Grammar
Vocabulary
Phonology
100
Choose which of the sentences below is correct:
1. Our teacher went in Sweden this Summer.
2. Our teacher went to Sweden this Summer.
2. Our teacher went to Sweden this Summer.
The preposition to is used to express direction or destination.
The preposition in, however, is used to describe where something is, meaning the the physical location.
100
Translate into French:
A COOKER (Br. Eng.)
A STOVE (Am. Eng.)
UNE CUISINIÈRE
100
Pronounce the word below with your best English accent:
NECKLACE
Which syllable is accented?
NECKLACE
ˈnɛkləs
200
Choose which of the sentences below is correct:
1. "Everyone here is so nice!"
2. "Everyone here are so nice!"
1. "Everyone here is so nice!"
Indefinite pronouns are used to refer to people or things without saying exactly who or what they are. The indefinite pronouns are everyone/everybody, anyone/everybody, someone/somebody, everything, anything, something.
After an indefinite pronoun, we use the singular form of the verb.
200
Translate into French:
A KETTLE
UNE BOUILLOIRE
200
Pronounce the word below with your best English accent:
NAUSEOUS
Which syllable is accented?
NAUSEOUS
ˈnɔʃəs
300
Choose which of the sentences below is correct:
1. "I am going to the school."
2. "I am going to school."
2. "I am going to school."
We do not use the definite article (the) when speaking about institutions when we are using the institution for its normal purpose.
300
What is the plural form of the word goose?
Geese
In English, nouns usually take an -s in the plural. However, some nouns have irregular plurals, ex.:
Man – Men
Woman – Women
Foot – Feet
Child – Children
300
Pronounce the word below with your best English accent:
EPITOME
Which syllable is accented?
EPITOME
ɪˈpɪtəmi
(French: quintessence, summum)
400
Choose the correct tense for the sentence below:
1. Past simple: "I saw Allison yesterday."
2. Present perfect: "I have seen Allison yesterday."
1. Past simple: "I saw Allison yesterday."
We use the past simple to talk about something that happened once in the past, to talk about something that happened several times in the past, or to talk about somthing that was once true for some time in the past.
We use the present perfect to talk about things that started in the past and continues in the present, or to talk about our experience up until to the present.
400
What does the idiom below mean?
Piece of cake
The idiom a piece of cake is used to describe something that is easy. Ex.:
"Because I studied so well, the English test was a piece of cake!"
400
Pronounce the word below with your best English accent:
MISCHIEVOUS
Which syllable is accented?
MISCHIEVOUS
ˈmɪsʧɪvəs
(French: malicieux, malicieuse)
500
Which of the following is not a modal?
CAN – MIGHT – BE
BE
We use modals to show if we think something is certain, possible or impossible. Modals can also be used to talk about ability, to ask forpermission, and to make requests and offers. May, might, can, could, must, shall, will and would are all modals. Be is not a modal.
500
What does the idiom in cursive mean?
"Sarah was feeling under the weather when I last saw her."
The idiom to be under the weather means being poorly or sick.
500
Pronounce the word below with your best English accent:
URBANISM
Which syllable contains the primary accent?
Which syllable contains the secondary accent?
URBANISM
ˈɜbəˌnɪzəm
The first syllable has the primary accent.The third syllable has the secondary accent.