Stories
One day, Oliver Walton realized his friend's name tasted like an apple.This rare condition, in which the brain makes a special connection between the senses is called ....
synaesthesia
Put this sentence into passive tense:
I wrote this letter.
This letter...
This letter was written by me.
If something falls on deaf ears ... (complete the sentense to explain the meaning of the idiom)
no one listens to it.
Which verb cannot be used with he word apology:
accept
cause
extend
cause
1) Who developed business along the Silk Road?
2) What where the immaterial benefits of the Silk Road?
1) merchants and traders from Asia and the Roman Empire
2) exchange of knowledge, ideas and beliefs. Nations shared science, literature and inventions such as paper-making and printing
Complete this second conditional sentense:
If I broke a speed limit, ........
I would get a fine.
What's the idiom you can use if you solve two things at the same time?
Kill two birds with one stone.
Crime
Two types of crime that involve the killing of another person.
a) intentionally
b) by accident / without intending to do so
a) homicide, murder
b) manslaughter
Consumerism
1) Which countries produce more than 60% of cocoa in the world?
2) Is the the chocolate industry ethical?
1) Ghana and Ivory coast
2) No. Cocoa farmers are not being paid a fair price for their produce. They cannot pay for their childrens' education and children often have to work on the farms.
Use the phrase 'to tell a fortune' with the grammarical structure 'have something done' in present perfect tense.
Have you ever had your forture told?
Why did so many Irish people migrate to other parts of the world?
famine, poverty
What are the negative forms of the following adjectives? honest, rational, patient, mature
Write them down!
dishonest, irrational, impatient, immature
What do you remember about the film Remembering the Titans?
1) plot
2) the main character and who played him
3) historical setting - (period and place)
1) A high school football team is forced to integrate, bringing together players from different racial backgrounds. Amidst challenges and resistance, the players learn to respect and support each other. Through hard work and determination, they become a united team, overcoming prejudice and achieving success on the field.
2) Coach Boone played by Denzel Washington
3) 1970's Virginia
Form a third conditional sentense based on the following idea: Last week you ate undercooked chicken and had food poisoning.
If.....
If I hadn't eaten that undercooked chicken, I wouldn't have had the food poisoning.
A sticky and salty, dark brown food spread made from yeast extract, a by-product of beer brewing.
Marmite
complete the second part of the adverb-adjective collocation:
example: universally accepted - generally... believed
completely certain - entirely c..........d
without much taste - fairly t.............s
extremely unpleasant - utterly r..............e
very good for you - highly b.................l
convinced
tasteless
repulsive
beneficial
We read the extraordinary story of Sunita Williams who became an astronaut and worked for NASA. Do you remember what she wanted to study, but didn't get into school? What training did she get at Navy Academy before becoming an astronaut?
1) She wanted to study at veterinary school.
2) She trained to be a helicopter pilot.
Put the following sentence into reported speech:
Was it your birthday last week?
He asked me if it had been my birthday the week before.
A savoury pudding containing sheep's pluck (heart, liver and lungs); minced with onion, oatmeal, suet, spices, and salt, mixed with stock, traditionally encased in the animal's stomach.
Haggis
Jobs - vocabulary
1) If you are your own boss, you are .....
2) An agency that helps companies to find workers is .... agency
3) Nurses usually work during the day or night... it is called ..........work
4) a job in which you have a low chance to be promoted
self-employed
recruitment agency
shift work
dead-end job