READING
PARAPHRASING
VOCABULARY
VERB PATTERNS
MISCELLANEOUS
100

Tides are caused by the gravitational pull of both the Sun and the Moon.

The combined gravitational effects of the Sun and the Moon produce ties on Earth.

100

Only at the end of the class did I remember to ask the teacher for the booklet.

REMEMBER

I ………………………………………. the teacher for the booklet at the end of the class.

remembered to ask 

100

You are the laziest person I have ever met!! You are practically a total _______  __________. This way you will be in the big leagues, be the boss be the ________  ___________.

couch potato

big cheese

100

If only I had been less impetuous, I wouldn't have gotten into that fight. 

WISH

I ____________  impetuous. I could have avoided that fight. 

wish I had been

100

The odd one out!!!

My aunt and uncle, __________________________ cook well, spend most of their time in the kitchen. 

both/ both of whom/ who both 

both

200

Whereas alcohol is a depressant, coffee is a stimulant.

Coffee stimulates the body systems, contrarily, alcohol depresses it. 

200

If only I had studied more, I wouldn´t be angry.

WOULD

I _____________________________ studied more.

would not be angry/ be happy if I had

200

Thank God, he is an easy going person now. He used to be so _________ as a child, always throwing tantrums, screaming at people. He was kind of the _____  ________ in the foamily, the black swan. 

temperamental

rotten apple

200

I've always been interested in _______  team sports.  

playing

200
You are being _______  ____________ and intolerant. Think outside the box, and do open yourself to people's ideas. 

narrow minded

300

Bullying must meet certain requirements to be considered bullying. These are: malintent, imbalance of power, repeatedness, distress, and provocation. School bullying may occur either in schools, on campus, or outside of school, but it is due to relationships created in school settings

Possible answer:

Bullying usually happens in a school environment, repeatedly due to a power struggle, repetition of the action and taunting. 

300

I wish I hadn´t called Susan in the middle of the night.

REGRET

I ______________________ Susan in the middle of the night. 

regret calling

300

Why do you have to be so impetuous all the time? Can to be ____________ like Martin and think carefully about what you are doing before actually doing it? I cannot live a _____ ________ anymore.

circumspect/ cautious 

loose cannon

300

I met that guy a couple of weeks ago. He turned out to be a great friend

WHO/ WHOM

This is the person __________ met a couple of weeks ago, ______________ turned out to be a great friend.

whom I

who

300

The odd one out!!!

The food ___________they served was delicious.

-/ that/ what 

what
400

In fresco paintings, the pigments may be mixed with water and applied to the plaster before it dries so that the lime in the plaster fuses with the pigments on the surface. 

Possible answer:


The lime in wet plasters bonds with the colours on the surface when the paints are mixed for frescos. 

400

Blanche thinks you should pay more attention to your assignments. 

SUGGEST

Blanche______________________ more attention to the assignments.

suggests (my) paying/ that I paid

400

Why do you have to be a party pooper, a ______  ________? It won't rain for tonight's party and it does we will get wet. Just because you cannot come, you don't have to be so _________. Be considerate and think about others. 

wet blanket

selfish

400

I would advise you _____________ that again. They won't like it. (negative) 

not to do/ say

400

The odd one out!!!

She was the person ________________ for our information

on whom we relied/ whom we relied / whom we relied on

whom we relied

500

Although big companies are trying to maintain a balance between traditional advertising and some of the newer alternatives like blogging, it is often the smaller entrepreneurs who are using bloggers as an effective way to stack their competition.

Possible answer:


Small enterprising are frequently using bloggers to compete with large businesses that are still employing more conventional marketing strategies as well as the oldies. 

500

You explained that you were bullied in school, when was that?

EXPLAIN

You ________________ in school, when was that?

explained being bullied

500

OMG, pleeeaasee shut up!!!! How can you talk so much! You are a fricking __________. Do be quiet!!!!

I know you are quite sociable, but give it a rest. 


chatterbox

500

I did not expect _______________ so embarrassed, but the question they asked were so personal. I truly enjoy _________ to different people, but his was too much. 

to feel/ be

talking

500

The odd one out!!

The group of friends, ____________ I've known for ages, went on a yearly holiday together. 

who/ whose / a few of whom

whose

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