🚗 On the Road
This is the British English word for a traffic circle.
What is Roundabout?
This informal, sometimes negative word describes someone obsessed with academic study and not popular culture.
What is 'nerd'?
This is an important new discovery or development that helps you achieve something.
What is 'breakthrough'?
This is a sum of money you must pay as punishment for a minor offense, like illegal parking.
What is 'fine'?
"I ______ (be) to Japan three times." Complete this sentence about life experience.
What is 'have been'?
This phrase describes the rules and measures designed to prevent traffic accidents and protect road users.
What is 'road safety'?
Use a gerund or infinitive: "She enjoys ______ (memorise) poetry."
What is 'memorising'?
This is a disadvantage or problem that makes something a less attractive idea.
What is a drawback?
This is a type of public behavior that is noisy, violent, and not controlled.
What is 'disorderly conduct'?
Correct this sentence: "By the time the police arrived, the thief disappears."
What is 'By the time the police arrived, the thief had disappeared'?
Use a past modal of deduction to complete the sentence: "The roads are very icy, so the accident ______ been easy to avoid."
What is 'couldn't have'?
Describe a "child prodigy" using the verb "grasp" in your definition.
What is 'A child prodigy is a young person who can grasp complex concepts in a specific field with incredible speed and skill'?
This adjective describes something that does not weigh much. (e.g., "The new ______ design makes the drone easier to carry.")
What is 'lightweight'?
Explain the difference between "impose a curfew" and "issue a fine."
What is 'To impose a curfew is to create a rule forcing people to be indoors at a certain time, while to issue a fine is to officially demand a payment as a penalty for a broken rule'?
Contrast a past habit with a present one using "used to" and the Present Simple.
What is '...'?
Explain the difference between a "motorway" and a typical city street.
What is 'A motorway is a major, high-speed road for long-distance travel, typically with multiple lanes and no traffic lights, while a city street has lower speed limits, intersections, and pedestrian crossings'?
This phrase means to be able to understand something difficult. (e.g., "The concept was so complex I couldn't ______ it.")
What is 'grasp'?
Use the second conditional to speculate about a scientific breakthrough. "If scientists ______ (discover) a cure for all diseases, it ______ (be) the biggest breakthrough in history."
What is 'discovered / would be'?
This is the name for a prank call made to emergency services, which is a serious crime.
What is 'a hoax call'?
Rephrase this sentence using a structure for past habits: "In the past, people wrote letters to communicate over long distances, but they don't anymore."
What is 'People used to write letters to communicate over long distances'?
Create a sentence using a past modal of deduction to speculate about the cause of a minor fender-bender you witnessed.
What is '[e.g., The driver must have been distracted by their phone because they didn't brake in time]'?
Critique this statement using the vocabulary words stand out and keep up with: "In a class of gifted students, it's easy for a child prodigy to excel without much effort."
What is '[e.g., That's not necessarily true. Even a prodigy has to work hard to stand out among other gifted students, and they must constantly keep up with new information and challenges in their field to remain the best]'?
Debate a hypothetical technology: "One drawback of everyone having a microchip for identification would be..." (Complete the thought)
What is '[e.g., ...a serious loss of privacy]'?
Explain why a valid ticket is important for public transport and the consequence of not having one, using the phrase "issue a fine."
What is 'A valid ticket proves you have paid for the service. If an inspector finds you without one, they will issue you a fine'?
Create a single sentence that correctly uses the Past Perfect, the Past Simple, and the Present Perfect. (e.g., connection between past event and now)