Grammar
Speaker A: Tell me about your daily tasks in your position.
Speaker B: I'm taking care of payroll, checking invoices, verifying billing accounts, and sometimes I'm calling clients.
Is speaker A using the correct verb tense. Why so/not?
No. Speaker A should use the simple present when talking about repetitive or routine actions.
Fill in the blank space:
"Don't ________, there's no point to being upset over something that has already happened and cannot be changed."
...cry over spilled milk...
The whole team must assist to this week's meeting on MS Teams.
Is the verb in italics used correctly in this sentence? Why, why not?
No. The correct word to use is 'attend'. Assist solely means to aid or to help in doing something.
Gill wasn't feeling well. ____, she went to work.
Fill in the blank with the appropriate linking word.
Gill wasn't feeling well. However, she went to work.
How many hearts does an octopus have?
A: What are you doing this weekend?
B: I will have a barbeque in my backyard with my family.
Is speaker B's response using the correct verb form?
No. Speaker B should use 'be going to' when talking about a plan.
If I'm going to ask a question directly, it is said that I ask this way.
(What idiom can be used for this idea?)
Point blank
If I'm showing great empathy and consideration for something/someone it is said that I am...
Sympathetic
'due to' or 'due to the fact that' and why?
________the bad weather, the flight was cancelled.
Due to the bad weather, the flight was cancelled.
Which poison do apple seeds contain?
Cyanide
Suddenly everybody stopped ........ There was complete silence. (talk)
Gerund or infinitive, and why?
Gerund (talking). The action was in motion and ended at that moment.
If someone says not to paint someone with a broad brush, what are they telling you not to do.
They're telling you not to describe someone in a very general way.
I quit work at 4 p.m. everyday.
Connect the following sentences with a correct linking phrase:
Jim’s promotion was really surprising. He’s the laziest person in the office.
Jim's promotion was really surprising due to the fact that he's the laziest person in the office.
The word 'quebec' is an Algonquin word. What does 'quebec' translate to in English?
Narrow passage or strait
The team has made plenty of mistakes this term.
Change the above sentence from the active to the passive.
Plenty of mistakes have been made (by the team).
Don't do this if you don't want to have false expectations.
Don't count your chickens before they hatch.
The journalist wrote a comprehensive article about all there is to know about Climate Change.
What is the meaning of 'comprehensive'?
Including all details and elements of a certain topic or subject matter.
The report was well written. ______, it was very accurate.
Apply a linking word to show addition.
Which planet has moons that are nearly all named after Shakespearean characters?
Uranus
Create a causative sentence with the following:
get/car/repair/mechanic
I get my car repaired by a mechanic.
If someone recommends leaving a situation alone because disturbing it may cause more problems, they can use this idiom.
Let sleeping dogs lie
My colleague was full of deception.
What is the meaning of this false friend?
lies
Create a sentence with "Not only...., but also..."
answer will vary
Sinhala and Tamil are the official languages of which island nation?
Sri Lanka