Tenses Torture
Prepositions Paranoia
Conditional Cauldron
Linkers Leprosy
Pronunciation Panic
100
Why /you,not,wear/ a disguise?
aren't you wearing
100
Halloween is a holiday famous ____ scary disguises
FOR
100
Call me old-fashioned but I /refuse/ to drink blood unless it /be/ warm and frothy.
refuse, is
100
Disappointed though he was, the vampire could not attend the celebration o____ t_____ his allergy to the sun.
owing to
100
how do you pronounce: BUTCHER?
/ˈbʊtʃ.ər/
200
The werewolf /raise/ his head and started howling soulfully, hoping his voice /reach/ the faraway village.
raised, would reach
200
Some people seem deficient ____ ideas for scary disguises.
IN
200
The place /not stink/ of rotten eggs if you /know/ how to season human flesh.
wouldn't stink, knew
200
______ it being a cold wintry night, the werewolf trotted happily through the snow - his thick fur made him impervious to adverse weather conditions. a. although b.despite of c. in spite of
c. in spite of
200
How do you pronounce:PSYCHOPATH?
/ˈsaɪ.kə.pæθ/
300
'I /be/ exhausted, because I /chase/ humans for several hours', /complain/ the zombie.
am, have been chasing, complained
300
For some serial killers, Halloween is the most convenient holiday _____ hunting victims
FOR
300
Supposing I /cut/ your fingers one by one, how loud do you think /you scream/?
cut, would be screaming
300
______ hard they tried, _____ they asked for help, none of the brave neighbourhood boys managed to leave the haunted house alive.
however, whoever
300
How do you pronounce: PSYCHIC GHOUL?
/ˈsaɪ.kɪk/ /ɡuːl/
400
By December all Halloween scares /be, forget/, as everybody /think/ of another holiday.
will have been forgotten, will be thinking
400
Some people get annoyed _____ kids trick-or treating.
WITH/BY/AT
400
/you, should, happen/ to hear a knock on the door, please /dispense/ the treats I left in the severed head scraped clean and scooped out for the occasion.
should you happen, dispense
400
A zombie, as such, is deprived of a functioning mind, _____ it cannot reason logically. a. which is why b.that is why c.what is why
a. which is why
400
how do you pronounce: CEMETERY?
/ˈsem.ə.tri/, /ˈsem.ə.ter.i/
500
By the time the sun /rise/, the vampire /aready return/ to his coffin and now /lie/still.
rose, had already returned, lay
500
The vampires seemed devoid____ any human feelings as it bit into the victim's neck.
OF
500
/not, be, for/ the half-munched carcass spread-eagled on the porch l /not take/ a dreadful tumble.
Had it not been for, would not have taken
500
Halloween is celebrated in many cultures, ______ differently. The Uk and US focus on the spooky element; _______, Mexico seems to concentrate on the grotesque. a. albeit, subsequently b. conversely, although c.albeit, conversely d. despite, subsequently
c. albeit, conversely
500
How do you pronounce: ANNIHILATE?
/əˈnaɪ.ə.leɪt/