Best and Worst Vacations
Health and Illness
Idiomatic expressions
Grammar
Types of Government
100

What type of activities might you do on an Adventure vacation? 

Possible answers: zip lining, rock climbing, bungee jumping. 

100

What is a rash? 

itchy red spots on the body

100

Complete this sentence with the correct idiomatic expression. 


I'm sorry I can't go to your party this afternoon as I am feeling a bit ___________________.

Under the weather.

100

We use the comparative form when ....

we are comparing two things.

100

The main characteristic of this form of government is that the ruler inherits power, and when they die, power automatically passes to one of their children. 

Monarchy 

200

Definition: being the only one of its kind. 


What is the word? 

unique

200

What are two symptoms of food poisoning? 

Vomiting and diarrhea shortly after eating.

200

Complete this sentence with the correct idiom.

My doctor gave me a _______________ so now I can go on vacation to Peru. 

A clean bill of health

200

We use the superlative form when we 

compare three or more things

200

Complete the sentence: When a society overturns its monarch, it becomes a ______________, which is simply a government without a king or queen. 

Republic

300

Describe 3 activities you might do on a "City Break" vacation. 

Possible answers: go to museums, go sightseeing, go shopping, take a bus tour of the city. 
300

What happens if you spill something very hot on yourself? 

You will get burned.

300

Use the expression: Out of shape correctly in a sentence.

Example: The beginner's yoga class was more difficult than I expected; I must be out of shape. 
300

Use the adjective "happy" in the comparative form.

Example: He is always happier to go home than go to school. 

300

This Greek word means "people-power" and arose in ancient Athens in the 5th Century BC.  What is the word? 

Democracy

400
Describe 2 vacation disasters that we learned about from the "Inside Edition" video.

A volcano erupted and lava fell on tourists in a boat in Hawaii, Frye festival, where people paid thousands of dollars to stay in what looked like a "refugee camp," getting bitten by bedbugs, a child crying and screaming on a 6 hour flight, or returning home from vacation and finding people who lived there and destroyed your home. 

400

What type of treatment might the doctor give you if you break your arm? (to keep your arm from moving) 

A sling

400

Complete the sentence with the appropriate idiom.

Please don't come to class if you are coughing and sneezing so much, you look like ___________________________ and you're scaring the students!

Death warmed over

400

Use the word "hot" in the superlative form.

Example: Today was the hottest day on record in June. 

400

What is the cabinet? 

It is a group of high-ranking government officials who advise the president who must be approved by a majority vote from the Senate. 

500

What type of activities can you do to get an "adrenaline rush?"

Possible answers: ride a rollercoaster, go ziplining, go rock climbing. 

500

What might the doctor suggest if you have itchy and watery eyes, and sneezing, but no fever? 

She might tell you to take allergy medicine, tablets and/or nasal spray. 

500

Carol goes to the gym four times a week and has a personal trainer.  Her doctor said that she is ______________________________. 

Fit as a fiddle 

500

Find the mistake and correct this sentence. 


The winning team were happy to celebrate after the game. 

The correct subject-verb agreement is"

was.  
The winning team was happy to celebrate after that game. 

500

Which branch of government can override the president's veto if they disagree with it?

The legislative branch.