GRAMMAR
it ...... (begin) to snow while we ...... (play) football.
It began to snow while we were playing football.
A synonym of seize is:
- furnish
- rip
- grab
grab
Which country is home to the ancient ruins of Machu Picchu?
Peru
Which is the odd one out:
lovely, greatly, quickly, enormously, hugely, easily
lovely
Which English word is derived from the name of a Norse god?
Thursday (from Thor)
The language spoken in Finland
Finnish
fast - faster - the fastest
friendly - friendlier -
bad -
friendly - friendlier - the friendliest
bad - worse - the worst
What is the only word in English that ends with the letters “dous”?
Tremendous
This is the capital of Egypt
Cairo
How are these different in meaning:
1. Mary stopped eating at 6 p.m.
2 Mary stopped to eat at 6 p.m.
1. Mary was eating and at 6 p.m. she stopped.
2. Mary was walking home, and at six o’clock she stopped walking and went into a café to eat
What is the plural form of goose?
Geese
What language do they speak in Brazil?
Portuguese
What are the eight parts of speech in English?
nouns, pronouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, prepositions, conjunctions, and interjections
What is the term for a word that is spelled the same backward as forward?
Palindrome
This is the Capital city of Sweden
Stockholm