Weather words
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100

What is the name for a severe snowstorm characterized by strong sustained winds and low visibility?

Blizzard

100

Is the following participle clause active or passive?

Walking home, he saw a big car.

Active

100

Name the 5 senses

Taste, touch, sight, hearing, smell

100

Which football team does Cristiano Ronaldo play for?

Al Nassr

100

What is the capital city of Ukraine?

Kiev

200

What is the name for a high level of water in a city or town?

Flood

200

Is the following participle clause active or passive?

The pizza, made by a master chef, was perfect.

Passive

200

Name 2 types of trees

 . . . 

200

Who is the men's world record holder for the fastest 100 meter run?

Usian Bolt

200

What kind of food is Penne?


Pasta

300

What is the name for a light, pleasant wind?

Breeze

300

Which tense shows an action finished before a previously mentioned action or before the story began?

Past perfect

300

What is the name of the process in which plants turn sunlight into food?

Photosynthesis

300

Who is the manager of Liverpool football club?

Jurgen Klopp


300

What band was Harry Styles in before his solo career?

One Direction
400

Which phrasal verb to describe weather means become less serious or severe.


Ease off

400

We went to the park and it started to rain. As we (not bring) an umbrella, we just (run) to the nearest cafĂ© we (can) find. 

hadn't brought / ran / could

400

Blue Lacy, Chinook, Akita Inu, Dunker, Tosa, Barbet, Saluki and Utonagan are all examples of what?

Dog breeds

400

In which sport can you get a 'slam dunk'?

Basketball

400

Who is the headmaster of Hogwarts in the Harry Potter books? 

Dumbledore

500

Which adjective describes weather which can quickly go from sunny, to windy, to rainy to clear?

Changeable

500

What are the following structures examples of and what is their use?

Having got dressed, he slowly went downstairs.
Having finished their training, they will be fully qualified doctors.
Having been made redundant, she started looking for a new job.

Perfect participle clauses show that the action they describe was finished before the action in the main clause. Perfect participles can be structured to make an active or passive meaning.

500

Hydra, Charon, Nix and P4 are the four known moons that orbit which planet?

Pluto

500

Which sport involves a bow and arrow?

Archery


500

Who was the famous nurse during the Crimean war that became known as the founder of modern nursing?

Florence Nightingale