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