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You got 10 correct out of 10. :D 1. The sport of skiing involves a risk of _________. disease injury illness burn 2. In medical terms, a "bug" is a __________. broken bone chronic virus remedy 3. Go see your doctor if you catch a _________. wound broken bone disease sprain 4. A pediatrician is a type of ________. physician teacher scientist clown 5. A ________ disease is a disease that has no cure and that most people die from. terminal chronic healing benign 6. I sprained my ankle, and now it is red and _________. broken burned cured swollen 7. If a tumor is found to be benign, what does that mean? It is not life threatening. It is life threatening. 8. If you break a bone, it usually takes about ten weeks for it to ________. cure sprain heal remedy 9. There is no _________ for the common cold. herbs cure heal sickness 10. ...

8. Streetlights have three colours: red, ____________, and green. purple orange gold amber 9. To ____________, press down on the gas pedal. brake decelerate accelerate park 10. Newly licensed drivers like to ____________ along the streets to get used to the new experience of driving. cruise ship sail cruise control cruise = drive aimlessly

1. Jane left. Her car _______________ my driveway. pulled over pulled under pulled out of pulled up 2. I _______________ the parking lot. pulled over pulled under pulled out of pulled up 3. He is driving too fast. He is ________________. slowing speding braking speeding breaking fasting 4. Oh no! It's the police! They want me to ________________. pull over pull under pull out of pull up 5. Stop, Emma! ___________ the brakes! Swag Kick Hit Hop 6. The traffic light turned red, but I continued to drive. I ______________________. I hit a child crossing the street, so I am writing this quiz from prison. took a red light sped a red light hit a red light ran a red light 7. That woman quickly drove in front of my car! She cut me ________! over under up off 8. Maria interrupted me when I was speaking. She __________________. cut off me cut me off ...

You got 10 correct out of 10. :D 1. What are the four sections on the TOEFL iBT? Reading, Writing, Listening, Speaking Reading, Writing, Grammar, Speaking Reading, Writing, Vocabulary, Grammar 2. You must speak with an American accent to do well on the Speaking section of the TOEFL iBT. true false 3. What skills are important to do well in the TOEFL iBT writing section? grammar spelling vocabulary all of the answers are correct 4. To scan means: to look for specific information while reading quickly to get a general idea while reading quickly 5. Paraphrasing means: expressing the same ideas in the author's original words. expressing the same ideas in your own words 6. To synthesize, you: should write out all the information in points like an outline should combine information from different sources 7. When you read a long passage and write about the main ideas in your own words, you are __________. summarizing plagiarizing 8. Note-taking skills are: not necessary to do well on the ...

You got 8 correct out of 9. :) 1. I did the TOEIC exam yesterday. I was surprised by how easy it was. It ___________________. was a walk on the line was a walk in the park was like walking a mile in someone's shoes was a long walk off a short plank 2. I was so upset by the movie Man of Steel that I ________________. walked out on it walked the line walked a mile in Superman's shoes walked on thin ice walked on thick ice It's a terrible movie. 3. The owner of that IELTS testing center was caught accepting bribes from test takers. She was ________________. walking in the park told to walk on eggshells made to walk on broken glass given her marching orders asked to march a tightrope 4. Jade is in a bad mood today. I don't know why. I would _________________ with her today if I were you. walk in the park walk the line walk the talk walk on eggshells Actually she is in a good mood :) 5. James ________________ a lot of money from donations last year. It was enough to buy th...

You got 6 correct out of 6. :D 1. A single "piece" of snow is called: an icicle slush a skyrim a snowflake "You are not a beautiful and unique snowflake." -- FIGHT CLUB, by Chuck Palahniuk 2. An icicle is: a frozen treat that we eat a long piece of ice that hangs down a round house made of ice difficult to spell 3. Be careful, Jon! The sidewalk is icy today. It's very __________, so be careful not to fall. slippery stinky slushy snobby somethingy 4. It's not that cold, Emma. It's just a little bit _________. cold stupid freezing chilly 5. I was waiting for the bus in the freezing cold, and then a truck drove by very fast and I got covered in _________. snow icicles slush snowflakes 6. The city is so ugly when it is filled with so much ___________. slush slushes We do not say 'slushes'. 'Slush' is a non-count noun.

ou got 9 correct out of 10. :) 1. "Give my phone back!" means: show gratitude return it throw it 2. "I'm trying to give back to my community" means: you are trying to return something to your community you are trying to do something to show gratitude to your community you are trying to return a feeling to your community 3. "Going to the gym regularly has given Tina back her confidence" means: Going to the gym has returned the feeling of confidence to Tina. Going to the gym has made Tina grateful to have her confidence. Tina is going to the gym because she is confident. 4. Which of these is an example of returning something to someone? He's been giving back to his church. He gave back his friend's book. He got back his love of video games. 5. Which of these is an example of doing something for someone or a community in order to show gratitude for something they did for you? Regina has given a lot back to local homeless shelters. Regina has given...

