Vocabulary
Pronunciation
Grammar
Useful Phrases
Grab Bag
100

Name four things you can find in a city.

....

100

Say "neighbourhood"

neighbourhood

100

Choose the correct form of the verb in brackets:

"Hi, ____ you still _____ (come) round for lunch on Saturday?"

"Hi, are you still coming round for lunch on Saturday?"

100

What phrase can you use to begin a story?

There was once, Once there was, Once upon a time...

100

You have 20 seconds to stand up and touch your nose.

...

200

What is a synonym of "metropolis"?

city

200

Say "suburbs, rural"

suburbs, rural

200

Choose the correct form of the verb in brackets:

"Session 12 _____ (start) on the 2nd of November."

"Session 12 starts on the 2nd of November."

200

Name three words/phrases you can you to show the sequence of events.

First, next, then, after that, finally...

200

What is the 16th letter in the alphabet?

P

300

______: One of a group of shops that belong to one company

Chain store: One of a group of shops that belong to one company

300

Say "needed, wanted"

needed, wanted

300

Choose the correct form of the verbs in brackets:

I'm so please you've offered _____ (help) me plan my budget. I don't really enjoy _____ (think) about money.

I'm so please you've offered to help me plan my budget. I don't really enjoy thinking about money.

300

What word can you use to signal the listener that you are going to give a long explanation, so they should listen carefully?

Well, (I used to live in a...)

300

You have 60 seconds to line up in order of youngest to oldest.

...

400

_________: Something to remember a special person, place, or event.

Monument: Something to remember a special person, place, or event.

400

Say "watched, stopped, finished"

watched, stopped, finished

400

Put the adverb form of the adjective in brackets in the correct place:

Push on the window to close it. (hard)

Push hard on the window to close it.

400

What word can you use to signal to the listener that you want to change the topic back to what you were saying previously?

Anyway, (I climbed up a tree).

400

Come to the front and do your favourite dance

:)

500

The entertainment __________ is often quiet during the day, but it comes alive at night.

The entertainment district is often quiet during the day, but it comes alive at night.

500

Say "sneezed, called, wormed"

sneezed, called, wormed

500

Choose the correct option:

Lia and Carlos have driven/have been driving over 20,000km this year.

Lia and Carlos have driven over 20,000km this year.

500

What word can you use to signal the listener that you have already explained something?

So, (there was this cute cat).

500

Tell a joke that makes Will laugh.

ha ha ha

600

________: expressive of or appealing to sentiment, especially the tender emotions and feelings, such as love, pity, or nostalgia.

Sentimental: expressive of or appealing to sentiment, especially the tender emotions and feelings, such as love, pity, or nostalgia.

600

Say "colonel"

colonel

600

Make a sentence using present perfect and a time expression using the following information:

I left my old apartment in January. I'm still looking for a new place to live.

I've been looking for a new place to live since (I left my old apartment in) January.

600

Your friend's dog died yesterday. What should you say to them to show empathy?

:(

600

Say this tongue twister without messing up:

I thought a thought but the thought I thought wasn’t the thought I thought I thought.

I thought a thought but the thought I thought wasn’t the thought I thought I thought.