Pronunciation
Which syllable is stressed in these words?
1. Teenager
2. Afternoon
1. TEEnager
2. AfterNOON
Which verb form follows the expression 'it's worth/it's not worth'?
Give an example sentence.
gerund / 'ing'
Example: The Eiffel Tower is worth visiting.
What is the word for a large bus which travels between cities, or even countries?
A coach
Replace the verb in italics in this sentence with an appropriate phrasal verb:
My doctor told me I need to quit smoking immediately.
give up
What are the two ways to say 'mochila' in English?
rucksack/backpack
Correctly pronounce the two words which have the following meanings:
1. The most popular internet search engine.
2. The special glasses that you wear when you are swimming or doing other kinds of water sports.
1. Google /gúgol/
2. goggles /gógols/
Choose the correct option to complete this sentence:
The doctor told me I ____________ eat less junk food.
a. mustn't b. should to c. ought to
c. ought to
Which verb means 'to travel from your home to your workplace (or vice versa)'?
to commute
Replace the verb in italics in this sentence with an appropriate phrasal verb:
I really want to start a racket sport this year to improve my coordination skills.
take up
How would we say '¡Qué morro!' in English?
What a cheek!
Correctly pronounce the two words which have the following meanings:
1. a person who works with you.
2. a university (USA), or a place you go to study the last two years of secondary school (UK).
1. colleague /cólic/
2. college /cólich/
GO
DO
PLAY
Go + sports ending in 'ing', e.g. go swimming, go cycling, go skiing
Do + individual sports (usually without a ball), e.g. do athletics, do karate, do yoga
Play + games/sports with a ball, e.g. play tennis, play basketball, play rugby
Which item of clothing do boys/men wear to go swimming?
Trunks
Which phrasal verb means 'to submit a piece of work/a project, for example to your boss or teacher'?
hand in
Which expression means 'to break a habit or quit an addiction from one day to the next, instead of gradually'?
to go cold turkey
One person in the team must read this sentence with perfect pronunciation:
We stayed in a very comfortable hotel the night before we went climbing.
We stayed in a very /cOmftabol/ /hotEl/ the night before we went /claiming/
Explain the difference in meaning in these two sentences.
1. You mustn't tell James anything.
2. You don't have to tell James anything.
The first sentence expresses a negative obligation, i.e. it is very important to NOT tell James anything. It is a prohibition.
The second sentence has the meaning of 'you can tell James if you want, but it's not necessary if you don't want to.'
Say the names of these sports/activities:
1. An activity in which you jump from a high place with an elastic cord around your ankles.
2. A sport in which you descend a cliff face or another type of vertical wall using ropes and a harness.
3. An activity in which you jump from an aircraft and fall to the ground using a parachute.
1. bungee jumping
2. abseiling
3. skydiving/parachuting
Which phrasal verb means 'to manage to survive, or to be able to communicate the essential things in another language'?
get by
Read these website/email addresses out loud:
1. www.horrorexperience.com/tickets
2. emily_smith_75@hotmail.co.uk
Helen will say the correct answers!
One person in the team must read this sentence with perfect pronunciation:
They have a variety of chocolate biscuits in the restaurant.
They have a /varAIety/ of /chOklet/ /bIskits/ in the /rEstront/.
Explain the difference between 'all' and 'everything', with examples.
'All' is an adjective, and has to be followed by a noun, e.g. 'All my friends came to the party.'
'Everything' is a pronoun, and does not require a noun, e.g. 'I prepared everything for the party'.
1. a very formal suit, such as the one James Bond often wears.
2. a building/place in which university students live.
3. an area of wet land with lots of vegetation, for example in Costa Rica.
1. tuxedo
2. halls of residence
3. swamp/mangrove
How would you translate this sentence into English?
Mis amigos y yo nos disfrazamos de diablos para Halloween.
My friends and I dressed up as devils for Halloween.
How would you translate these three sentences into English?
1. No me gusta nada el café.
2. Los deportes extremos no me llaman la atención.
3. Me lo pasé muy bien. (Hint: use slang!)
1. I don't like coffee at all.
2. Extreme sports don't appeal to me.
3. I had a blast.