Advance Module Nerea

Idioms

100

A: I am in two ___________ whether to make the trip to Norway.

B: I don't know. You should give it a _________.

minds / thought

200

He was relieved his time in jail was over and regarded it as water under the_____________.

bridge

300

To be very rich means to HAVE MONEY TO: 

a) burn

b) start over

c) give 

a) burn

400

To decide to do something that you consider difficult or risky:

a) To lift a burden off your shoulders

b) To face the music

c) To take the plunge

c) To take the plunge

500

I _____________________ by singing during the quarantine. 

a) lifted my spirits up

b) kept my spirits up

c) raised my spirits up

b) kept my spirits up

Phrasal Verbs

100

You will never guess who I  bumped _________ today. 

into

200

To postpone: PUT __________

OFF

300

To pay a lot of attention or too much attention to someone or something, especially to show that you are pleased with them or like them:

FUSS

OVER

400

To investigate: look

into

500

To refuse to accept unfair treatment from a person or organization: 

STAND ____ + _____

He’ll respect you more if you stand ____ ____ him.

up to

Wordbuilding

100

DEMOTIVATE (verb) 

____________ (noun)

DEMOTIVATION

200

ARGUABLE (adj)

__________ (verb) 

ARGUE

300

DEPRESSION (noun)

_____________ (verb)

DEPRESS

400

COVER (verb)

__________ (noun)

COVERAGE

500

RELATIVE (noun/ adj)

_________ (verb)

RELATE

Connectors

100

We would _____________ walk to work _________ drive.

rather...than

200

The doctor operated______________ save his patient's life.

in order to -- so that he/she could

300

Jane got it working ______ using a different cable.

by

400

He was biking in his shorts t__________ it was snowing.

though

500

We will have had a good time ______________ the evening ends.

by the time

General Knowledge

100

LONG AGO. On what day in 1776 did America declare independence from Great Britain?

a) February 14

b) July 4

c) October 5

b) July 4

200

ANIMALS. Amazonian giant centipedes are the length of your: 

a) finger

b) hand

c) forearm

c) forearm

300

DINOSAURS. A Tyrannosaurus Rex was as heavy as a: 

a) car

b) bus 

c) plane

b) bus

400

SCIENCE. An adult human brain weighs the same as:

a) one can of beans

b) four cans of beans

c) ten cans of beans

b) four cans of beans

500

TRAVEL. Where's Death Valley, the world's hottest desert?

a) Australia

b) Mexico

c) The US

c) The US