Vocabulary i
Vocabulary ii
Grammar
Word Transformations
Miscellaneous
100

a mark left on the skin or within body tissue where a wound, burn, or sore has not healed completely and fibrous connective tissue has developed:

SCAR

100

The opposite of pale

tanned

100

My boss, ____ real name is James, insists that everyone calls him Jimmy.

whose

100

It's the most beautiful painting I've ever seen.
SEEN
I ............................................ beautiful painting.


I HAVE NEVER SEEN SUCH A beautiful painting.

100

What links Top Gun, Batman, Heat, and Willow?

Val Kilmer

200

a small pointed beard on the chin

GOATEE

200

a lever used to engage or change mechanisms in a motor vehicle.

gearstick

200

John: ‘Can you take notes during the meeting?’

Me: 'I will if I have to.'


Put into reported speech.

John asked if I could take notes during the meeting.

I said I would if I had to.

200

We got a table at the restaurant without a reservation.
NEED
We ................................................ book a table at the restaurant.

We DIDN'T NEED TO book a table at the restaurant.

200

Who am I? Born in Michigan in 1958, I moved to New York and became famous with my debut album in 1983. I have starred in many movies and been married to Sean Penn and Guy Ritchie.

Madonna

300

Hair that is neither straight nor curly

Wavy

300

either of two external openings of the nasal cavity in vertebrates that admit air to the lungs and smells to the olfactory nerves

nostrils

300

My boss asked me to come into the office on Saturday.


Put into passive

I was asked to come to the office on Saturday
300

 I've been so happy since I met you.
MIGHT
I ................................................................ so happy if I hadn't met you.

I MIGHT NOT BE so happy if I hadn't met you.

300

How many bananas can you eat if your stomach is empty?

Just one.

After that your stomach isn't empty anymore.

400

the bone below the eye

Cheekbones

400

British English for 'trunk'

Boot

400

_____ being late for the meeting, I didn't miss much


Complete with one word.

Despite

400

Peter wasn’t the only one who found the blogger’s comments offensive.

ALONE

Peter………………….offence at the blogger’s comments. 

Peter WASN'T ALONE IN TAKING offence at the blogger’s comments.

400

Who am I?

Born in New York in 1964, I'm a British citizen who has seven children with 3 women. I was a journalist before becoming a politician. I live in 10 Downing Street.

Boris Johnson
500

a strip of hair grown by a man in front of his ears

sideburns

500

short, stiff hairs growing on a man's face when he has not shaved for a while

stubble

500

The job is boring. He regrets accepting it.


Complete with a mixed conditional: If he (know) the job is boring, he (accept) it.

If he had known the job is boring he wouldn't have accepted it.

500

Denis could play computer games all day long.

TIRES

Denis…………………..computer games. 

Denis NEVER TIRES OF PLAYING computer games

500

Farsi is the official language of what country?

Iran