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  • Welcome to the IELTS Advantage quiz.

  • In the IELTS Advantage quiz we're going to give our students multiple challenges and they can win points and then they can win prizes at the end.

  • Let's play the synonyms quiz.

  • I will say a word and the first person to buzz and say the correct synonym of that word will get a point.

  • So the first word is significant.

  • Oh wait sorry I wasn't focused but it's okay I get it.

  • Okay we can go again.

  • Important.

  • Correct.

  • Can you make a sentence?

  • It is important for me to have water every morning when I wake up.

  • Excellent.

  • Two points.

  • The next word is modern.

  • New.

  • In today's world new architecture is making a place.

  • Is that a that's an incorrect sentence so we only give one point there.

  • Improve.

  • Be better.

  • Unfortunately it's just one word I'm looking for.

  • Can you steal?

  • Better.

  • Better is not a verb so we're looking for to improve a verb.

  • Now we'll move on to the intermediate level.

  • This was the beginner level?

  • That was the beginner level.

  • Okay this one is a verb again to generate.

  • Create.

  • Who was first?

  • She was first yeah she was.

  • I was gonna say create too but okay okay but can you put a sentence?

  • I'd like to create content for social media.

  • Excellent.

  • So the yellow team has four points and the green team has one.

  • Next one is an adjective.

  • It is substantial.

  • Immense.

  • Technically no.

  • Substantial is a little bit different to immense.

  • Immense would mean that it is huge, very very large.

  • Substantial means that it is considerable or significant or notable.

  • So no points.

  • No points.

  • So yellow loses a point there.

  • I'm going to move on to the advanced level now.

  • Feasible.

  • Understandable.

  • You lose a point there.

  • I had one point.

  • That's not feasible.

  • Do you want to steal it?

  • Do I lose a point if I get it wrong?

  • Yes.

  • Then no.

  • Next one.

  • Intricate.

  • Detailed.

  • Correct.

  • Do you want to make a sentence?

  • I like All comes down to the last question.

  • Oh damn.

  • Here we go.

  • Anyone can win.

  • Paramount.

  • Significant.

  • You only have one go and it's wrong.

  • Congratulations yellow.

  • Winner with three points to one.

  • Congratulations.

  • Welcome to round two of the IELTS Advantage quiz.

  • This part of the quiz is called textbook versus native English.

  • I will say the textbook version of something and they try and guess how a native English speaker would say it.

  • For example.

  • I do not understand what you're saying.

  • I'm not following you.

  • So the first one.

  • I need to leave now.

  • I must go right away.

  • No.

  • Technically correct but that's not how a native English speaker would say it.

  • I gotta go right now.

  • Excellent.

  • Or I should get going.

  • I should get going.

  • I gotta go or I should get going.

  • Okay.

  • This makes me feel so angry.

  • This makes me very angry.

  • This pisses me off.

  • Very good.

  • I don't think I get the game.

  • You gotta make it like slang.

  • Okay.

  • I'm trying to make it.

  • So it's not.

  • You're trying to like rephrase it.

  • Yeah.

  • Professionally.

  • Yeah.

  • Yeah.

  • Don't be professional.

  • So what you're saying is technically correct.

  • English is perfect but you sound more like an English robot.

  • I'm so tired.

  • I'm lethargic.

  • That is a more advanced way of saying it but it's not a natural way of saying it.

  • Stop.

  • What's wrong with my brain?

  • I'm dead.

  • Very good.

  • So I need to speak the way I normally speak?

  • Yeah.

  • Yeah.

  • Exactly.

  • You got this.

  • You got this.

  • Don't stress.

  • Yes.

  • I agree with that.

  • No.

  • No.

  • You could have had.

  • I second that.

  • Yeah definitely or for sure.

  • I understand your situation.

  • Um I get you.

  • Very good.

  • So three one.

  • Yellow green.

  • That is not a problem.

  • Don't even worry about it.

  • Excellent.

  • Or no worries.

  • No worries.

  • Yeah.

  • I do not know.

  • No idea.

  • Excellent.

  • Are you available this weekend?

  • Are you free this weekend?

  • Perfect.

  • Yes.

  • Four three.

  • I have completed the task.

  • I'm done.

  • Good.

  • So green team four.

  • Yellow team four.

  • We have one question left.

  • This is quite challenging.

  • This is hard.

  • That's tough.

  • I'll give you both a point.

  • Yeah.

  • We're pretty good.

  • So I'll give you both a point.

  • Both winners.

  • Welcome to round three of the IELTS Advantage quiz.

  • In this quiz we're going to focus on vocabulary.

  • I will show a sentence and I'll show you two possibilities.

  • Only one of them is correct.

  • I will show you this piece of paper.

  • Put it in the middle.

  • No cheating.

  • Ready?

  • Conclusive.

  • Conclusive is correct.

  • Systematic.

  • Correct.

  • Confidential.

  • How did you read it so fast?

  • Correct.

  • Three, two, one.

  • Explicit.

  • Correct.

  • Gradually.

  • Correct.

  • Welcome to round four, the emojis quiz.

  • I'll show you some emojis.

  • You guess the idiom.

  • And I'm going to be assisted by my glamorous assistant, Woohoo.

  • Yeah.

  • Straight from the horse's mouth.

