Grammar
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Vocabulary
Idioms and Phrasal Verbs
Riddles
200

What is the past tense of "run"?

ran

200

Past tense of take

took

200

Give an opposite of "tiny"?

big, huge, gigantic, enormous, large

200

My favorite show is starting! Please, ___ the television.

turn down, in or on?

turn on

200

What goes up but never comes down?

age

300

What is the difference between “less” and “fewer”?

less for uncountable nouns

fewer for countable nouns

300

comparative of far

farther or further

300

Remind or remember me to call the doctor?

remind

300

“Sorry, I’m busy at the moment”  

“Ok, but can you..."

recall / call me back / call again

call me back

300

What comes once in a minute, twice in a moment, but never in a thousand years?

The letter M

400

Choose the correct sentence:
A. He not play.
B. He don't play.
C. He doesn't play.

He doesn't play.

400

Is this correct?

"I'm playing cards."

Yes

400

What's the British word for "sidewalk"

pavement

400

I ran ... an old friend at a restaurant yesterday.

up / into / with

into

400

What can fly without wings?

time

500

Paste tense of "fall"

fell

500

My wife and I ..... our friends later. 

visited / are going to visit / visits / will visiting

are going to visit

500

Say this number correctly: 2,573,891.

Two million, five hundred (and) seventy-three thousand, eight hundred and ninety-one

500

He was ___ by his aunt after he lost his parents.

brought up / followed up / carried up

He was brought up by his aunt after he lost his parents.

500

What has legs but cannot walk?

a chair

600

What is the plural of "leaf"?

leaves

600

Correct this: I need to give you an information. 

I need to give you some (or "a piece of") information.

600

The bill was unpaid due to an oversight.

In this case, oversight means...

an accidental mistake or omission caused by not paying attention 


600

What's the meaning of the expression "break a leg"

Good luck

600

What word becomes shorter when you add two letters?

Short

700

The correct article for hotel is "a" or "an"?

a

700

If we __________________ (not / work) harder, we__________________ (not pass) the exam

First conditional

If we don’t work harder, we won’t pass the exam.

700

Who is the father of your husband/wife ?

father-in-law

700

"a piece of cake"

An expression meaning "it's very easy"

700

What has keys but cannot open locks?

Piano

800

I have lived in Florence for 19 years and now I live in Milan.

What's wrong with this sentence?

I lived in Florence for 19 years and now I live in Milan.

800

What is the plural of "goose"?

geese

800

We had a great day at Disneyland. All the rides were very... fun or funny?

fun

800

A synonym of "look after"

Take care of

800

What can you hold without ever touching?

Breath

900

Plural of child, person, tooth, mouse

children, people, teeth, mice

900

She ___ sing beautifully when she was younger.

Can, could or will?

She could sing beautifully when she was younger.

900

Otherwise and instead, what's the difference?

instead = "in place of" (choosing one thing over another)

otherwise = "if not" or "under different circumstances"

900

Jack is my best friend, we get ___ with each other very well.

along / away / together

along

900

What has words but never speaks?

a book

1000

I ..... here for three hours by six o'clock.

'll wait / 'll have been waiting / 'll be waiting/ 've waited

I'll have been waiting here for three hours by six o'clock.

1000

If Julie __________________ (not go) to Sweden, she__________________ (go) to Germany.

Germany was her second option

If Julie hadn’t gone to Sweden, she would have gone to Germany.

1000

If your father marries another woman, you have a _________.

step-mother

1000

We're buying a gift for the teacher and asking everyone to...

hang on / fall for it / chip in.

chip in

1000

What has hands but cannot clap?

a clock