Here is an intermediate level challenge that will be familiar to regular visitors of the site.
Decide which word is needed in each sentence to make it correct.
The sentences are examples of common mistakes English teachers hear in lesson.
Good luck!
Lesson by Caroline Devane
A noun can be a person, thing or place: 'I live in a house.'
A verb shows an action, It is a 'doing' word: 'I play tennis with my brother.'
An adjective is used to decribe or give us more information about a noun: 'A big dog.'
Thrill-seeker: a person who enjoys taking part in extreme sports and other activities involving physical risk
So many of my English students in Cape Town used to terrify me with videos of them bungee jumping or swimming with sharks!
I would NEVER do anything like that, for me riding a rollercoaster is all the excitement I will need.
Having said that, I am considering abseiling down Table Mountain in a few months, but that's not for fun, that's for charity!
Read the text below and decide word best fits each space.
When I was younger I had a job working in a factory, it was _1_ after I graduated from university. I worked there for about six months while I did interviews for a 'real' job that would start my career.
Take a look at the 3 phrasal verbs in these sentences. Do you know what they mean? You can write your guesses in the comments box below:
"The music was so loud that I couldn't make out what he was saying."
"The hotel takes on extra staff during the summer season."
"We've been putting away a little money every month to buy a laptop."
Compete (verb) to try to be more successful than someone or something else. When you take part in a competition you compete.
Compete is a regular verb: Past simple competed / Past participle competed
Britons spend six months talking about the weather!
This fact probably doesn't come as a surprise to those of you studying in Britain!
We love talking about the weather, well actually, mostly complaining.
An annoying rain shower or a day when it's too hot to use the underground are our favourite topics of conversation!
Read through the article and then try and fit the words in the correct gaps!
Before they started appearing in court, most people _1_ London's rioters and looters were unemployed young people with no hope and no future.
Yet among those arrested _2_ a graphic designer, a postal employee, a dental assistant, a teaching aide, a forklift driver and a youth worker.
Lately, I have discovered a fascination with weird and wonderful animals that I never knew existed in me!
Here is a description of four animals and their amazing skills...this article has made me a bit nervous and I'm now going to check all the walls in my flat to make sure nothing can get in!
Read through the article and then answer the true or false questions below.
Lesson by Caroline
Quantifiers are used to express quantity i.e. the amount of something; how many/much.
With countable nouns like apples, for example, we can ask and answer:
How many apples do you want?
I want four apples.
Notice we use many with countable nouns.
Now let's take a look at a non-countable noun: wine.
