test

Question 1

Shambles

Answer 1

If something is a shambles it is very disorganized and lots of confusion. (The economy is in a complete shambles.)

Question 2

mob

Answer 2

if a famous person gets mobbed people rush to get close to them a form a crowd of people. (Fans ran onto the pitch and mobbed Ryan Giggs.)

Question 3

Dogged

Answer 3

dogged behavior shows your determination to continue doing something. (Sir Alex highlighted his side’s dogged commitment as a defining factor in a Win at Fulham.)

Question 4

smashing

Answer 4

very good, brilliant (Sir Alex said after the win against Fulham as a smashing result.)

Question 5

How long is a strand of DNA?

Answer 5

DNA is uncountable but because it’s long and has thin shape you can count it by talking about individual strands.

Question 6

what (something) (looks/sounds/etc.) like

Answer 6

talk about the way something looks with the phrase “what …….. looks like”, this phrase acts as a noun. (What it smells like is not as important as what it tastes like.)

Question 7

(someone) used to be able to (do something)

Answer 7

when talking about an ability that someone has in the past use the phrase “…… used to be able to ……” (Didn’t you use to be able to do a back handspring?)

Question 8

I could see them, but I couldn’t hear what they were saying.

Answer 8

In native-sounding English, it’s much more common to use “ used to be able to” than “could”. We use “could” mostly to talk about something that a person was able to do one time in the past.

Question 9

(do something) without breaking a sweat

Answer 9

doing something easily

Question 10

(someone) gets winded

Answer 10

means not having enough air because of you’ve exercised too hard.