Most counties and places have nicknames. A nickname is a second, unofficial name. For example, the nickname for New York is 'The Big Apple'.
Below you will can see seven nicknames; all you have to do is match them up to the correct places.
Does you hometown or country have a nickname? What is it?
'The test was a piece of cake.'
A lemon is something that you buy which turns out to have problems - it is defective / it doesn't work well.
'That second-hand car I bought was a real lemon. It broke down a week after I bought it.'
'Free is the adjective; freedom is the noun'
Let's build up your vocabulary. Complete each of the following sentences with the noun form of each adjective in brackets. For example:
Here are five British English words which are used in casual British English. They are all slang words that you will hear British people use in spoken English. Do not use them when you are writing and only use them when you are in an informal situation.
Here we take a look at the phrasal verb hold up. Like most phrasal verbs it has more than one meaning. Here's how we can use hold up:
to hold up- to hold something / someone up in the air.
'When we landed in the airport our driver was waiting for us; he was holding up a sign with our names on it.'
to hold up - to stop / delay someone for a moment.
What's the difference between an acronym and an abbreviation?
Many people feel they have the same meaning, but traditionally there is a difference:
11 number idioms
Take a look at these idioms; they all use numbers. Read through the 11 idioms ranging from 1 to 11 and then try the quiz:
Read the folling information about Boxing Day and choose the correct form for each missing word:
