Grammar
Unscramble!
Vocabulary
Arguments
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“When I was in school, I was good at football.”
Steven said he _____ good at football at school.
a. had been
b. had bought
c. had been playing
a. had been
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a strange / It / to say. / was / thing
It was a strange thing to say.
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a. gadgets
b. phones
c. robots
a. gadgets
100
A formal argument.
a. offensive
b. dispute
c. fighting
b. dispute
200
“We’ll be playing tennis until seven.”
Lenny said they ______ tennis until seven.
a. had been
b. would be playing
c. was playing
b. would be playing
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troubles me / reacted to / What / the news. / is how he
What troubles me is how he reacted to the news.
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He is having an information ________.
a. overload
b. explosion
c. attack
a. overload
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An unimportant argument.
a. dispute
b. row
c. bicker
c. bicker
300
“You’ve been playing your guitar for hours now.”
Sarah told me that I ________ my guitar for hours.
a. had been playing
b. would be playing
c. would have been playing
a. had been playing
300
cats / as easy as / is not / it seems. / Looking after
Looking after cats is not as easy as it seems.
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My grandfather’s house is close to the ocean, so it’s _______ to storms.
a. near
b. vulnerable
c. close
b. vulnerable
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Tom and Natalia like different basketball teams but they still enjoy watching games together.
a. Tom and Natalia have differing views.
b. Tom and Natalia quarrel.
c. Tom and Natalia bicker.
a. Tom and Natalia have differing views.
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“Playing video games is a waste of your time.”
He told me that playing video games _____ a waste of my time.
a. was
b. were
c. are
a. was
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low. / worries me that / is so / It really / my math grade
It really worries me that my math grade is so low.
400
I think my smartphone has an _______ effect on my attention span.
a. altering
b. unimportant
c. adverse
c. adverse
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Lisa’s husband forgot her birthday, and she’s so angry she won’t speak to him.
a. Lisa and her husband had differing views.
b. Lisa and her husband quarreled.
c. Lisa and her husband had a dispute.
b. Lisa and her husband quarreled.
500
“Wow! What a beautiful dress! Where did you buy it?”
She asked me where I _______ my dress.
a. would be buying
b. bought
c. had bought
c. had bought
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would commit / why someone / a crime. / to understand / It’s difficult
It’s difficult to understand why someone would commit a crime.
500
The forest is _________. Every year it gets smaller and smaller.
a. deforestation
b. shrunked
c. deteriorating
c. deteriorating
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“Did you hear? John fought with Bill at the party last night!”
a. John and Bill had a row.
b. John and Bill bickered.
c. John and Bill had differing views.
a. John and Bill had a row.