Vocabulary
Choose correct definition to the phrase "catch off guard"
a) be arrested, b) be surprised, c) be threatened
b) be surprised
What 2 options are NOT correct?
a) fancy to go, b) can't afford to buy, c) risk doing, d) deserve getting, e) complete doing
a) fancy to go
d) deserve getting
What might you do to sensitive news - delegitimize or censor?
censor
A curriculum
Make Passive:
Television ____(change) completely by streaming services
has been completely changed
Provide an idiom that means to be exactly the type of thing that someone knows about or likes to do
Be right up my valley
Complete sentence with "can't":
He ___(work) yesterday; it was Sunday.
He can’t have been working yesterday; it was Sunday
What do ramps provide:
affordability or accessibility?
accessibility
After which 5 verbs we can use gerund AND infinitive?
like, love, hate, begin, start, continue, intend, prefer
Tell a short story using these words:
inherit, inevitably, owe, get into debt
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Name 5 types of crimes
kidnapping, hacking, arson, shoplifting, bribery, mugging, hijacking etc
Complete the sentence:
A: Listen, it's your fault we were late.
B: I couldn't believe it - he ____ late (blamed)
blamed me for being
What crime has the same verb?
counterfeiting or arson?
arson
What forms do we use when we want to speculate about past? (name at least 3)
might/must/can't HAVE + V3
What does "derive from" mean?
to come or develop from something
Provide Non-Gradable adjectives to these Gradable:
intelligent, tired, angry, important, funny
brilliant, exhausted, furious, essential, hilarious
Make Third or Mixed conditional:
The news could easily ___(trigger) violence if they __(make) it public, so I understand why they didn't do it.
have triggered; had made
Which sentence is correct?
a) We'd been driving for hours and really needed a break.
b) It'd been snowing all day and the roads are quite icy.
a) We'd been driving for hours and really needed a break
What does Suffrage mean?
When you are prohibited from voting
What are examples of daunting situations?
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Which 2 pairs DON'T have logical collocations?
a) make a sacrifice, b) juicy rumor, c) matrimonial marriage, d) achieve inheritance, e) discern concerns
c) matrimonial marriage
d) achieve inheritance
Change the sentence and use "wish"
I don't like that they keep chatting to each other.
I wish they wouldn't keep chatting to each other.
When you want to make a point do you emphasize or claim?
emphasize
If you want "to curb" something - what does it mean?
Restrain or keep in check
Make Reported speech and use "deny":
I didn't write a report.
He denied writing a report.