Phrasal Verbs
Suffixes, Prefixes (and...Blend words)
Advertising
Animals
Education and Language
100

Need or depend on

Rely on

100
Which word is CORRECT?


Unactivate, deactivate, disactivate

Deactivate

100

'Just do it', 'Have a break, have a Kit Kat', 'Red Bull gives you wiiings'. These phrases are examples of WHAT.

Slogans

100

Elephants DO NOT have some of the following body parts. Which ones are they:

trunk, ears, scales, tusks, fur, hooves

Scales, fur, hooves

100

Outside of one's regular class activities, such as sports or school clubs 

Extracurricular

200

Permanently leave school or an activity without finishing

Drop out

200

Make a word with the meaning "to remove color from" according to the following formula: 

prefix+ word stem+suffix

Decolorize

200
A 'no-brainer' means...

Something that is very simple to do or to understand

200

Name the animal

Sloth

200
Student or worker who tries to do their best in everything 

Overachiever 

300

Consider an idea

Toy with

300

What does the blend word "liger" stand for?

Lion + tiger

300

To phone or visit a possible customer to try to sell them a product or service without being asked by the customer to do so

Cold-calling

300

Complete the sentence with the correct word:

It is believed that today's dogs are descended from ________ wolves.

Domesticated

300

Complete the sentence with the correct word:

It took me a while to learn the _________ when I first started in this job but it all seems pretty routine now.

Ropes

400

Complete the gap with the correct phrasal verb:

Yesterday I _______ an advanced Russian conversation course offered only to seniors.

Sat in on
400

Choose the correct phrasal verb to complete the gap:

I was prepared to _________ her mistakes this time.

a) Overcome

b) Overhear

c) Overlook

d) Overestimate

c) Overlook

400

A marketing strategy that relies on customers’ experiences with certain brands and recommendations they share with their friends and family

Word-of-mouth advertising

400

Name 3 verbs used to talk about killing an animal or a person that match the following definitions:

a) To kill people or animals in large numbers

b) To violently kill a person or animal

c) To illegally hunt and kill a protected animal

a) Massacre

b) Slay

c) Poach

400

We use literary language in formal writing and literature and THIS language when we speak. 

Vernacular 

500

Replace the incorrect phrasal verb in italics with the correct form of another phrasal verb:

The retailer listens and seems enthusiastic, but Josh talks into the retailer's behaviour and believes that the retailer plans to steal his idea.

Reads into
500

Complete the gap with the correct word with the prefix:

France and Germany have signed a ________ agreement to help prevent drug smuggling.

Bilateral

500

A form of sound branding or an easily recognized  tune used in advertising:

A) Ringlet

B) Jingle

C) Soundtrack

D) Tune

B) Jingle

500

Name ONE of two words that we use to talk about the removal of animals' sexual organs, so that they cannot breed:

Spray or neuter 

500

Find the word that was misused and replace it with the correct one:

My son doesn't like school very much and keeps cramming. If he keeps missing classes, he will have serious problems when he gets older.

Playing truant