Pronunciation
What is a voiced consonant?
A consonant in which when you say it you feel a vibration in your throat.
What does booming mean?
Having a period of great prosperity or rapid economic growth.
True or false? A preposition is a phrase of when, where and how.
True
True or false? The subject of a sentence is who or what causes the action or expresses a state of being.
True
What is a zero conditional?
A general truth. Example: There are 365 days in the calendar year, except for every fourth year when it's a leap year. Then there are 366 days.
What is an unvoiced consonant?
A consonant in which when you say it you do not feel a vibration in your throat.
What are collocations?
Groups of words that frequently appear together in speech or writing.
In order to describe how something is done you would use a: adjective, adverb or auxiliary verb?
An adverb. Examples: quickly, quietly, nervously, rapidly, slowly
Which word is the subject of this sentence? The judge's reputation or order in the courtroom is well known.
judge
What is a first conditional?
A possible condition and its probable resort. Example:If it rains, we will cancel the trip.
What is intonation?
The rising and falling of the voice while speaking.
What does substandard mean?
Lower in quality than what is normally desired or expected.
Complete this sentence with the correct preposition: Manchester in England is famous ________ its football team.
for
Is this sentence an independent clause or a dependent clause? When I have the money
Dependent clause, because it depends on the main clause to give it meaning.
What is a second conditional?
A hypothetical situation or unlikely situation and its probable result. Example: If I won the lottery, I would travel a lot.
What is accent reduction?
Working to eliminate native language sounds and patterns when speaking another language
What is the word when something occurs too early?
premature
Complete the sentence with the correct preposition: Pablo is absent_____school today.
from
Is this sentence a dependent clause or an independent clause? I have the money
Independent clause because it expresses a complete thought by itself.
What is a third conditional?
Used when a person is describing a different past or imaginary situation that did not happen. Example: If you had studied, you would have passed the exam.
What are phonetics?
The study and classification of speech sounds.
What is a memorization technique based on repetition.
rote learning
What is a phrasal verb?
A verb that is made up of main verb and a preposition or adverb. Such as 'take off' 'tuck in' 'run quickly'
How is a clause different from a phrase?
A phrase is a group of words that go together. It differs from a clause in that it doesn't have a subject and a verb.
What is personification? Give an example sentence of it.
Attributing human or animal like qualities to a non-living thing. Example: Lightening danced across the sky.