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Quiz:
Compound words
Every month the flatmates pay their rent to the person who owns the flat the
__________.
landlord
land-lord
landslord
lands-lord
4. When Michal misses his family and friends in Poland and his favourite Polish food, he
feels ___________.
a) home-sick
b) homesick
c) sickhome
d) sick-home
5.
a)
b)
c)
d)
This quiz has questions with 4 options for each answer. It's a ___________ quiz.
multiple choice
many-choice
many choice
multiple-choice
6.
a.
b.
c.
d.
Alice said "That guy is ___________ gorgeous. I wish he would ask me out."
jumped-up
drop shot
dead-centre
drop-dead
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Every month the flatmates pay their rent to the person who owns the flat - the
__________.
landlord Correct - this is written as one word.
land-lord Wrong - look at the hyphen again.
landslord Wrong - there is no word 'landslord' in English.
lands-lord Wrong -there is no word 'lands-lord' in English.
4. When Michal misses his family and friends in Poland and his favourite Polish food, he
feels ___________.
a) home-sick Wrong there is no hyphen in this word.
b) homesick - Correct - this is written as one word
c) sickhome - Wrong - there is no word 'sickhome' in English.
d) sick-home - Wrong - there is no word 'sick-home' in English.
5.
a)
b)
c)
d)
This quiz has questions with 4 options for each answer. It's a ___________ quiz.
many-choice - Wrong - there is no word 'many-choice' in English.
multiple choice - Correct - this is written as two separate words. many choice - Wrong - there is no word 'many choice' in English.
multiple-choice - Wrong - look at the hyphen again.
6.
a.
b.
c.
d.
Alice said "That guy is ___________ gorgeous. I wish he would ask me out."
jumped-up Wrong - this describes someone who thinks too much of themselves.
drop shot Wrong - this is a way to hit a ball very gently in tennis.
dead-centre Wrong - this means exactly in the middle or centre of something.
drop-dead Correct this is written as a hyphenated word. Drop-dead
gorgeous is an informal phrase that means very attractive.
Would you like to look at the language point that this quiz was based on? Go to:
http://www.bbclearningenglish.com/flatmates/episode02/languagepoint.shtml
http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/flatmates/episode02/languagepoint.pdf
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