Vocabulary
Would you like me to help you go ___________ the information one more time before your exam?
a. over
b. with
c. ahead
d. off
a. over
I heard thet Teresa ____________ a new job.
a. offered
b. was offered
c. was offering
d. was going to offer
b. was offered
The waggle dance is a term used for a particular dance performed by honey bees. When a honey bee comes ______ flowers where nectar can be found...
a. into
b. across
c. about
d. up against
b. across
I saw you were copying during the exam but ________.
a. I was all ears
b. I turned a blind eye
c. It cost an arm and a leg
d. I got cold feet
b. I turned a blind eye
In ____________ of the fact that he was wearing s seat belt, Henry was injured in the accident.
a. case
b. despite
c. order
d. spite
d. spite
I am writing _____________ MacGyver International to request an appointment with Mr Andrews.
a. in favour of
b. in addition to
c. in contact with
d. on behalf of
d. on behalf of
_________ the heavy rain, the ceremony was hel outdoors.
a. although
b. despite
c. in spite
d. even though
... she returns home to share this information with the other ______ of the hive. Here, in the middle of a group of her sisters, she performs the dance by moving in a figure eight an shaking her body. As a _______ of this, the other bees know the exact...
1. a. inhabitants b. assitants c. consultants d.participants
2. a. regard b. cause c. reason d. result
1. a. inhabitants
2. d. result
a. holds her tongue
b. keeps her head
c. puts her foot down
d. is all fingers and thumbs
c. puts her foot down
Find the mistake.
I'll have my sister to cook my dinner.
I'll have my sister cook my dinner.
It turned ________ that she had actually sent me a reply but I never saw it.
out
A famous 19th century poet is said ___________ (live) in this house.
to have lived
... the other bees know the exact ___________ of the flowers.
The angle in which she makes these _______ reveals the direction of the flowers. The distance from the flowers to the hive is ________ by how long the dance lasts.
1. a. position b. site c. spot d. location
2. a. movements b. designs c. signs d. symbols
3. a. observed b. analysed c. indicated d. proven
1. d. location
2. a movements
3. c. indicated
This was so expensive. It cost me ___________
an arm and a leg
The police are investigating the theft of the valuable painting.
The theft of the valuable painting ____________ the police. BEING
Say the nouns from these verbs.
assist, apply, correspond
assistant, application/ applicants, correspondent
A story ____________ a seventeen year old boy won the first prize in the short story.
written by
Mother's Day is __________ popular that more than forty countries have made it an official holiday. In the US, Mother's Day ________ first celebrated as early as 1908. Here, as in many countries, celebrations are all about treating mothers to a special day of leisure. It is a chance for her to relax and __________ the daily chores done by someone else.
so, was, have/get
What does " stick your nose into" mean?
to try to get involved is something that is none of your business (chismosear🙄)
They heard the two men discuss the case outside the building.
The two men _________________ the case outside the building. WERE
were heard discussing
Say the prepositions that correspond to these words:
addition, exception, need, comparison
in addition to, with the exception of, in need of, in comparison to
Helen bought a motorbike because she doesn't want to get stuck in traffic jams.
Helen bought a motorbike ______________ get stuck in traffic jams. THAT
so that she won't / wouldn't / doesn't
though, as, such, are, by
Select a person to come to the front a mimic the idiom.
be all ears
Find the 3 mistakes.
We went to Cancun and stayed in a beautiful hotel. It was big that I got lost many times! It was such good experience that I will never forget beacause it was also the first time I saw the sea and even though my nerves, everything turned out to be perfect. 🌊
SO big that
such A good experience
DESPITE/ INSPITE OF my nerves