English - Upper Intermediate Level

What do you think the saying "Black Sheep" means?

• A term used to describe someone who is very popular in a family or group.
• A person who is always right in a family or group.
• A term used to describe someone who is very happy.

• It means to be the outcast, odd one out, unlike the others.

What is the definition of "synonyms"?

• Words with similar meanings.
• Words with different spellings.
• Words with unrelated meanings.
• Words with opposite meanings.

Which of these sentences are in passive form?

• 1. The trapped kitten was rescued from the tree by the firefighters.

• 1. The mechanic fixed the car's engine.

• The firefighters rescued the trapped kitten from the tree.

• 1. The car's engine was fixed by the mechanic.

What does the saying "joined at the hip" mean?

• Two people who are very close and always together.
• Two people who are always arguing
• Two people who are physically connected at the hip
• Two people who are strangers

Which sentence is in past perfect?

• She had already eaten dinner when he arrived.
• She had already eating dinner when he arrived.
• She already ate dinner when he arrived.
• She has already eaten dinner when he arrived.

Transfer this Active Voice sentence into the Passive one:

Britain kept Napoleon on an island.

• Britain was kept on an island by Napoleon.
• Napoleon was kept on an island by Britain.
• Napoleon kept Britain on an island.
• An island was kept by Britain for Napoleon.

'Paper clips' and 'thumbtacks' are examples of...

• glue

• house furniture

• office supplies

• a hospital

Fill in the blank:

___ an actor, he wants to play on stage naturally. He never misses rehearsals.

• Such

• If

• Like

• As

Express the idea when you want someone to do something in the present or future: Don’t go there alone.

• If only you hadn’t gone there alone.

• I wish you hadn’t gone there alone.

• I’d rather you didn’t go there alone.

• I’d rather you went there alone.

Fill in the blank:

There are over 38 species of wild cats, a lot of which you can't even ____.

• turn out

• tell apart

• clear up

• fall back on