Questions
What is full of holes but still holds water?
A sponge
David’s parents have three sons: Snap, Crackle, and what’s the name of the third son?
The more you have of it, the less you see
darkness
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What turns everything around but does not move?
a MIRROR
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What can’t talk on its own but will reply when spoken to?
When she ________________ home, she ________________ that her husband ____________________ for some time. (COME, SEE, DRINK)
When she came home, she saw that her husband had been drinking for some time. (COME, SEE, DRINK)
When he was young, my grandfather ...................... (run) 12 kilometres.
could run
“I don’t like chocolate” She told me ___
She told me (that) she didn't like chocolate.
I listened to the game _____________ the radio.
I listened to the game on the radio.
The burglars ____________________ (NOT DO) so much damage if you had locked all the drawers
The burglars WOULDN’T HAVE DONE (NOT DO) so much damage if you had locked all the drawers.
Accurate
Correct
– Scarce
Pull yourself together
Calm down
What invention lets you look right through a wall?
A window
I am made of metal surrounded by wood. Everyone uses me, what am I?
a PENCIL
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When I take five and add six, I get eleven, but when I take six and add seven, I get one. What am I?
a CLOCK
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Where does today come before yesterday?
If you have me you want to share me, if you share me you won't have me. What am I?
A SECRET
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.I ____________________ to call you the whole week! – Where ______________________? (TRY, YOU BE)
I have been trying to call you the whole week! – Where have you been? (TRY, YOU BE)
John can’t run very fast but he ...................... (jump) high.
can jump
“I hadn’t travelled by underground before I came to London” She said __
She said (that) she hadn't travelled by underground before she came to London
. He wants two seats _____________ the concert on Friday night.
He wants two seats for the concert on Friday night.
You´ll get a cold if you ____________________ (NOT CHANGE) your wet clothes
You´ll get a cold if you DON’T CHANGE (NOT CHANGE) your wet clothes.
Stable
Firm
Backward
A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush
What you have is worth more than what you might have later
What kind of a room doesn't have any walls or doors?
A mushroom
A man who was outside in the rain without an umbrella or hat didn't get a single hair on his head wet. Why?
He was bald
What can you hold in your left hand but not in your right?
What belongs to you but other people use it more than you do?
YOUR NAME
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What is always in front of you but can’t be seen?
.I am sorry that I ____________________ to leave your party so early last night. I ____________________ myself. (HAVE, REALLY ENJOY)
.I am sorry that I had to leave your party so early last night. I was really enjoying myself. (HAVE, REALLY ENJOY)
...................... you ...................... (finish) your homework last week?
Could ... finish
“Why did you go out last night?” She asked me _____
She asked me why I went (had gone) out last night.
. It’s 7 a.m. We need to leave _____________ work at once or else we’ll miss the bus.
It’s 7 a.m. We need to leave for work at once or else we’ll miss the bus.
. If there were no TVs I ____________________ (READ) more books.
If there were no TVs I WOULD READ (READ) more books.
Backbone
Spine
– Voluntary
Barking up the wrong tree
To be mistaken, to be looking for solutions in the wrong place
What do 11, 69, 88, and 96 all have in common?
They are all numbers.
What flies when it's born, lies when it's alive, and runs when it's dead?
a snowflake
A word I know, six letters it contains. Subtract just one, and twelve is what remains.
dozens
What is harder to catch the faster you run?
YOUR BREATH
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I'm tall when I'm young and short when I'm old. What am I?
a CANDLE
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____________________ the good news? – Stan and Margie ____________________ married! – That's not new. – I ____________________ about it for a few weeks. (YOU HEAR, GET, KNOW)
Have you heard the good news? – Stan and Margie are getting married! – That's not new. – I have known about it for a few weeks. (YOU HEAR, GET, KNOW)
The dog hurt its leg and it ...................... (walk).
couldn’t walk
“Have you studied reported speech before?” She asked me___________
She asked me if I had studied
_____________ first I found the work very tiring but _____________ a few weeks I got used to it.
At first I found the work very tiring but after a few weeks I got used to it.
If I ____________________ (BE) president I would raise the taxes at once.
If I WERE / WAS (BE) president I would raise the taxes at once
Colossal
Enormous
– Different
Ignorance is bliss
You're better off not knowing
What gives you ability to walk through walls?
DOORS
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Those who have it least don't know that they have it. Those who have it most wish they had less of it, but not too little or none at all. What is it?
AGE
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What has many keys but cannot open any doors?
A piano
What word is always pronounced wrong?
WRONG
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I start with M, end with X, and I have any number of letters in me. What am I?
a MAILBOX?
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The novel is about a man who ____________________ home from the war and ____________________ a new life. (COME, START)
The novel is about a man who came home from the war and started a new life . (COME, START)
5 ...................... Tony ...................... (find) his way to the party tonight?
Can ... find
“Could you please open the window?” She _____
She asked me to open the window.
. You ought to be ashamed _____________ yourself _____________ coming in with dirty boots.
You ought to be ashamed of yourself for coming in with dirty boots.
. If you ____________________ (CAN COME) with us , we would have been pleased.
If you HAD BEEN ABLE TO COME (CAN COME) with us , we would have been pleased.
Misleading
Deceptive
– Quiet
A stitch in time saves nine
Fix the problem now because it will get worse later