English Grammar Quiz | B2 - C1 Level

English Idioms

Can you explain the meaning of these idioms?

- to cut corners

- to bite the bullet

- to hit the sack

- by the skin of your teeth

P.S. If you have any questions about the ones in the picture, please ask me.

 

The Hare and the Tortoise by Ambrose Bierce

Read this tiny story by a famous author:

Of two Writers one was brilliant but indolent; the other though dull, industrious. They set out for the goal of fame with equal opportunities. Before they died the brilliant one was detected in seventy languages as the author of but two or three books of fiction and poetry, while the other was honoured in the Bureau of Statistics of his native land as the compiler of sixteen volumes of tabulated information relating to the domestic hog.

1.Can you explain the meaning of the following words?

- indolent

- dull

- compiler

- tabulated

- hog

2.What do you think the story means?

Do you recognise this building? Can you tell me where it is? Have you ever visited this place?

 

Below you can see a close-up picture of an everyday object. Can you guess what it is?

 

5 Things Sociopaths Do

Please do watch this video and write a short summary. Don't worry if there are things you don't understand.

You should watch it twice.