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Help the food critic finish their hilarious review of a terrible new restaurant by dragging the correct words into the blanks.

The chef's soup was such a disaster that even the stray cats ran away. The main course looked so unappetizing, I actually thought it was a modern art piece. We had such terrible service that we ended up pouring our own water!

The chef's soup was such a disaster that even the stray cats ran away.

Use "such a" (or "such an") before an adjective and a singular countable noun (like "disaster").

The main course looked so unappetizing, I actually thought it was a modern art piece.

Use "so" before an adjective on its own (like "unappetizing") without a noun following it.

We had such terrible service that we ended up pouring our own water!

Use "such" (without "a" or "an") before an adjective and an uncountable noun (like "service").

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Determiner

A determiner is a word that comes before a noun to clarify what it refers to: which one, how many, whose. The English determiners include articles (a, the), demonstratives (this, that), possessives (my, your), quantifiers (some, many, few), and distributives (each, every).

Most singular countable nouns in English require a determiner — I bought book is wrong; you need I bought a book or I bought the book. Determiner choice signals how much information you assume the listener already has, so getting it right shapes how natural your speech and writing sound.

Adjective

An adjective is a word that describes a noun or pronoun — giving more information about its quality, state, or identity. Adjectives sit either before the noun (a tall building) or after a linking verb (The soup is hot), and they answer questions like what kind?, which one?, or how many?

Getting adjectives right matters for two everyday reasons: their position is fixed (you can't say a redly dress), and when you stack several before a noun, English follows a strict order — opinion, then size, then age, then colour. Break that order and the sentence sounds off even when each word is correct.

Adverb

An adverb modifies a verb, an adjective, or another adverb — adding information about how, when, where, how often, or to what degree something happens: she sings beautifully, unbelievably fast, we go there often. Many adverbs end in -ly, but plenty don't (well, fast, hard, almost).

Adverbs matter because they're how you add nuance without piling on extra clauses. Used well, a single adverb can sharpen a vague sentence (she answeredshe answered honestly), but misplace one and the meaning drifts in a way native speakers immediately notice.

Countable and uncountable

In English, nouns split into two groups based on whether you can count them. Countable nouns (chair, book, idea) take a/an, form plurals (chairs), and pair with many, few, several. Uncountable nouns (water, furniture, advice, information) take no article in their general sense, have no plural, and pair with much, little, some.

This distinction matters because it controls article choice, plural marking, verb agreement, and quantifier selection — fewer chairs vs less water, an advice (wrong) vs some advice. It's one of the most common error sources for learners from languages without this split.

B1 | Intermediate

B1 is the intermediate level in the CEFR framework — the point where you stop relying on memorised phrases and start handling everyday English independently. At B1 you can describe experiences, explain opinions, and follow most clear standard speech on familiar topics like work, travel, and hobbies.

Grammatically, B1 means combining tenses with precision, building complex sentences, and starting to use passive voice, modal verbs for necessity and possibility, and verb patterns (gerund vs. infinitive). Knowing your level shapes what you study next: pushing too far ahead frustrates you; staying below your level wastes time.

Difficulty: Medium

The Medium difficulty tag marks questions and challenges in the middle of the difficulty range — typically suitable for A2 to B1 learners. Expect a single rule with realistic distractors, longer sentences, and contexts where you have to think before answering rather than reading off the obvious choice.

Filter by Medium when you're past the absolute basics and ready to consolidate. It's the level where most lasting progress happens — easy enough that you can finish without exhausting concentration, hard enough that getting it right means you've actually understood.