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Don't shout, ________? The baby is asleep!
a. do you
b. will you
c. don’t you
Don't shout, will you? The baby is asleep!
Which of the following words include these sounds?
/i:/ keep - night - lit - late - fry
/I/ feet - sit - night - keen - sigh
/i:/ keep
/I/ sit
True or False
The form needs to be filled out by Friday
The English like tea ____________ Americans prefer coffee.
a. while
b. because
c. whereas
d. due to
The Enlgish like tea whereas/while Americans prefer coffee.
What's the capital of Denmark?
Copenhagen
_________for his help, we would get into terrible trouble.
a. Thanks
b. Were it not
c. Because
Were it not for his help, we would have got into terrible trouble.
Which of the following words include these sounds?
/e/ gate - feel - fade - bell - grass
/3:/ feed - bad - food - fate - bird
/e/ bell
/3:/ bird
Can you give me an example of an impersonal passive?
The President was thought to be guilty of fraud.
It is _____________ believed that vegetarianism is the only way to save the planet.
a. widely
b. greatly
c. always
d. biggly
It is widely believed that vegetarianism is the only way to save the planet.
Who won the Oscar this year for Best Actress?
Emma Stone
He promised ___________ drinking.
a. to give up
b. give up
c. giving up
He promised to give up drinking.
Which of the following words include these sounds?
/ɑ:/ water - night - cat - stars - paper
/ʌ/ fat - bet - look - food - cut
/æ/ late - cut - laugh - best - tea
/ɑ:/ stars
/ʌ/ cut
/æ/ cat
True or False
The company is said to be founded by the present owner's great-grandfather in 1940.
False
to have been founded
Many people were trapped in their houses ___________ the heavy snowfall.
a. lead to
b. due to
c. owing to
d. because
Many people were trapped in their houses due to the heavy snowfall.
If you're birthday is on 1st January, what's your star sign?
Capricorn
I was wondering _________ you prefer tea or coffee.
a. whether
b. if
c. that
I was wondering whether you prefer tea or coffee.
Which of the following words include these sounds?
/ð/ rather - thing - three - though
/θ/ that - thorough - thus - thin
/ð/ rather - though
/θ/ thorough - thin
What do we use WISH + Past Simple for?
In order to talk about situations in the present or future that we would like to be different.
It goes without ___________ that without nuclear weapons the world would be a safer place.
a. telling
b. saying
c. explaining
d. reminding
It goes without saying that without nuclear weapons the world would be a safer place.
In which year did WW1 begin?
1914
Both my parents work as lawyers. I'm under so much pressure to become one but I don't know if I could live _____to their expectations.
a. up
b. down
c. out
Both my parents work as lawyers. I'm under so much pressure to become one but I don't know if I could live up to their expectations.
Which of the following words include these sounds?
/aʊ/ shout - fall - down - look
/eɪ/ came - break - bike - being
/aʊ/ shout - down
/eɪ/ came - break
Rewrite this sentence
People think that Sam was working for a competitor at the same time as working for us
Sam.....
Sam is thought to have been working...
In ___________ of the above, it's probably true that...
a. light
b. contrast
c. account
d. reply
In light of the above, it's probably true that...
Who wrote Pride and Prejudice?
Jane Austen