Grammar
What is the most suitable answer to the question?
- What do you do?
a) I draw pitures in my free time.
b) I work at the local post office.
c) I am single.
b) I work at the post office.
Not very good; average; ordinary; nothing special.
Usually, it has a negative meaning — something is OK but disappointing.
The movie was ......... — not terrible, but not impressive.
mediocre
A situation that is not clear, not easily classified as right or wrong, legal or illegal, correct or incorrect.
Examples:
The rules about using AI in homework are still .......
gray area
to think ......... the box
outside
boarding
pass
Correct the mistake
Who did break the window? - James did.
Who broke the window?
Unfairly influenced or favoring one side, person, group, or idea over another. It’s the opposite of objective or neutral.
Examples
Teachers should avoid being ........ toward certain students.
biased/partial/prejudiced
To be in a risky or dangerous situation, where one small mistake can cause serious trouble.
It’s similar to “playing with fire.”
Examples:
Arguing with your boss like that is like ........
to walk on thin ice
to be ......... the black list
on
delivery
window/slot
Is the sentence correct?
James, while John had had had, had had had had; had had had had a better effect on the teacher.
Yes, it is a grammatically correct sentence.
“James, while John had had ‘had,’ had had ‘had had’; ‘had had’ had had a better effect on the teacher.”
Step 1: The story
Two students, James and John, wrote sentences for an English class. The teacher was checking which sentence was better.
John wrote a sentence using the word “had.”
James wrote a sentence using the phrase “had had.”
Step 2: Understand the parts
John had had ‘had’ → John used “had” in his sentence.
James had had ‘had had’ → James used “had had” in his sentence.
‘Had had’ had had a better effect on the teacher → The teacher thought James’s use of “had had” was better.
Step 3: Simplified version
John used had → not great.
James used had had → better.
Teacher preferred had had.
Step 4: Why it’s correct
“Had” is the past perfect form of “have.”
Using it twice in a row is fine when explaining past usage.
The conditions or facts affecting a situation or event.
It often refers to the context in which something happens.
Examples
Due to ................ beyond our control, the meeting was postponed.
circumstances
To deliberately ignore someone or treat them in an unfriendly, distant way.
Examples:
He tried to apologize, but his colleagues gave him the cold shoulder.
to give somebody a cold shoulder
to depend ........ something or somebody
on
a rocky
road
Put the scrambled words into the correct order to make a sentence:
hiking, had, morning, all, go, we, stormy, been, the, decided, weather, to, although, the.
Although the weather had been stormy all morning, we decided to go hiking.
To suggest or hint at something without saying it directly. It’s different from “to state”, which is saying something clearly.
Examples
His tone seemed to ............ that he wasn’t happy with the decision.
Are you .......... that I’m wrong?
to imply or /suggest/hint/indicate
Something that makes a good situation even better; an extra benefit or bonus.
Examples
Getting a promotion and a apy raise at the same time was ...................
the icing on the cake
to be ............. the same boat
in
travel
insurance/arrangements
Finish the joke
"Past, present, and future walked into a bar. It was a ........... moment."
"Past, present, and future walked into a bar. It was a tense moment."
Laws, or a set of laws, made by a government.
Examples
The government passed new ........... to protect the environment.
legislation or statutes/regulations/rules
To accept the consequences of your actions, especially when they are unpleasant.
Examples
He cheated on the test and now has to ............
You can’t avoid your responsibilities forever — it’s time to .............
to face the music
to influence .......... something or somebody
No preposition needed
return
policy