Idioms
Round 1: Meaning of Idioms
1. What does the idiom "a bird in hand is worth
two in the bush" mean?
(Answer: It is better to hold onto something
you have than risk losing it by trying to get
something better.)
2. Explain the meaning of the idiom "cut your
coat according to your size."
(Answer: Live within your means.)
3. What does the idiom "to cry over spilled
milk" mean?
(Answer: To waste time worrying about
something that cannot be changed.)
4. What does it mean when someone says
"actions speak louder than words"?
(Answer: What people do is more important
than what they say.)
Round 2: Using Idioms in Context
1. Which idiom best fits this sentence:
"When Kofi was caught cheating on the test,
he had to ___."
a. Face the music
b. Beat around the bush
c. Take the bull by the horns
(Answer: a)
2. Fill in the blank with an idiom:
Ama was nervous before the competition, but
her teacher told her to ___.
(Answer: Keep her cool)
3. True/False: The idiom "spill the beans"
means to reveal a secret. (Answer: True)
4. Which idiom means to avoid addressing the
main issue?
a. Hit the nail on the head
b. Beat around the bush
c. Break the ice
(Answer: b)
Tenses
Round 1: Identify the Tense
1. What tense is used in this sentence: He will
visit his grandmother tomorrow.
(Answer: Future simple tense)
2. Identify the tense of this sentence: They had
finished their homework before going to bed.
(Answer: Past perfect tense)
3. What tense is this: We are studying for our
exams.
(Answer: Present continuous tense)
4. True/False: The sentence She writes letters to
her friends every week is in the present
perfect tense.
(Answer: False; it is in the present simple
tense.)
Round 2: Correct the Sentence
1. Correct this sentence to match the present
perfect tense:
They eat their lunch already.
(Answer: They have eaten their lunch
already.)
2. Rewrite this sentence in the future continuous
tense:
She teaches the students every Monday.
(Answer: She will be teaching the students
every Monday.)
3. Change the tense of this sentence to the past
simple tense:
Kofi is helping his brother.
(Answer: Kofi helped his brother.)
4. Rewrite this sentence in the past perfect tense:
The boys played football.
(Answer: The boys had played football.)
Round 1: Meaning of Idioms
1. What does the idiom "to make ends meet"
mean?
(Answer: To manage to live on the money you
have.)
2. Explain the meaning of the idiom "once in a
blue moon."
(Answer: Something that happens very
rarely.)
3. What does the idiom "pull someone’s leg"
mean?
(Answer: To joke or trick someone in a
friendly way.)
4. What does the idiom "the ball is in your
court" mean?
(Answer: It’s your decision or responsibility
to take action next.)
Round 2: Using Idioms in Context
1. Which idiom fits this sentence:
"I thought my team would win the debate, but
it was a ___."
a. Piece of cake
b. Blessing in disguise
c. Close shave
(Answer: c)
2. Fill in the blank with an appropriate idiom:
"After losing the match, the coach
encouraged the team to ___. There is still the
finals to play."
(Answer: Keep their heads up)
3. True/False: The idiom "burn the midnight oil"
means to work late into the night. (Answer:
True)
4. What does the idiom "hit the nail on the
head" mean?
a. To make a mistake
b. To describe something accurately
c. To solve a problem quickly
(Answer: b)
Round 3: Ghanaian Context
1. What does the Ghanaian idiom "a chameleon
does not leave its colour" mean?
(Answer: People rarely change their true
nature.)
2. What does the idiom "one finger cannot lift a
stone" mean in Ghanaian culture?
(Answer: It emphasizes teamwork and the
need for cooperation.)
Tenses
Round 1: Identify the Tense
1. What tense is used in this sentence: We will
have completed the project by next week.
(Answer: Future perfect tense)
2. Identify the tense of this sentence: She has
been teaching for five years.
(Answer: Present perfect continuous tense)
3. What tense is this: The students were studying
when the teacher arrived.
(Answer: Past continuous tense)
4. True/False: The sentence They have lived in
Accra since 2015 is in the past perfect tense.
(Answer: False; it is in the present perfect
tense.)
Round 2: Sentence Correction
1. Correct this sentence to match the future
continuous tense:
He goes to school tomorrow.
(Answer: He will be going to school
tomorrow.)
2. Rewrite this sentence in the past perfect tense:
The girls finish their work before the teacher
enters.
(Answer: The girls had finished their work
before the teacher entered.)
3. Change this sentence to the present perfect
tense:
The rain started early this morning.
(Answer: The rain has started early this
morning.)
