Vocabulary
Grammar
Pronunciation
Trivia riddles
Miscellaneous
100
make sure someone is safe/treated well: l____ o___ for someon
look out for someone
100
Same or different:
We're painting the house
We're having the house painted
different
100
How do you say:
engineer
En jee Near
100
Who is going to the UK this summer?
Jon, Noa and Nuria
100
What's a motto?
a short sentence or phrase giving a rule on how to behave, which expresses the aims or beliefs of a person, school, or institution
200
growing rapidly and a lot:
This town has a _________ Asian community
burgeoning
200
Re-write with the 2 reporting passive structures
There is a rumour going round the band have sacked the lead guitarist.
It.......
The lead guitarist....
It is rumoured that the lead guitarist has been sacked (by the band)
The lead guitarist is rumoured to have been sacked (by the band)
200
How many syllables:
comfortable
vegetable
chocolate
comf tible
vedz tible
txuc leit
200
Whose school (from our class) has a motto?
Patricia?
200
Which famous singer died in Switzerland a couple of weeks ago?
Tina Turner
300
MARRY
The final question on the form was about my .......... status. )
INFECT
I'm doing the cleaning today. Can you get me a bottle of .......... from the supermarket.
PROFESSION
The shop assistant had acted in a rude and ......... manner and it was suggested she was given the sack.
married
disinfectant
unprofessional
300
The identity of the murderer is not reveled until the last page.
UNTIL
Not ____________________ of the murderer revealed
We only very rarely see a decent performance from the actor these days.
DO
Only _________ from the actor these days
Not until the very last page is the identify of the murderer revealed.
Only very rarely do we see a decent performance from the actor.
300
Put these into the plural and say them correctly:
miss
guess
chase
misses
guesses
chases
300
which letter of the alphabet has the most water?
C
300
magpie
400
The countryside was s____ i___ snow, it looked b______ (very beautiful)
The passengers all tried to c____ ___ the bus, but there wasn't enough room
There's no fresh air in here, it's a bit ____
sheathed in
breathtaking
cram into
stuffy
400
correct the errors:
It wasn't so much Ralph's good looks which appealed to Eleanor than his sense of humour.
I can't understand why the film was such hugely successful: it wasn't nearly as good as his last one, yet it made 5 times as much at the box office
It wasn't so much Ralph's good looks which appealed to Eleanor AS his sense of humour.
I can't understand why the film was SO hugely successful/ SUCH A HUGE SUCCESS: it wasn't nearly as good as his last one, yet it made 5 times as much at the box office
400
what are the rules for words ending in -ed?
/t/ sound - voiceless consonant (cook/finish)
/d/ sound - voiced consonant (manage/narrow/)
/id/ sound if the root words ends in the sound /t/ or /d/
400
- Three men were in a boat. It capsized, but only two got their hair wet. Why?
one was bald
400
what is the difference between
used to/would
used to/usually
Used to and would both mean past actions you did regularly and no longer to.
Would cannot be used with stative verbs
usually i- to talk about something you do regularly now
500
They're a naturally/practically gifted musician.
She's a strong/hard swimmer
Your __ brining is a factor that can shape your sense of humour.
There has been a serious ______ BREAK of cholera in New Dehli.
naturally gifted
strong swimmer
upbringining
outbreak
500
My brother now earns far less than he did when he was younger.
NEARLY
My brother .................................. much now as he did when he was younger.They are demolishing the old bus station and replacing it with a new one.
PULLED
The old bus station is .................................. with a new one.3) The number of students now at university has reached an all-time high, apparently.
THE
The number of students now at university is ................... been, apparently.
My brother doesn't earn nearly as much now...
The old bus station is being pulled down and being replaced
The number of students now at university is the highest it is has ever
500
Identify all the schwa sounds in the following
The weather's was good or the weather was bad
The weather was better when we were together
Whatever the weather we had
go to:The Weather | Hancock McDonald ELT
500
What word begins and ends with an E but only has one letter?
envelope
500
What kind of tree can you carry in your hand?
a palm (tree)