Which word or phrase means: behaving in a silly way rather than doing serious or sensible things?
Culture Spot The British and the seaside
Do your best · Advanced English
Subunit questions
Question 1
A
heyday
B
staycation
C
rejuvenation
D
frivolous
Question 2
Which word or phrase means: the time when something was most popular, successful, or powerful?
A
staycation
B
rejuvenation
C
heyday
D
globetrotting
Question 3
Which word or phrase means: A holiday spent in your own country?
A
rejuvenation
B
globetrotting
C
staycation
D
quintessentially
Question 4
Which word or phrase means: When something is given a new life?
A
globetrotting
B
quintessentially
C
rejuvenation
D
straitlaced
Question 5
Which word or phrase means: Travelling around the world?
A
globetrotting
B
quintessentially
C
straitlaced
D
deteriorated
Question 6
Which word or phrase means: Got in a bad condition?
A
let their hair down
B
deteriorated
C
frivolous
D
heyday
Question 7
Which word or phrase means: Relax and enjoy?
A
frivolous
B
heyday
C
staycation
D
let their hair down
Question 8
Which word or phrase means: Very typically?
A
straitlaced
B
quintessentially
C
deteriorated
D
let their hair down
Question 9
Which word or phrase means: Strict manners?
A
deteriorated
B
straitlaced
C
let their hair down
D
frivolous
A preview of “Culture Spot The British and the seaside” from the unit “Do your best” in Advanced English: 8 lesson sections, 9 definitions, 9 worked questions.
Source: NCCD, Culture Spot: The British and the seaside (pp.60-61)
More in this unit
- 1A Vocabulary and Speaking Idioms related to studying, collocations with attempt
- 2A Grammar Modal and related verbs
- 3A Reading and Vocabulary Mind and body
- 4A Listening and Vocabulary A radio phone in on how to motivate yourself
- 5A Speaking Buying time in interview situations
- 6A Writing and Vocabulary An essay
- Literature Spot Black Beauty
