English facts
Vocabulary
Grammar
100

What percentage of the English is derived from other languages? 

30%

  • Cheer (v.) from chiere [Old French] 
  • Gravity (n.) from gravitas [Latin] 
  • Avatar (n.) from avatarana [Sanskrit] 
  • Tycoon (n.) from taikun [Japanese] 
  • Albatross (n.) from alcatraz [Spanish] 
100

Phrasal verb that means: To make someone feel sad or depressed

Bring someone down 


100

Using the 3rd condtitional complete the sentence: 

If he _____________ (study)harder, he ___________ (pass)the exam.

  • If he had studied harder, he would have passed the exam.
200

The festival "Holloween" was originated in which country? 

Ireland

200

What is the meaning of COPE WITH?

To deal successfully with a difficult situation. 

Every time I get paid, I have to cope with the stress of not spending it all at once. 

200

By using the passive voice complete following sentence: 

I had a feeling that I ……………………………. (laugh at).

I had a feeling that I was being laughed at.

300

True or False: English is the official language in U.S.A

True.

It was recently declared by the former president D. Trump. However, in the past years U.S.A did not have an official language. 

300

If you are looking for that street you are barking up the wrong tree.

What is the meaning of the idiom? 

To be wrong, to follow the wrong line of thought.

300

Using the reported speech, complete the following activity. 

"Where is your sister?" she asked me.
→ She asked me _________________

she asked me where my sister was


400

What is the shortest word in English?

I


400

"To think that you are better than someone" is what phrasal verb? 

Look down on someone/body

400

By using reported speech, complete the following sentence. 

Don't play on the grass, boys," she said.
→ She told the boys _____________

She told the boys not to play on the grass. 

500

Definition of the word "Embox"? 

To put something into a box.

500

My future house, with its amendeties, will cost an arm and a leg. 

What is the meaning of the idiom? 

To be extremly/very expensive.

500

Using the correct modal verb of deduction, complete the following sentences

She ___________ studied really hard. She passed all her exams with excellent grades. 

must have