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Holidays at home
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1. A blend word that means 'spending a holiday at home'.
a) home-ation
b) staycation
c) vacstaytion
d) stayliday
2. An expression we use to refer to doing the same thing repeatedly.
a) same old, same old
b) same old and again
c) same again and old
d) same again, same again
3. Which country is the top European location for British people to go on holiday at the
moment?
a) Spain
b) Greece
c) France
d) Turkey
4. If you have nothing to worry about, you can enjoy peace of _______.
a) mind
b) head
c) heart
d) soul
5. The feeling of excitement about something that is going to happen in the near future.
a) preoccupation
b) constipation
c) anticipation
d) emancipation
6. Making you feel free and able to behave as you like.
a) liberationing
b) liberating
c) freeing
d) freedoming
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ANSWERS:
1. A blend word that means 'spending a holiday at home'.
a), c) and d) This word doesn't exist in English.
b) This is the right answer. If you don't have enough money to go to another place for
your holiday - like a resort - you may start thinking of a 'staycation'.
2. An expression we use to refer to doing the same thing repeatedly.
a) This is the correct answer.
3. Which country is the top European location for British people to go on holiday at the
moment?
d) This is correct, well done!
4. If you have nothing to worry about, you can enjoy peace of _______.
a) This is the right choice. Well done!
5. The feeling of excitement about something that is going to happen in the near future.
c) This is correct. If you anticipate something, you look forward to it with excitement.
6. Making you feel free and able to behave as you like.
a) and d) This is not a word in English.
b) This is the right answer.
c) This is almost correct, but there is another, better answer. Try again!
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