Missing Words
Doing a little revision every night has been proven to be much more effecting than _____ other method of studying.
any
Jannet has been vision-impaired since she was born, but that hasn't stopped _____ her dreams.
a) her to achieve
b) that she achieves
c) her achieve
d) her achieving
her achieving
C_________
the end or finish of an event, process, or text.
Conclusion
When you accomplish two different things at the same time you "kill two B______ with one S______".
Kill two birds with one stone.
Which is the most common consonant in the English language?
(Consonant = Not A, E, I, O or U)
'R'
Not 'S', which is what everyone guesses.
Believe it ______ not, this tree is over 500 years old.
or
If we _____ earlier, none of this would have happened.
a) would know
b) 'd known
c) would have known
d) knew
'd known
C__________
the ideas, customs, and social behaviour of a particular people or society.
Culture
When you get a calculation correct your tutor may say “you hit the N______ on the H______”.
Hit the nail on the head
What is the most common letter to start a word with in English?
'S'
_____ I still believe what I said is true, I am willing to back down on this issue.
While / Although
_____ with beer, fruits can lead to a spike in blood sugar levels.
a) Combining them
b) Combining
c) Combined
d) Combined they
E______
A product or service sold abroad.
Export
When you don’t want to talk about an issue until it happens you can say “we’ll C______ that B______ when we come to it”.
Cross that bridge when we come to it
There are only three words in English that begin with the letters DW. The first two are Dwindle and Dwell. What is the third?
Dwarf.
Nowadays, tents are _____ lightweight, you hardly notice you're carrying them.
So
After the match, the striker was clearly angry at _____.
a) having substituted
b) be sustituted
c) being substituted
d) substituting
being substituted
C_________
a class or division of people or things regarded as having particular shared characteristics.
Category
I work in the city and live in the countryside, so you’ll often hear me say “I have the B______ of both W______”.
Best of both worlds
Name a country that has all of A, E, I, O and U in it's name.
Mozambique
Equatorial Guinee
If you come up with something clever like "Democratic Republic of _______" then I'll allow it.
There's no need to bring anything ______ than the basics.
More
The new stadium is _____ to open by the end of next year.
a) due
b) about
c) one the brink
d) on the point
due
C___________
give (someone) something, typically money, in recognition of loss, suffering, or injury incurred; recompense.
Compensate
If you find something challenging or confusing you can say “I can’t W______ my H______ around it”.
Wrap my head
There are four countries in the world that have only a since vowel (A, E, I, O, U) in their names.
Egypt, Chad and Cyprus are three. What is the forth?
Kyrgyzstan
Also, Cyprus technically shouldn't count because it's divided - but let's not get political.