You got 3 correct out of 5. :( 1. Which sentence is correct? I hate shop. I hate shopping. I hate to shopping. I hating to shop. We could also say 'I hate to shop.' -- but that is not an option here! 2. Which sentence is WRONG? I like to swim. I like swimming. I like to swimming./////,,../////? I like swimmers. I like two swimmers. 3. What is the form of an infinitive? verb + ing to + verb noun + ing ∞ to + noun For example: 'to smell', 'to walk'. 4. Choose the correct sentence: Baltar loves to dancing. Baltar love dancing. Baltar love to dancing. Baltar loves dancing. 5. Choose the correct sentence: Baltar loves to dance. Baltar loves to dancing. Baltar love to dance. Baltar love to dancing.

375 grams thick oven chips 2 gherkins 1 small red onion 1 tsp capers 2 generous tablespoons mayonnaise 200 grams garden peas 1 lemon Olive oil, salt and pepper THE WAY TO MAKE IT! Prepare the oven chips according to the packet instructions. Finely dice the gherkins, chop the red onion and chop the capers coarsely. Mix with the mayonnaise. Bring a pan of water and a good pinch of salt to the boil and blanch the garden peas for two minutes. Drain and season with salt and pepper. Cut the lemon in half. Cut one half into quarters and squeeze the juice of the other half over the garden peas. Heat a splash of olive oil in a frying pan and fry the Plant Fish Fillets in two to three minutes per side over medium heat. Season the chips with salt. Divide the fries and garden peas between the plates and put a fish fillet on each plate. Serve with the ravigotte sauce and the lemon wedges. Enjoy your meal!

You got 10 correct out of 10. :D 1. Which question is correct? Is that the flattest price? Is that the final price? Are that the final price? Is that the final prices? 2. Which question is correct? How much is it going for? How much does it going for? How much it go for? How much does it going? 3. Frank: It costs $750. Alex: It's a little ___________________. out of my price cage out of my price range out of price out of my money 4. It seems kind of expensive. It's ____________________. more than I afford more than my precious more than I can afford more than my price afford 5. $750 is too pricey. __________________________? Would you put price on my budget Would you make price $500 Would you cost it $500 today Would you sell it for $500 6. I don't have $200. Would you _______________ $150? put receive take leave 7. Barry: Would you sell it for $3? Allen: You want to pay $3 for this?! That seems like a _______________ figure. balling lowball lowing bowling 8. Could you ____...

I. Before Breakfast WHERE'S Papa going with that ax?" said Fern to her mother as they were setting the table for breakfast. "Out to the hoghouse," replied Mrs. Arable. "Some pigs were born last night." "I don't see why he needs an ax," continued Fern, who was only eight. "Well," said her mother, "one of the pigs is a runt. It's very small and weak, and it will never amount to anything. So your father has decided to do away with it." "Do away with it?" shrieked Fern. "You mean kill it? Just because it's smaller than the others?" Mrs. Arable put a pitcher of cream on the table. "Don't yell, Fern!" she said. "Your father is right. The pig would probably die anyway." Fern pushed a chair out of the way and ran outdoors. The grass was wet and the earth smelled of springtime. Fern's sneakers were sopping by the time she caught up with her father. ...

1. Choose the correct answer. Hey, Alex. How are you doing? Hey, Alex. How are doing? Hey, Alex. How's you going? 2. Choose the correct answer. Welcome back. How was your vacation? Welcome back. How is your vacation? Welcome back. How your vacation? 3. Choose the correct compliment. Nice cut of hair you have. Nice haircut. Haircut nice. 4. Choose the correct observation. Shirt new? New shirt? Shirt red? Longer questions that are possible: Is that a new shirt? Is that shirt new? (for short observations, it's usually better to put the adjective first. New tie? Strong coffee? Good weekend? Etc.) 5. Choose the grammatically correct question. Have you read about the discovery? Have you read for the discovery? Have you read in the discovery? 6. Choose the grammatically correct question. Have you see any Oscar-nominated movies from this year? Have you seeing any Oscar-nominated movies from this year? Ha...

You got 9 correct out of 10. :) 1. If I don't know the answer to something, I could say: "Let me cry..." "Let me sit..." "Let me see..." "Let me wait..." 2. If someone asks a difficult question and you need time to think about the answer, you could say: "Now let me meditate about that..." "Now let me speak about that..." "Now let me talk about that..." "Now let me think about that..." 3. If someone is saying something that you don't agree with and you want to give your opinion, you could say: "Just an hour ... " "Just a minute! ..." "Just now! ..." You are wrong! You know nothing! I have all the answers and you must listen to me! 4. If you are describing something, you can give yourself thinking time by saying, "It's __________ sort of... sort off... sorted of... sorted geezer... 5. If som...

