ESL 1
What does "it's raining cats and dogs" mean?
It is raining a lot/very hard.
Is Queens Uptown or Downtown?
Uptown
What does UNHAPPY mean?
sad/not happy
What does the idiom "to ring a bell" mean?
something that sounds familiar/you have heard about it before/you know it
What do past tense verbs end with?
D/ED
Pick the correct one: to, too, or two.
There are _____many people here. I want to go home.
too
What does "to be in hot water" mean?
to be in trouble/problem
Possessive Nouns: Fill the blank
That _________ ears are huge!
noun: Elephant
Elephant's
What do present tense verbs end with?
Ing
What does "to stab someone in the back" mean?
to do something really bad to someone that trusted you.
Pick the correct word: there, they're, their
Look at what _________doing! It looks fun!
they're
What does "to spill the beans" mean?
To tell a secret
What does "to have butterflies in your stomach" mean?
To feel nervous/excited
Fill in the spaces below using either Just, Yet Or Already.
You've finished your dinner___ ! You must have been starving!
"Have you called Yasmin to wish her luck for the exam today?" "No, not____ . I'll do it now!"
already
yet
Name all the boroughs
Bronx, Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, and Staten Island
Pick the correct choice:
A)At Beck Middle School, the students' lockers are blue.
B)At Beck Middle School, the student's lockers are blue.
C)At Beck Middle School, the students lockers are blue.
A) because we are talking about a group of students, not one student and we are talking about something that belongs to them (their lockers).
What does the idiom "to be broke" mean?
to have no money
Pick the correct word.
I need to buy ______to make a cake.
A)Flower
B) Flour
flour
What does the idiom "under the weather" mean?
to feel sick
Name a word with the suffix "-ful" OR "-less"
beautiful painless hopeless useless
hopeful
grateful
graceful
Pick the correct word.
You can't come to ____ house today because ___ mom is sleeping.
1. our
2. are
our
Homophones:Correct the sentence
I’m excited to travel to England so I can meat some new people!
Meet
What does the idiom "to go the extra mile" mean?
to do more/extra than is required, example: My teacher wants me to write 3 sentences but I wrote 6.
What is the past tense of the verb "buy"?
bought
What time is "A quarter after 3?"
3:15 - three fifteen.