English Grammar *
Word Play **
Riddles
Idioms **
Everything British*
100

Which sentence is correct?
A) She don’t like swimming.
B) She doesn’t like swimming.

B

100

Unscramble the word

L O O S C H

School

100

What has hands but can’t clap?

A clock

100

*Fill in the blank: "costs an arm a ..."

leg

100

What do the British call French fries?

Chips

200

Choose the correct sentence:
A) If I will see her, I’ll tell her.
B) If I see her, I’ll tell her.

B

200

How many syllables are in the word “beautiful”?

3 syllables (beau-ti-ful)

200

What comes down but never goes up?

Rain

200

*Fill in the blank:
“Don’t cry over spilt ___.”

milk

200

On which side of the road do people drive in the UK?

The left side

300

*Which of these is a gerund?
A) Run
B) Running
C) Ran

Running

300

What one word fits both blanks?
“I can’t ___ the noise.”
“I found a ___ in the forest.”  

Bear

300

What’s always in front of you but can’t be seen?

The future

300

What does it mean if someone is “under the weather”?

They feel sick or unwell

300

*Who is the current monarch of the United Kingdom?

King Charles III

400

What’s the difference between “few” and “a few”?

“Few” = almost none (negative), “a few” = some (positive)

400

*Which of these is not a real English word?
A) Discombobulated
B) Kerfuffle
C) Blizzlump
D) Gobbledygook

Blizzlump

400

Forward I’m heavy, but backward I’m not. What am I?

Ton 

400

Fill in the blank and explain the meaning:
“Kill two ___ with one ___.”

Birds / Stone – to accomplish two things at once

400

What’s a “cuppa” in the UK?

A cup of tea

500

Correct this sentence and explain why:
“Each of the boys have a pencil.”

“Each of the boys has a pencil.” (“Each” is singular)

500

*Which word doesn’t belong based on pronunciation?
Read / Lead / Bead / Dead

Bead 

500

I have cities but no houses, forests but no trees, and rivers but no water. What am I?

A map

500

Explain this idiom:
“Bite the bullet”

To do something difficult or unpleasant that you've been avoiding

500

What do British people mean when they say they’re “knackered”?

Very tired