1A person who does not drink alcohol is a ...............
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A person who does not drink alcohol is a "teetotaler".
2The meeting was ............... due to bad weather.
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"Put off" means postpone something.
3Which word means the practice of having more than one husband?
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"Polyandry" is the practice of having more than one husband.
4Which word means a performance or speech done without preparation?
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"Extempore" describes speaking or performing without preparation.
5Which word means the destruction of private or public property?
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"Vandalism" means deliberately damaging private or public property.
6Which word means speaking sacrilegiously against God?
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"Blasphemy" means speaking sacrilegiously against God or sacred things.
7Good communication skills are essential to put your ideas ...............
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"Across" completes the phrasal verb "put across", meaning communicate clearly.
8The union leaders have ............... the strike.
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"Called off" means cancelled.
9I think he is lying, ...............?
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The correct negative question tag for "he is lying" is "isn't he".
10It snows in winter, ...............?
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The present simple statement "It snows" takes the negative tag "doesn't it".
11Everybody has sanitized their hands, ...............?
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The affirmative statement with "has" takes the negative tag "haven't they" when referring to "everybody" as "they".
12I couldn’t ............... what he said.
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"Figure out" means understand something after thinking about it.
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- A person who does not drink alcohol is a teetotaler.
- The meeting was put off due to bad weather.
- Which word means the practice of having more than one husband? — polyandry
- Which word means a performance or speech done without preparation? — extempore
- Which word means the destruction of private or public property? — vandalism
- Which word means speaking sacrilegiously against God? — blasphemy
- Good communication skills are essential to put your ideas across.
- The union leaders have called off the strike.
- I think he is lying, isn’t he?
- It snows in winter, doesn’t it?
- Everybody has sanitized their hands, haven’t they?
- I couldn’t figure out what he said.