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What is the most commonly mispronounced word?

development

What’s the weirdest English word you’ve learned this year?

Your answer

What’s the most creative excuse for not doing homework?

YES!

What’s the subtle difference? "sensible" vs. "sensitive"

sensible = practical; sensitive = emotionally reactive

Complete the idiom: "Don’t judge a book by its ___."

cover

Phrasal verb meaning "investigate"? "look into / turn up / run out of"

look into

Which is NOT a synonym for "angry"? "livid / furious / ecstatic / enraged"

ecstatic

Extreme adjective for "angry"?

furious

Noun form of "decide"?

decision

What’s the difference? "remember to do" vs. "remember doing"

"remember to do" = future action; "remember doing" = past memory

Negative prefix: "___polite" (un-/im-/in-)

*im-* (impolite)

Which sentence is correct? a) "I suggest you to see a doctor." b) "I suggest you see a doctor."

b) (suggest + bare infinitive)

Add prepositions: "He accused me ___ lying ___ him."

of / to

Gerund vs. Infinitive: "I regret ___ (tell) you this, but you failed."

telling (past regret)

Correct the error: "Despite of the rain, we went out."

Despite the rain" or "In spite of the rain"

Change to reported speech: "‘I won’t be late,’ she promised."

"She promised she wouldn’t be late."

Which modal fits? "You ___ be joking – that can’t be true!" (must/might/should)

must

Which sentence is grammatically correct but illogical? a) "The sun rises in the west." b) "The sun is rising in the west."

b) (Present Continuous suggests it’s happening now)

Complete with the correct tense: "By the time we arrived, the movie ___ (already/start)."

had already started

Correct the sentence: "If I would have known, I would have came earlier."

"If I had known, I would have come earlier."