Grammar 1
Vocabulary:
Always thinking good things will happen.
a. optimistic
b. pessimistic
c. perfect
Optimistic
Vocabulary:
To speak too quiet and not clear enough for a person to understand
a. Shout
b. mumble
c. conversation
¨mumble¨
Vocabulary:
Able to be bought at a fair price
a. expensive
b. pricy
c. affordable
¨affordable¨
Vocabulary:
succeed in doing something
a. achieve
b. fail
c. ignore
¨achieve¨
Vocabulary:
Without intending
a. knowingly
b. purposefully
c. accidentally
accidentally
Grammar:
My new bike was hard to ride at first but I (was / got / get) used to it quite quickly.
got
Grammar:
While I (had played / played / was playing) videogames, I heard a big crack of thunder
was playing
Insert the comma:
I don't want to argue with you yet I don't want to give in.
I don't want to argue with you, yet I don't want to give in.
Idioms:
What do we mean when we say that we will "jump ship"?
We get ourselves out of a situation or abandon a plan
"I have to go, maybe I ______ talk to you later."
a) am going to
b) will
b) will
Vocabulary:
Happy that something unpleasant has not happened or has ended
a. upset
b. worried
c. relieved
¨relieved¨
Vocabulary:
Breathe out slowly and noisily
a. sigh
b breath
c. heavy
¨sigh¨
Insert the comma:
While the class took a test the teacher graded papers.
While the class took a test, the teacher graded papers.
Idioms:
– Did you know that a tiger escaped from the zoo and is hanging around in our backyard right now?
– Ah, stop it! You’re pulling my leg!
What does "pulling my leg" mean?
to be lied to, but usually in teasing, joking way.
Wohoo!
Free points
Steal 400 points from another team
That`s nice of you
The new movie is about a boy _____ has lost his parents in a car accident.
a) whose
b) who
c) whom
b) who
Grammar:
The party______________next Friday at eight.
a. was
b. were
c. is
is
Idioms:
What do we mean when we say "be on board"?
To be willing to go along with it, or to be enthusiastic about it.
I live in Canada, ___ is not a densely populated country.
a) that
b) which
c) what
Sam knows a man _______ brother works for the president.
a) whose
b) which
c) that
a) whose
Insert the comma:
Her birthday is July 17 2010.
Her birthday is July 17, 2010.
He is the brightest man _____ I know.
a) that
b) who
c) which
Idioms:
What do we mean when we say and idea "doesn`t hold water"?
The idea doesn`t make sense.
Grammar:
If you ___________ looked for fossils before, don’t worry.
a. hadn't
b. haven't
c. isn't
haven’t