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Countdown Quiz
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Countdown Quizzes

1	question: Which word is connected with hot weather?
2	question: If you are 'as white as a sheet', you …
3	question: Which of the following is not a type of seafood?
4	question: Someone who treats damaged trees is a __________ ?
5	question: If you are cross, you are...?
6	question: Put these 'waters' in order, from smallest to biggest.
7	question: If you are seething, you are... ?
8	question: What's a synonym of rude?
9	question: Which activity is more permanent in these sentences?
10	question: What time do you ______ it?
11	question: Which of the following cannot be delivered?
12	question: John always insisted ___ paying the bill.
13	question: The phrase 'in a nutshell…' means
14	question: 'It costs a fiver'. In Britain this means
15	question: Someone who hates working is lazy or a lazy________.
16	question: Which word has a different stress pattern?
17	question: If you want to walk quietly, do you...
18	question: What do we call it when someone stops you in the street and takes your money?
19	question: Which of the following ways of giving your opinion is the most informal?
20	question: I like _________ the night before an exam.
21	question: Where on your body is your 'spine'?
22	question: I always go _______ home for Christmas.
23	question: Which word does not go with 'form'?
24	question: Complete the sentence. 'I like living __________'.
25	question: In American English the 'fall' refers to which season?
26	question: Which of the following prejudices or 'isms' is NOT possible?
27	question: Which of the following jewels is blue?
28	question: They spent the whole evening ___________ TV.
29	question: If someone feels blue, how do they feel?
30	question: Where would you buy a 'loaf'?
31	question: Which of the following does NOT describe a drink?
32	question: She lit a fire because she _____ so cold.
33	question: By the time I arrived at the station, the train __________.
34	question: If someone says 'Cheerio', what are they saying in an informal way?
35	question: How do you say the number 2521?'
36	question: Which of the following does NOT mean cheap?
37	question: Which of the following is connected with being young?
38	question: I prefer to go shopping _______ myself.
39	question: Which word is the odd one out?
40	question: Which word does not have a silent 'l' sound?
41	question: The Internet is an amazing ______________.
42	question: Which of the following jobs has the stress on the first syllable?
43	question: Which word doesn't have a silent 'h'?
44	topic: crime
45	topic: articles
46	topic: clothes
47	topic: time
48	topic: valentine
49	topic: arts
50	topic: school
51	topic: verbs
52	topic: food
53	topic: family
54	topic: business
55	topic: colours
56	topic: going away
57	topic: like
58	topic: problems in the home


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