VOCABULARY
What is the missing word: HIGH … / SECONDARY … / BOARDING …
SCHOOL
Using the provided word, create a sentence with a similar meaning:
She is too young to vote. ENOUGH
She ____________________________.
SHE IS NOT OLD ENOUGH TO VOTE.
What is the capital city of Canada?
OTTAWA
When something is extremely easy, we say it is a piece of … .
CAKE
What do we call a word that has the opposite meaning of another word?
ANTONYM
Translate: On jest mega uparty, but quite reliable.
Fill in the blank:
If I ___ ___, I would definitely travel more.
WAS YOU/WERE YOU
What is the name of the famous clock tower in London?
BIG BEN/ELIZABETH TOWER
Complete the expression: Better late than … .
NEVER
SORRY
What is the longest river in the world traditionally taught in schools?
THE NILE
Explain the difference between borrow and lend.
borrow = take something from someone for a period of time
lend = give something to someone for a period of time
Complete with one phrase only:
I’m not ___ ___ getting up so early.
They ___ ___ go to college, but they failed.
USED TO
What do Americans celebrate on the fourth Thursday of November?
THANKSGIVING
What does the idiom hit the nail on the head mean?
It means to say exactly the right thing / to be exactly right
How many letters are there in the English alphabet?
26
Complete the sentences with one word only:
1) The old man was almost completely ___ in one eye.
2) Justice is often portrayed as a ___folded woman holding scales.
3) It was love at first sight, even though it had started as a ___ date.
BLIND
Using the word provided, complete the second sentence so that it means the same as the first:
I last saw him two years ago. TOUCH
I __________________ him for two years.
I HAVEN'T BEEN IN TOUCH WITH HIM FOR TWO YEARS.
What nickname was Margaret Thatcher given because of her uncompromising political style?
THE IRON LADY
Complete the proverb: Don’t count your chickens before they … .
HATCH
The capital city of Australia is ...
CANBERRA
What does the word
FLOCCINAUCINIHILIPILIFICATION
mean?
ESTIMATING SOMETHING AS WORTHLESS
Define the grammatical difference between these sentences:
I remembered to call him.
I remember calling him.
remember to call = first remember, then do the action
remember calling = have a memory of having done the action before
How do you pronunce the name of this British actress?
SIOBHAN FINNERAN
/ʃɪˈvɔːn/
What does the idiom once in a blue moon mean?
Use it in a short sentence.
It means very rarely.
Example: We go to the cinema once in a blue moon.
Give two examples of English words that are homophones (THEY SOUND THE SAME BUT ARE SPELLED IN A DIFFERENT WAY).
see/sea
right/write
know/no
son/sun
be/bee