Grammar
Conditionals.
She could win the race if she ______. (TRY)
She could win the race if she tried.
What is the opposite of arrival?
Departure
Who discovered penicillin?
Alexander Fleming
After Ms. Smith caught Darnisha chewing gum for the third time, Ms. Smith scheduled a parent teacher conference with Darnisha’s mother. When Darnisha’s mother came into Ms. Smith’s classroom, she was chewing gum. Ms. Smith thought to herself, “the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree.”
a. Ms. Smith thinks that Darnisha dresses like her mother.
b. Ms. Smith thinks that Darnisha acts a lot like her mother.
c. Ms. Smith is surprised to see that Darnisha’s mother came.
d. Ms. Smith thinks that Darnisha’s mother lives very close to the school.
Ms. Smith thinks that Darnisha acts a lot like her mother.
You'd better _______ your cigarette as it is dangerous to smoke at a gas station.
A) hold up
B) pull through
C) get through
D) hang up
E) put out
put out
Prepositions.
I’m not ____ the mood for such silly games.
1. on
2. in
3. with
in
What is the opposite of deep?
shallow
Which planet has the most moons?
Even though Candace already had a new job, she submitted her two-week notice and conducted herself in a professional way at her old job because she didn’t want (to burn bridges.)
a. Candace didn’t want to ruin her positive relationship with her old employer.
b. Candace wasn’t ready to start her new job.
c. Candace was really going to miss her old job.
d. Candace was waiting until her last day to rub it in everyone’s face that she was leaving.
Candace didn’t want to ruin her positive relationship with her old employer.
What sports did you_____ when you were younger?
1. look up
2. take up
3. get on with
4. look up to
take up
Conditionals.
I _____ to your party if I had had time. (COME)
would have come
What is the opposite of host?
guest
Who does Dobby serve before he is freed by Harry Potter?
The Malfoy family
We all get our share of weal and woe in life.
Weal and woe means:
a) Be in danger
b) Adversity
c) Good times and bad times
d) Friends and enemies
Good times and bad times
His oratory __________ the feelings of the crowd.
1. worked up
2. worked out
worked up
Put the right tenses in the gaps.
At the moment _______ a hard time dealing with the children. They _______ so difficult to handle recently. (HAVE, BECOME)
At the moment she's having a hard time dealing with the children. They have become so difficult to handle recently.
What is the opposite of extreme?
Moderate
What is the capital of Argentina?
Buenos Aries
After going to the zoo, the mall, and the movies, Cassie was sick of (bending over backwards) to entertain her nieces.
a. Cassie was doing very little to entertain her nieces.
b. Cassie was making small efforts to entertain her nieces.
c. Cassie was trying very hard to entertain her nieces.
d. Cassie was not trying at all to entertain her nieces.
Cassie was trying very hard to entertain her nieces.
If it weren't for the loan I got from the bank, it would have been impossible for me to ______ my own business.
A) set up
B) cross out
C) drop off
D) take down
E) throw up
set up
Put the right tenses in the gaps.
_________ the latest news? – The president _________ that he ________ to resign next summer. – That's not new. I _______ that for ages! (YOU HEAR, JUST ANNOUNCE, PLAN, KNOW)
Have you heard the latest news? – The president has just announced that he is planning to resign next summer. – That's not new. I have known that for ages!
What is the opposite of plant (as a verb)?
harvest
How many bones are there in the average adult human body?
206
Bobby would have been playing ball (until the cows came home) if it hadn’t been for Suzie dragging him home for dinner.
a. Bobby was just about to stop playing ball.
b. Bobby didn’t even want to play ball to begin with.
c. Bobby prefers nature to athletics.
d. Bobby would have continued playing ball for a long time.
Bobby would have continued playing ball for a long time.
The soldier will be brought to trial because he is thought to have _____ state secrets to the enemy.
A) backed up
B) given away
C) broken out
D) turned off
E) run over
given away