Grammar Mechanics
STEM & Science vocabulary
False Friends & Oddities
Future & Plans
Quick challenges
100

What is the past simple of THINK? 

THOUGHT 

100

What do you call a test carried out in a laboratory to prove a hypothesis?

Experiment

100

Does Eventually mean "eventualmente" or "alla fine"?

Alla fine 

100

Which modal verb do we use for an instant, spontaneous decision made while speaking?

Future simple (will)

100

Name 3 objects you can find in a science lab in English in under 10 seconds.

Ex: microscope, safety goggles, test tube 

200

Complete: "While the professor ________ (explain), the bell rang."

was explaining

200

How do you translate "effetto serra" into English?

Greenhouse effect

200

Give two opposite meanings for the word light (one regarding weight, one regarding color)

Heavy / Dark 

200

Which tense do we use for fixed official timetables (e.g. trains, school schedules)?

Present simple 

200

Name 5 irregular verbs starting with the letter 'S' in 15 seconds.

see, speak, swim, sit, sleep, send

300

Which preposition completes this sentence: "We have been in this classroom [for / since] two hours"?

For

300

What scientific instrument is used to observe cells or micro-organisms?

Microscope 

300

Translate the false friend Actually into Italian.

In realtà / A dire il vero 
300

Complete: "Look at those dark clouds! It ____________ (rain)."

It is going to rain 

300

Pronounce correctly these three words: Through, Though, Thought.

... I decide, I'm sorry for you!

400

Correct the mistake: "In middle school, I wasn't used to like math."

Didn't used to like 

400

Complete the scientific fact: "Water __________ at 100°C."

BOILS 

400

Name three irregular verbs where Infinitive, Past Simple, and Past Participle are identical.

Cut-cut-cut, Put-put-put, Hit-hit-hit, Cost-cost-cost, Let-let-let

400

Translate: "Domani alle 9:00 la classe visiterà il museo."

Tomorrow at 9:00 the class is visiting the museum

400

A researcher always wears safety goggles and follows safety rules in the lab. They are being:

A) Sensitive

B) Sensible

C) Sensation

B) 

(Sensible = giudizioso/saggio; Sensitive = sensibile)

500

"If the researchers _____ the technical fault earlier, they would have prevented the system crash."

  • A) noticed

  • B) had noticed

  • C) would notice

  • D) have noticed

B) had noticed 

500

"Which laboratory device is specifically used to separate components of a liquid mixture based on their density using high-speed rotation?"

Centrifuge 

500

"After trying three different methods over two weeks, the team was _____ able to obtain a pure sample." (Inteso come: "alla fine / infine")

  • A) eventually

  • B) possibly

  • C) actually

  • D) currently

A) Eventually

500

Explain the difference between "I will buy a new laptop" and "I am going to buy a new laptop".

'Will': a spontaneous decision or a vague intention / 'Going to': already established plan/intention

500

"Which sentence correctly expresses a past necessity (dovere al passato)?"

  • A) We must submit the lab report yesterday.

  • B) We had to submit the lab report yesterday.

  • C) We should to submit the lab report yesterday.

  • D) We need submit the lab report yesterday.

B) We had to submit the lab report yesterday.