Idiomatic Expressions
What does mean this Idiomatic Expression?
"Something that is overpriced or very expensive"
a. Fit as a fiddle b. Giving someone the cold shoulder c. Costs an arm and a leg
Answer: c. Costs an arm and a leg
Type of sentence that is also called independent sentence.
Simple Sentence
What is the topic of this passage? They are building a new school near my house. Every day I watch the workers drive huge tractors and push a ton of dirt. They have big cranes that help them place tall beams in the ground. The workers build walls using bricks. Every day it looks more and more like a school. Mom says I will go there in the fall.
Getting a New School/ Building a new school
central organ of the human body. Also it means a central location of an organization or system, as well as being used to describe courage and generosity.
Answer: What is heart?
U.S.A. is an acronym for United States of America.
A. description B. abbreviation C. password D. neighbor
ANSWER: abbreviation
What does mean "Adding insult to injury"
a. To make a bad situation even worse
b. When the person you have just been talking about arrives
c. An issue, person, or problem that someone is trying to avoid
Answer: a. To make a bad situation even worse
Change the following sentence into present perfect using a time expression.
"Madison spilt her hot chocolate over the table a while ago."
Madison has just spilt her hot chocolate over the table.
What is this passage about? Aaron wanted to ride his bike to school. He saw that he had to a flat tire. Aaron said, "Oh,no, I really wanted to ride my bike to school. I will have to wait until I get it fixed." His mom said, "I will take you to school today." Aaron went to school with out his bike.
Aaron couldn't ride his bike because of a flat tire.
The organs and tissues involved in circulating blood and lymph through the body.
answer: What is circulatory system?
She convinced us with her coherent argument.
A. understandable B. confusing C. long D. silly
ANSWER: understandable
You have to work hard in order to see results
Hint: No pain......
Answer: No pain, no gain
A form-class word that names an action, process, event, or state.
What is a verb?
What is this selection mainly about?(Summarizing) Someday we will all have robots that will be our personal servants. They will look and behave much like real humans. We will be able to talk to these mechanical helpers and they will be able to respond in kind! Amazingly, the robots of the future will be able to learn from experience. They will be smart, strong, and untiring workers whose only goal will be to make our lives easier.
Someday we will have robots that will be our personal servants.
It is a kind of science, specifically the science of matter and energy and how they interact.
What is Physics?
The policeman arrested the speeder for flagrantly disobeying the speed limit.
A. joyfully B. cautiously C. obviously D. sadly
ANSWER: obviously
What does this idiomatic expression mean?
"Accomplishing two different tasks in the same time"
a. Get ducks in a rowb.
b. Best thing since sliced bread
c. Killing two birds with one stone
Answer: Killing two birds with one stone
A structure-class word that connects two or more words, phrases, or clauses.
What is conjunction?
What is the topic of this passage? parents bought a new carpet for the lining room. Now, he has to take his shoes off when he enters the house. He's also not allowed to eat or drink in the living room any more. Peter's furry dog isn't allowed to play ball in there either. When his parents got the new carpet, there were lots of new rules.
Petter's parents new rules
It is a simple organism that's not an animal or a plant. Can be eaten or cause infection.
What is fungus?
Slavery was abolished in the U.S. after the Civil War.
A. outlawed B. exchanged C. running D. common
ANSWER: outlawed
something that you say when it is raining heavily
It's raining cats and dogs.
Find the misspelled word in the following sentence.
"I take ofense at your critique of my spelling."
Offense
What this passage is about? There is a village on an island near Scotland. It was built out of stone. A storm covered in sand 4,000 years ago. It stayed covered until 1851. Then another storm blew the sand away. The village looked just like it did 4,000 years ago!
About a village covered in sand for over 4,000 years ago
the name for the element with atomic number 13 and is represented by the symbol Al. It is a member of the metal group.
What is Aluminum or Aluminium?
The pristine water came from a high mountain stream where there was no pollution.
A. dirty B. well C. unspoiled D. ugly
ANSWER: unspoiled