  • Correct.

  • I was like, what is the first one?

  • I was like, damn.

  • Ruler.

  • Straight.

  • Okay.

  • Horse's mouth.

  • Once in a blue moon.

  • Correct.

  • Okay.

  • Next one.

  • Apple of my eye.

  • Very good.

  • Green team is winning two, one.

  • Two birds, one stone.

  • No, that's technically not correct.

  • Kill two birds with a stone.

  • Yeah.

  • Oh, there we go.

  • Okay.

  • Last one.

  • Straight out of the bucket.

  • Red egg basket.

  • No.

  • So it's stop is don't.

  • Oh, don't count your eggs before they hatch.

  • Oh, don't put all your eggs in a bucket.

  • In a basket.

  • Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

  • Oh, really?

  • This is so wrong.

  • This is rigged.

  • Welcome to round five of the quiz.

  • This is generation alpha versus millennials.

  • My glamorous assistant will show these two millennials some generation alpha slang.

  • They will either have to guess the meaning or for a bonus point, give a millennial synonym of that slang word.

  • Charming.

  • Correct.

  • Someone who has a lot of charisma.

  • Is there a millennial version of that?

  • Riz.

  • No, but Riz is not.

  • Riz is Gen Z, right?

  • Yeah.

  • Slay means like absolutely perfecting something and like.

  • Very good.

  • Very good.

  • All right.

  • Next one.

  • Talking too much.

  • Yapping.

  • That's correct.

  • Also one of the most common comments we get from me on our IELTS videos.

  • Oh, wow.

  • You're just yapping?

  • Wow.

  • Outfit.

  • You're fit.

  • You're outfitted.

  • Oh, okay.

  • Oh, impact differently.

  • Like this hits different, like deeply.

  • Can you give a more precise?

  • Hits different is like in a league of its own.

  • It's unique.

  • So both of you are correct.

  • Yeah.

  • I just wanted to clarify for the audience who might not be aware of how these guys speak.

  • So last one.

  • No lie.

  • Well done.

  • All truth.

  • Welcome to the next round of the IELTS Advantage quiz.

  • This is called the very round.

  • I'm going to give you some adjectives.

  • Very something.

  • And you are going to give me a better alternative.

  • Very strange.

  • Bizarre.

  • Correct.

  • Very poor.

  • Broke.

  • Excellent.

  • Very rich.

  • Wealthy.

  • Correct.

  • Very perfect.

  • Flawless.

  • Excellent.

  • Very scary.

  • Frightening.

  • Good.

  • Very happy.

  • Elated.

  • Excellent.

  • Very painful.

  • Excruciating.

  • Excellent.

  • Very clean.

  • Spotless.

  • Perfect.

  • Very funny.

  • Hilarious.

  • Very good.

  • Very easy.

  • Simple.

  • Good.

  • And the last one.

  • Very messy.

  • Ssss.

  • Five.

  • Untidy.

  • Good.

  • You could have also had disheveled, cluttered, disorganized.

  • I was going to say cluttered.

  • Yeah.

  • Welcome to the last round of the IELTS Advantage quiz.

  • This is IELTS English versus normal English.

  • I will say it in a very, very overcomplicated way.

  • Something that a native English speaker would never say.

  • And they will translate it into normal, everyday English.

  • I would like to articulate my perspective regarding this significant matter.

  • I'd like to present my idea in a more proper way.

  • Nearly.

  • Nearly.

  • Pretty good.

  • Pretty good.

  • There's an easier, simpler way of saying that.

  • Go.

  • I want to tell you something important.

  • Excellent.

  • Excellent.

  • Or an even better way would be, I want to share my thoughts on this.

  • Super simple.

  • Yeah.

  • I'm of the opinion that this methodology is highly ineffective.

  • I think this is ineffective, or I think this isn't as good.

  • Again, nearly.

  • Try.

  • This just doesn't work.

  • Excellent.

  • Okay.

  • I don't think this is going to work.

  • Okay.

  • Better.

  • So simpler.

  • Simpler.

  • Simpler.

  • I would be tremendously grateful if you could provide me with assistance.

  • I'd be so happy if you help.

  • Excellent.

  • Well done.

  • You got it.

  • I am experiencing considerable difficulty in comprehending this concept.

  • I find it difficult to understand.

  • On a roll.

  • It is imperative that we implement immediate solutions.

  • We need to find a solution for this.

  • Is there a simpler way?

  • We need to find another word for solution.

  • Let's simplify things.

  • We need to fix this right now.

  • Okay.

  • Okay.

  • Better.

  • I have conducted extensive research into this matter.

  • I've looked into this a lot.

  • Perfect.

  • Are you reading the answer?

  • You can check.

  • You can play it back.

  • So good.

  • This phenomenon has resulted in numerous problems.

  • This has caused a lot of problems.

  • Okay.

  • Yes.

  • Is that what it is?

  • Shut up.

  • I swear I'm not reading.

  • Last one.

  • I would like to express my sincere gratitude for your assistance.

  • Thank you so much for your help.

  • Exactly.

  • I like kind of complicated things in my head for no reason.

  • Everyone's a winner with the IELTS Advantage quiz.

  • You both win.

  • Thank you.

  • Thank you.

  • Thank you so much.

  • That's so cute.

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