British prime minister signed a peace treaty with Hitler?
Neville Chamberlain
What animal is the national symbol of the USA?
Bald Eagle
We have another flu epidemic, exactly two years after the last _______. BREAK
Outbreak
That was the last bad thing to happen and now I'm not doing it anymore.
That was the _________ _________ . I'm not going to do this anymore.
Last straw
Identify the figurative language:
The bee buzzed around my head.
onomatopoeia
This document was signed in 1215 and defined the rights that each Englishman possessed. Name it
Magna Carta (the Charter of Freedoms) - laws that the king and everyone else had to follow for the first time (limit on taxes, protect from illegal imprisonment)
Who was president during the US civil war?
Abraham Lincoln
The food ______ has been the result of the poor harvest. SCARCE
scarcity
To do something poorly in order to save time or money
С_______ С________
cut corners
What type of figurative language is this? "I'm so hungry I could eat a cow."
Hyperbole