Vocabulary exercise
This exercise tests your range of vocabulary. Do you recognize these words? 1. A person who is a strict disciplinarian a) martinet b) virago c) dilettante 2. A person who is essentially a bootlicker...
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Finding accommodation
Here are some phrases you may hear or use when you are looking for accommodation. I’ve booked a room for tonight. Whose name is the booking in? I’ve come to look at the room....
Buying tickets | sample conversation
Here are some important phrases you may hear or use while you are traveling. Tickets, please. Can you show me your tickets, please? Could I see your tickets, please? Next stop… This is the...
Chatting to people | sample conversation
Here are some useful phrases you may hear or use when you are speaking to your friends or colleagues. Have you ever been to a foreign country? How long have you been working here?...
Adjective or adverb | CBSE English Grammar
An adjective is a word used to modify a noun. It usually goes before the noun it modifies. Study the examples given below. Shyam is a clever boy. Here the adjective clever modifies the...
Horse idioms
Here is a list of horse idioms. As strong as a horse/ox If somebody is as strong as a horse or an ox, they are very strong. He should be able to lift that...
Cow idioms
Here is a list of idioms using the words cow and bull. As awkward as a cow on roller skates When you are as awkward as a cow on roller skates, you look very...
Dog idioms
Here is a list of dog idioms. As clean as a hound’s tooth If something is as clean as a hound’s tooth, it is very clean. A hound is a hunting dog. We didn’t...
Idiomatic expressions using the word account
Here is a list of idiomatic expressions using the word account. Bring / hold / call someone to account To bring someone to account is to force them to publicly explain why they committed...
Phrasal verbs beginning with letter F
Here is a list of phrasal verbs beginning with letter F. Fade away When noise, music or hope fades away, it becomes weaker and weaker. The phrasal verb die away means the same as...