Materials & adjectives
A mirror is usually made of glass, but the back is covered with this metal to make it reflective. Name the metal.
silver
Complete with the correct adjective:
"This is a very ___ (create) way to organise your room. I've never seen anything like it!"
creative
Correct the mistake:
"She has bought a new phone yesterday, but she hasn't used it yet."
She bought a new phone yesterday, but she hasn't used it yet.
Complete the sentence with the correct form of 'have to' and the verb:
"My mum is at work, so I ___ (look after) my little brother until she comes home."
have to look after
In the UK, what do you call the long vehicle that takes children to school?
school bus
Correct the two mistakes: "A sweater is usually made of cotton and metal, and it feels soft but heavy."
A sweater is usually made of cotton and wool, and it feels soft but light.
Two suffixes are possible for 'help'. Write the two adjectives and explain the difference in meaning.
helpful (useful, kind) и helpless (unable to help oneself / without help)
Complete the sentence with the correct forms:
"I ___ (never / eat) sushi before I ___ (go) to Japan last summer."
have never eaten / went
Correct the mistake in meaning:
"You don't have to take out the rubbish — it means it's forbidden."
"don't have to" means it's not necessary, not forbidden (forbidden = must not)
Which of these is a real US state: Dakota, New Hampshire, Yorkshire, Scotland?
New Hampshire
Read the description and name the object (one word):
"It's round, very tiny — about the size of a large orange. It shows the whole world, but that's silly because the world is huge."
globe
Correct the suffix mistake:
"My bedroom is so noisyful when my brother plays the drums."
noisy
Find and correct TWO mistakes:
"We have visited Paris three times since 2020, but we didn't see the Eiffel Tower yet."
We have visited Paris three times since 2020, but we haven't seen the Eiffel Tower yet.
Complete the sentence with 'have to', 'don't have to', 'mustn't', or 'didn't have to':
"Yesterday was Sunday, so I ___ get up early. But I ___ forget to feed the cat because she gets angry."
didn't have to / mustn't
Match the UK English word to its US English meaning:
"biscuit" — in the US, this means a type of bread. In the UK, what is it?
bun
Complete the sentence with the correct form of the words in brackets (you may need to change the word form):
"This wooden shelf is ___ (use) for books, but it's not very ___ (value) because it's old and broken."
useful / valuable
Complete the sentence with the correct adjective from 'stress':
"Moving to a new school can be very ___ (stress), but a minimalist lifestyle is often less ___ (stress)."
stressful / stressed
Complete the mini-dialogue with the correct forms:
A: "How long ___ you ___ (have) this backpack?"
B: "I ___ (have) it since I ___ (start) school five years ago."
have / had / have had / started
Order the words and choose the correct verb form:
"has to / every day / she / lay the table / ?"
Does she have to lay the table every day?
In which country would you see "colour" spelled with a 'u', and in which would you see "center" spelled with '-er' not '-re'?
UK (colour) / USA (center — хотя в UK тоже centre, правильный ответ: color и center — оба США)
Describe a key using: material (1), size (1), and one adjective of weight (1). Write a full sentence.
A key is usually made of metal, it's small, and it's quite light.
Form adjectives from 'comfort' and 'imagine' using two different suffixes each. Write all four.
comfortable / comforting / imaginary / imaginative
Rewrite the sentence using the word in brackets without changing the meaning:
"She started learning English in 2019 and she still studies it now. (since)"
She has been learning English since 2019
Find and correct TWO mistakes in this sentence about Japan:
"In Japan, students have to cleaning their classroom but the teacher don't have to."
In Japan, students have to clean their classroom but the teacher doesn't have to.
Read the description and name the holiday:
"It's on 5th November in the UK. People burn a doll of a man who tried to blow up Parliament in 1605. Fireworks everywhere!"
Bonfire Night / Guy Fawkes Night