VOCABULARY IN USE QUIZ

BY VERÓNICA QUEVEDO REVENGA

• How do you pronounce WIND in the sentence “how to wind a bobbin”?– /wind/– /waɪnd/ (past & past p wound /waʊnd/ )

• Someone who spends far too much time in front of a computer is a “coach potato” or a “mouse potato”?– A mouse potato

• Which word is pronounced exactly like “air”?– ear– Hair– Heir

• AIDS means:– Acquired immune deficiency syndrome– Aids for infants who suffer dyslexia

• In the past stuents had penfriends, now they have…– Mousefriends– Keypals

• Which words come from the French language?– Ballerina, ghetto– Aubergine, duvet– Fjord, ski– Dogma, synonym

• What does MP stand for?– Member of the parliament– Prime minister

• “channel hop” means – A TV programme in which a hidden camera has

filmed ordinary people going about their everyday lives

– Switch Tv stations frequently by using a remote control

• “to have a row (a noisy argument)” is pronounced– /rəʊ/ – /raʊ/

• To employ outside workers to do work outside the company site is…– Outsourcing– Down-sizing– Hot-desking

• What do these words have in common: “sizzle”, “giggle”, “drizzle”?– Zzle at the end of a word suggests something light

and repeated– They refer to sounds horses make

• What do these words have in common: “whisle”, “castle”, “listen”, “fasten”, “soften”?– They come from Russian– The “t” is silent, not pronounced

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