CHECK-MATE!

Someone you are competing again is called your ...

• enemy

• friend

• compatriot

• opponent

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

Integral means ...

• a complex operation in maths

• an essential part

• something you don't need any more

• something you eat before lunch

If something is exquisitely made, it means it was made

• by itself

• for a king

• very carefully and beautifully

• very quickly

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

If a game is not popularised, it means the game ...

• is played by everyone

• is not well-known

• is not liked by anyone

• used to be popular

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4B

CCSS.L.3.4C

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

If you live in Japan, you may take part in the Japanese ... of tea-making.

• habit

• hobby

• ritual

• practice

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

If your teacher and classmates all try to convince you to be the class monitor, you may find it hard to ... yourself from the situation.

• free

• succumb

• exert

• extricate

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

Once you're in Grade 11, you may feel the O level exams are really ...

• anxious

• looming

• apprehensive

• exhilarating

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

When the diver swam in the ocean, he thought the water looked really ... as the sun shone on it.

• opalescent

• pearly

• shiny

• full

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

The old man lived in a very ... shack in a run-down area of the city.

• posh

• exquisite

• dilapidated

• enchanted

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

He didn't want to take part but his parents seemed to be ... him to volunteer.

• poking

• pulling

• shoving

• propelling

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4