Literature
This novel is about boys stranded on a deserted island.
Lord of the Flies
Noun form of “true”
truth
What is the name of the fictional town in which Stranger Things takes place?
Hawkins, Indiana
Passive to active
This could be done much more easily by a machine.
A machine could do this much more easily.
Define the following idiom:
“Cost an arm and a leg”
Meaning: To be very expensive
This is the turning point of a story.
Climax
Antonym of “available”
unavailable
Which animated film features a cowboy named Woody?
Toy Story
Paraphrase
People say that travelling broadens your horizons.
Travelling...
Travelling is said to broaden your horizons.
Define the following idiom:
“Beat around the bush”
To avoid talking about what’s important.
This author created the detective Sherlock Holmes.
Arthur Conan Doyle
Which part of speech is “punctuality”?
noun
What is Dracula’s nationality (according to current political geography)?
Romanian
Paraphrase
There are rumours that the Turners have bought a house in the suburbs.
The Turners...
The Turners are rumoured to have bought a house in the suburbs.
Define the following idiom
“The last straw:
Patience has run out
This American author wrote Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn.
Mark Twain
Understand what is really being said – THINK THINK
think twice
In what year was the first Apple iPhone released?
2007
Guess the conditional:
What would have happened if you had not come to school today?
Third conditional
Define the following idiom:
“The elephant in the room”
A problem that everyone is avoiding discussing.
Who plays Jay Gatsby in the 2013 film adaptation of The Great Gatsby?
Leonardo DiCaprio
Unscramble this – THEIVR
thrive
The "Seven Wonders of the Ancient World" include the Great Pyramid of Giza and this hanging garden city?
Babylon
I wish I __________ (not / make) that mistake yesterday.
The answer: hadn’t made
Define the following idiom:
“Barking up the wrong tree”
To look for something in the wrong place or to blame the wrong person.