vocabulary
check/concentrate/create/improve/look/sell/take/try
Sentence transformation
relative and inverted clauses
random
100

erupsu

pursue

100

This year I ... to turn my hobby into a job

I am trying

100

A seventeen-year-old cellist won BBC Young Musician of the Year after overcoming stiff competition. 

BEAT

beat stiff competition

100

It doesn’t matter what you do, there will always be some local opposition.

Whatever you do, there will …

100

Which was the first country to win the World Cup?

Uruguay

200

irluosfh

flourish

200

I ... over ten paintings in recent weeks to sell

I have created

200

A broken string didn’t stop him doing well in the first round. 

HOLD


He didn’t let a broken string hold him back in the first round.


200


The local community didn’t say they were against the festival at any time.

At no time did the local community say …

200

What are the 5 districts of New York

Manhatten

The Bronx

Queens

Brooklyn

Staten Island

300

ntiihsg

insight

300

Every now and then I ... them to a market to sell

I take

300

Sheku began by competing in the strings competition before getting to the overall final. 

OUT

Sheku started out by being a competitor in the strings competition before getting to the overall final. 

300


I don’t understand why the council want the festival to be held inside.

What I don’t understand is why the council …

300

How old is the Queen of England?

94

400

pteeveicd

deceptive

400

For the time being I ... on creating more paintings to sell

I am concentrating

400

Sheku’s sister got to a previous final but didn’t win the competition. 

ENDED

Sheku’s sister reached the final in a previous year but ended up not winning the competition. 

400

It isn’t in any way possible to say if a decision has been reached or not.

In no way is it possible to …

400

In which city would you find the Spanish Steps?

Rome

500

asbkcet

setback

500

My productivity ... over the last few weeks

has improved

500

Despite performing brilliantly on a TV talent show in 2015, a dancing dog beat Sheku’s family to the main prize. 

LOST

heku’s family performed brilliantly in a 2015 TV talent show but lost out on the main prize to a dancing dog. 

500

We spoke to a lot of the locals and a lot of them said that they would come.
(clue: use ‘of whom’)

We spoke to a lot of locals, many of whom said that …

500

In which year was the first Xbox released?

2001