You got 8 correct out of 10. :) 1. Good morning. I would like to __________ a haircut. book cut call make 2. Hello. I'd like to get a haircut this afternoon. Is there a _______? book queue reservation chance 3. When making an appointment at the hairdresser, you will have to choose an available __________. weight style haircut date and time 4. If you have thick hair, you might want to remove some _________. style weight length dusting fat 5. What is an "undercut"? shorter hair on top and longer hair underneath longer hair on top and shorter hair underneath shorter hair on the sides and longer hair in the centre longer hair on the sides and shorter hair in the centre 6. Ask for a "dusting" if you'd only like to get rid of your __________. weight length split ends bangs dust 7. The "__________" technique gives the edges of the hair a so...

You got 9 correct out of 10. :) 1. A: Are you saying I have a big nose? B: _____________ your facial features are very well proportioned. What I meant was I'm afraid that just isn't true Let's get this straight I've no idea who told you that 2. A: I can hardly see through the windows. B: Are you saying my apartment is filthy? A: ____________. The windows need cleaning. I'm afraid that just isn't true The fact of the matter Let's get this straight Let me rephrase what I just said 3. A: I thought you said that you didn't like my project idea. B: I'm sorry. _______________. What I meant was that we need more time to think about it. The fact of the matter is What I mean was If I said that, I didn't mean to 4. A: You told us to take the boxes out to the recycling bin. B: No, you misunderstood. _________________. I said to keep them, in case we needed to store some equipment. The fact of the matte...

1. If it's written material, _________________. draw it say it out loud write it down read it over and over 2. If it's spoken word material, _________________. say it out loud write it down draw it listen to it over and over 3. Writing it in ______________ is proven to help remember information. cursive symbols pictures print 4. _________________ to yourself about it. Talk Think 5. Is it beneficial to you to teach someone else what you know? Yes. No. 6. When reading, summarize _________________. in your head in a notebook in the margins to someone else 7. Getting some sleep can help you increase your mind's capacity to learn and avoid ______________. having to study boredom brain diseases like dementia hunger while studying sleep diseases like insomnia sleep diseases like flatulence 8. To improve your memory overnight, try to _________________ before you go ...

You got 9 correct out of 10. :) 1. If you prefer learning through reading, you are probably more of a(n) ____________ learner. visual auditory kinesthetic 2. If you enjoy building models with your hands to understand concepts, you are more ____________. visual auditory kinesthetic 3. If you have been told you have an ear for languages, you are probably more of a(n) ____________ learner. visual auditory kinesthetic 4. If you are a visual learner, you should repeat information with your eyes closed in order to remember it. true false 5. If you are an auditory learner, you should record and listen to lectures. true false 6. You should sit near the front of the class if you have a visual learning style. true false 7. Members of the same family are likely to have the same learning style. true false 8. Who is more likely to enjoy studying with these kinds of items around: highlighters, notebooks, flashcards, a...

You got 9 correct out of 9. :D 1. Gingers are usually vampires or witches. true false 2. Which physical trait is common in a ginger? brown hair blonde hair red hair blue hair 3. Which physical trait is common in a ginger? moles freckles dots stains 4. Which physical trait is common in a ginger? green skin brown skin tanned skin pale skin 5. The highest population of gingers resides in __________. Canada Ireland America Scotland Pakistan 6. There are special meetings and events especially for redheads. true false 7. Who is the famous fast food restaurant mascot who is also a redhead? Big Mac Ronald McDonald McNugget Hamburglar 8. According to the video, redheads are often highly _________. analytical scientific artistic lazy 9. About __________ percent of the world's population is made up of gingers. 1 to 2 10 to 20 30 to 40 50 to 60

You got 5 correct out of 10. :( 1. Choose the "non-U" word from the list: drawing room sitting room lounge 2. Choose the "non-U" word from the list: toilet lavatory loo 3. Choose the "non-U" word from the list: sick rich bike cycle 4. Choose the "U" word from the list: dentures couch ill looking glass "Looking glass" is now an archaic term. "Mirror" is the standard noun. 5. Choose the "U" word from the list: spectacles glasses serviette settee 6. Choose the "U" word from the list: glasses dessert napkin toilet 7. Lady Mountclunge: "I'm awfully sorry. Could you tell me where the ___________ is by any chance?" loo toilet bog dunny 8. Master Dugsnot: "Mother Dearest, after we've eaten the roasted partridge with cranberry sauce, what are we having for ____________?" ...

You got 9 correct out of 9. :D 1. _____________ means that you do not believe in a god. Agnosticism Atheism Hinduism Religion Satanism 2. A person who hasn't decided or doesn't know whether or not a god exists is called ______________. a Muslim an atheist a Christian an agnostic a heathen 3. A ___________ religion has only one god. monotheistic polytheistic 4. Catholic, Protestant, and Eastern Orthodox are all forms of ___________. Hinduism Islam Christianity Atheism 5. People who practice Islam are called _________. Hindus Muslims Christians Buddhists Jews 6. A messenger of God is known as a "__________". Muhammad prophet Jesus Buddha martyr 7. The Bible and the Qur'an are __________ of Christianity and Islam, respectively. holy books monotheistic prophets dharma 8. In ____________, there is no governing body, no holy book, and no...