English & Speaking club

Phrasal verbs

100

^{to leave your house, especially in order to enjoy yourself}

^{to go out}

200

^{to not go to bed at the time you would normally go to bed}

^{to stay up}

300

^{to put your name on a list for something because you want to take part in it}

^{to sign up}

400

^{to get information, after trying to discover it or by chance}

^{to find out}

500

^{to be in a particular situation, state, or place after a series of events, especially when you did not plan it}

^{to end up}

Collocations

100

^{What is a collocation?}

^{a particular combination of words that are often used together}

200

^{Name 3 verbs which collocate with 'job'}

^{to have / find / lose / quit / get / take / leave a job etc}

300

^{Name 3 synonyms for 'to like'}

^{to love / enjoy / to be keen on / to be interested in / to be into / to be a big fan of etc}

400

^{Name 3 collocations with 'to take'}

^{take a break     take a chance
take a look       take a rest
take a seat       take a taxi
take an exam   take notes
take someone's place
take someone's temperature etc}

500

^{Key word transformation}

^{I need to contact Ali as soon as possible. (TOUCH)}

^{I need to _________________Ali as soon as possible.}

^{I need to get in touch with Ali as soon as possible.}

Tenses

100

^{Robert usually _____ away two or three times a year. (GO)}

^{Robert usually goes away two or three times a year.}

200

^{_____ a car when you were living in Paris? (HAVE)}

^{Did you have a car when you were living in Paris?}

300

^{A friend of mine _____ married next Saturday. (GET)}

^{A friend of mine is getting married next Saturday.}

400

^{They _____ tennis three times this week. (PLAY)}

^{They have played tennis three times this week.}

500

^{She _____ dinner for two hours before I called. (COOK)}

^{She had been cooking dinner for two hours before I called.}

Grammar

100

^{Correct the word order of the sentence:}

^{Did you go late to bed last night?}

^{Did you go to bed late last night?}

200

^{Form adverbs:}

^{quiet ->}

^{hard ->}

^{slow ->}

^{late ->}

^{quiet -> quietly}

^{hard -> hard}

^{slow -> slowly}

^{late -> late}

300

^{Fill in the right prepositions:}

^{Tina has been a fan of U2 for many years. She went to her first U2 concert __ 1992. It was __ the spring, __ Easter, but she bought her ticket __ December. The concert was __ 15t April.}

^{Tina has been a fan of U2 for many years. She went to her first U2 concert in 1992. It was in the spring, at Easter, but she bought her ticket in December. The concert was on 15th April.}

400

^{Correct the mistake:}

^{I can sleep late tomorrow because I mustn't go to work}

^{I can sleep late tomorrow because I don't have to go to work}

500

^{For the situation, make a sentence beginning with if:}

^{Unfortunately I lost my phone, so I couldn't call you}

^{If I hadn't lost my phone, I would have called you}

English & the UK

100

^{The capital of England}

^London

200

^{How many letters are there in the English alphabet?}

²⁶

300

^{England is one of the 4 countries forming the United Kingdom. Name the rest}

^{Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland}

400

^{Which English book series is known as the best-selling book series in history?}

^{Harry Potter}

500

The first woman to become Prime Minister of the UK, also known as the 'Iron Lady'

Margaret Thatcher