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ideoms
trivia
100

It was absolutely pouring down yesterday. It was a real __________. 

A. shower                B. downpour               C. gale     D. hurricane             e. blizzard              
                       

                                   


    

                                   


    

B. downpour

100

                                               

I __________ leave now or else I’ll be late.
A. may     B. must      C. can.       d. will       e. don't

                                   


    

b. must

100

I can’t imagine Susan ________ a horse.
A. riding                B. rode               C. rides                        D. to ride.         E. has ridden                                   

                        


    

A. riding

100

Jake and I lost our jobs yesterday. Now we are in the same boat. 

A. They are in the broken boat.                  

B. They have a good situation.
C. They are looking for a job.
D. They are travelling by boat.
E. They are in the same bad situation

                                   


   

 e. They are in the same bad situation

                                   


    

100

 What is the largest mammal on Earth?
Blue whale

Blue whale

200

My uncle suffers __________ a type of diabetes.

A. from     B. of       C. with     D. off       E. about

                                   


    

                                   


    



                                   


    

A. from

200

                                               

I regret __________ you that you are not selected for the interview.
A. told                        B. telling               C. tell            D. having told.           e. to tell

                                   


    

e. to tell

200

Let’s go and have a cup of coffee. We have ______ time before the train leaves. 

A. few.      B. no      C. a little      D. little         E. any                   

                                   


    

 C. a little

200

I only got the message by word of mouth.


A. He read the message from the newspaper.
B. The message was passed by his mom.
C. He opened his mouth while he was reading the message. 

D. The message passed from person to person.
E. He was only mouthing the message.

                                   


    

D. The message passed from person to person.

200

Which planet is known as the "Red Planet"?

Mars

300

                                               

Global warming is________ by the greenhouse effect.

a. maintained.            b. caused.           c.expressed.  d. supported.          e.stated

                                   


    

 b. caused

300

                                               

 __________ the room is clean, I don’t mind which hotel we stay at.

A. Unless             B. Because of         C. Provided        D. so.                e. in spite of

                                   


    

C. Provided

300

                                               

If he ______________ too much, he wouldn’t have felt sick. 

A. hadn’t been eaten            B. didn’t eat
C. hasn’t eaten                D. wasn’t eating                     E. hadn’t eaten

                                   


    

If he hadn’t eaten too much, he wouldn’t have felt sick.

E. hadn’t eaten

300

My girlfriend always acts as if she was born yesterday.                                     

A. She is naive because she doesn’t have much experience in life.                                       

B. She was born yesterday. 


C. Her boyfriend doesn’t know what she really wants.


D. She believes that the best way to learn is by experience.

E. His girlfriend is very thoughtful.

                                   


    

                                   


    

A. She is naive because she doesn’t have much experience in life.

300

Which word is always spelled incorrectly in the dictionary?


Answer: Incorrectly

400

The Professor just wanted to ______ the importance of learning foreign languages.


A. grasp             B. integrate          C. damage                    D. extend           E. emphasize

 E. emphasize- онцлох

a. grasp- ойлгох
B. integrate- нэгтгэх
C. damage- гэмтээх
D. extend- сунгах
E. emphasize- онцлох

400

By the time I __________ back to the bathroom, the bath __________.


A. got / had already overflowed 

B. get / had already overflowed 

C. had got / had already overflowed 

D. got / have already overflowed 

E. got / already overflowed    

A. got / had already overflowed

By the time I got back to the bathroom, the bath had already overflowed.

400

                                               

Direct speech: “I’m waiting for my English exam result now” Chimgee said.

Reported speech: Chimgee said (that) __________.

                                   


    

Chimgee said that she was waiting for her English exam result at that time.

                                   


    

400

The bad news had an adverse effect on her and she became more down in the dumps as the day passed.                          

A. gloomy but peaceful


B. having a mixed emotion 

C. happy and encouraged 

D. sad and discouraged 

E. dejected but energetic

                     


    

The bad news had an adverse effect on her and she became more down in the dumps as the day passed. 

D. sad and discouraged

400

What has hands but can’t clap?

Answer: A clock

500

Patriotism refers to love of and _____ to one's country.

a. devotion.          b. recognition.      c.curiosity. d.admiration.        e.detection.

a. devotion- үнэнч байдал


b. recognition- танин мэдэхүй
c. curiosity-cониуч байдал
d. admiration- бишрэл
e. detection- илрүүлэлт

500

Report this speech: 

My father said: “I hope we will go on an excursion to the lake next weekend”.

    

My father said that he hoped we would go on excursion to the lake the following weekend.

500

Retell it in passive voice

My mom was cooking the dinner while I was doing my homework.

The dinner was being cooked by my mom while I was doing my homework.

500

He really caught it in the neck because he didn’t put the fire out.

A. He was rewarded.                          

B. He was praised. 

C. He was captured 

D. He was disgraced. 

E. He was scolded           

                        

                                   


    

He really caught it in the neck because he didn’t put the fire out.

A. He was rewarded.

500

What has many keys but can’t open a single lock?

Answer: A piano