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Prepositions Quiz

Average: 4.3 (487 votes)

It's prepositions time again. The best way to learn them is through practice. Read through the ten sentences and choose the correct missing prepositions.

Finished already? Then try another exercise:

Link: 10 Prepositions Questions

Link: Quiz on Prepositions

Quid

Hi to everybody. I met a word "quid" and I can't find it's translation. What it's mean? Thanks in advance

In the news: New Zealand couple become millionaires by accident

Average: 2.6 (13 votes)

Imagine that one day you apply for an overdraft of $6,300 from your local bank, and then you find out that the bank have mistakenly paid $6m into your bank account. That's what happened to a New Zealand couple who benefited from a banking error. Finding millions of dollars accidentally deposited into their account, they withdrew $6m before fleeing New Zealand and vanishing!

Ground rule

Hi,
does anyone know what does "ground rule" mean?

Is it a basic/fundamental rule?

Please help me!!

Thanks in advance

EIL

Learn English Verbs

Average: 2.5 (11 votes)

Let's take a look at some English verbs. Read through the seven sentences and choose the verb that best completes each sentence.

 

General Quiz - Time to review!

Average: 3.1 (20 votes)

Here's a quiz to test your general knowledge of English. If you get any of these questions wrong, let us know which ones and we'll explain the answers. Don't be shy, leave your comments below:

Link: 10 vocabulary questions

Words that show the wrong position

Average: 2.6 (10 votes)

upside-down / wrong-way-up

When something is upside-down or wrong-way-up, the part which is usually at the top is turned to be at the bottom.

 The house is upside down / wrong way up.



wrong-way-round / back-to-front

When something is wrong-way-round or back-to-front it is facing the wrong way.

What does 'bet' mean?

Average: 3.8 (11 votes)

bet (verb): to risk money on the result of an event or a competition, such as a horse race, in the hope of winning more money:
"She bet $10 that her favourite horse would win the race, but it came third."

13-year-old dad UPDATE!

Average: 3.6 (7 votes)

A while ago we posted a lesson on a news story that was _1_ the UK.  Just to _2_, the story was about a British boy who at the age of 13 became a father.

You can see the original lesson here:

Bank English

Average: 3.3 (14 votes)

Using the phrase I'd like to, here are some phrases that will help you out in the bank: