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Which of these is a synonym for the verb keep in touch?
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Talk with your hands
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Stay in contact
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Embrace
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Get through to
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Which one is a synonym for the verb in the following sentence: '127 runners participated in the first New York marathon'?
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took part on
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took part in
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got through to
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dropped out
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'If a competition requires a lot of stamina' it means that...
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you don't have to make a great effort.
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you can simply relax at certain times.
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you have to work hard to achieve your goal.
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you have to take vitamins.
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The phrasal verbs 'give up' and 'drop out' are synonyms.
Frage 5
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Which of these are not people in a sports event?
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Supporters
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Spectators
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Crowds
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Customers
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Complete the following sentence with any of the verbs below: 'It helps you to carry on when you've got thousands of supporters who are ___________ all of the runners.'
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cheering on
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cheering up
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cheering off
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cheering out
Frage 7
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How do we call a person who introduces a competition such as Tough Mudder?
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Participant
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Founder
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Compère
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Competitor
Frage 8
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Personal endurance challenges such as Iron Man, marathons and triathlons are gradually decreasing.
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Tough Mudder is a half marathon which incorporates a gruelling series of 25 military-fitness-style obstacles.
Which of the following can be a synonym for the adjective 'gruelling'?
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eligible
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exhausting
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astonishing
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slippery
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Complete the opposites:
be disqualified [blank_start]from[blank_end]
boo [blank_start]off[blank_end]
carry [blank_start]on[blank_end]
get [blank_start]through[blank_end]
support
Frage 11
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Complete with the appropriate relative pronoun:
'Brazil is the only country _______ has qualified for every FIFA World Cup tournament.'
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which/that
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who/that
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where
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whose
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We can sometimes omit the relative pronoun in defining relative clauses, but not in non-defining.
Frage 13
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Choose the correct relative pronoun for the following sentence:
'Lahcen Ahansal is a ten-time winner, _______ brother has also won five times.'
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Which of the following sentences is wrong?
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That's the team which we beat last year.
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That's the team that we beat last year.
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That's the team we beat last year.
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That's the team what we beat last year.
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Which of the following sentences is not correct?
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Our fans, that are very loyal, are great.
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Jack, whose house is over there, loves tennis.
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She didn't qualify, which disappointed me.
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Mark, who fell, dropped out of the race.
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The commentator who I was listening [blank_start]to[blank_end] was ecstatic.
The event which you signed up [blank_start]for[blank_end] has been cancelled.
What's the name of the team which we're playing [blank_start]against[blank_end]?
The Premier League, which 20 teams play [blank_start]in[blank_end], is very tough.
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In formal style, prepositions go after the verb. In informal style, prepositions go before the relative pronoun or adverb.
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Which sentence can we use the relative pronoun 'what' in?
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Everybody _______ I know is a football fan.
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She simply couldn't carry on, _______ surprised me.
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I don't understand _______ those fans are singing.
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Winning that trophy is all _______ I want to do.
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Which sentence contains a mistake?
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The winner is the one whose score is the lowest.
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I've got an uncle who he lives in Canada.
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The trainer taught us everything that we know.
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My trainer, whose methods seem hard, is very successful.
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We cannot omit 'who, when, where, which or that' if it is the object of a defining relative clause, but we can omit 'whose'. This is very common in spoken English.