4. Rewrite this sentence in the future perfect
tense:
I complete the assignment by the weekend.
(Answer: I will have completed the
assignment by the weekend.)
Round 3: Multiple Choice
1. Which of these sentences is in the present
continuous tense?
a. The children play football.
b. The children are playing football.
c. The children played football.
(Answer: b)
2. Select the sentence in the past perfect tense:
a. They had already left when I arrived.
b. They have already left when I arrived.
c. They are already leaving when I arrived.
(Answer: a)
3. Which of these is in the future tense?
a. She is going to Kumasi.
b. She will go to Kumasi tomorrow.
c. She has gone to Kumasi.
(Answer: b)
4. Identify the tense: Kwame has never been late
for school.
a. Present perfect
b. Present continuous
c. Future perfect
(Answer: a)
1. Identify the type of conditional sentence: If it
rains, we will stay indoors.
(Answer: First conditional)
2. What type of conditional sentence is this: If I
had studied harder, I would have passed the
exam.
(Answer: Third conditional)
3. Identify the type of conditional sentence: If
she were taller, she could join the basketball
team.
(Answer: Second conditional)
4. True/False: The sentence If they invite us, we
will attend the party is a zero conditional.
(Answer: False; it is a first conditional.)
Round 2: Complete the Sentence
1. Complete this first conditional sentence: If the
teacher arrives early, ___.
(Example Answer: we will begin the lesson on
time.)
2. Fill in the blank: If I ___ (study) harder, I
would have scored higher marks.
(Answer: had studied)
3. Complete this second conditional sentence: If
I had a million cedis, ___.
(Example Answer: I would start a business.)
4. Complete this zero conditional sentence: If
water boils, ___.
(Answer: it turns into steam.)
2. Correct this sentence: If I was you, I would
apologize.
(Answer: If I were you, I would apologize.)
3. What is wrong with this sentence: If the sun
shines, we would go to the beach.
(Answer: Replace "would" with "will": If the
sun shines, we will go to the beach.)
4. Fix this sentence: If they studied, they will
have passed the test.
(Answer: Replace "will have passed" with
"would have passed": If they had studied, they
would have passed the test.)
Round 4: Multiple Choice
1. Which of the following is a second
conditional sentence?
a. If I study, I will pass the test.
b. If I studied, I would pass the test.
c. If I had studied, I would have passed the
test.
(Answer: b)
2. Which of the following is a zero conditional
sentence?
a. If he sleeps early, he will feel refreshed.
b. If water freezes, it turns into ice.
c. If I were you, I would call the police.
(Answer: b)
3. Identify the correct third conditional sentence:
a. If they had known the rules, they would
win.
b. If they know the rules, they will win.
c. If they had known the rules, they would
have won.
(Answer: c)
4. What would be the outcome in this first
conditional sentence?
If the traffic is light, ___.
a. We would arrive late.
b. We will arrive early.
c. We arrived late.
(Answer: b)
Round 3: Error Identification and
Correction
1. Identify and correct the error in this sentence:
If he will come, we will go to the market.
(Answer: Remove "will" from the first clause:
If he comes, we will go to the market.)
Round 5: Ghanaian Context
1. Complete this sentence: If the lights go off
during the football match, ___.
(Example Answer: we will listen to it on the
radio.)
2. Fill in the blank: If I ___ (wake) up early, I
will catch the bus to Kumasi.
(Answer: wake)
3. True/False: If Kofi had prepared well, he
would have performed better in the quiz is a
second conditional sentence.
(Answer: False; it is a third conditional.)
4. Rewrite this sentence in the first conditional:
If I were rich, I would build a school in my
village.
(Answer: If I become rich, I will build a
school in my village.
1. What elements make up water (H₂O)?
(Answer: Hydrogen and oxygen.)
2. What is the chemical formula for carbon
dioxide?
(Answer: CO₂)
3. Name the two elements in common table salt
(NaCl).
(Answer: Sodium and chlorine.)
4. True/False: Methane (CH₄) is a compound
made of carbon and hydrogen.
(Answer: True)
Round 1: Basic Definitions
Round 4: Multiple Choice
1. What is an element?
(Answer: A substance made up of only one
type of atom that cannot be broken down into
simpler substances.)
2. Define a compound.
(Answer: A substance formed when two or
more different elements are chemically
bonded together.)
3. True/False: Oxygen (O₂) is a compound.
(Answer: False; it is an element because it
consists of only one type of atom.)
4. What distinguishes a compound from a
mixture?
(Answer: A compound has a fixed
composition and the elements are chemically
bonded, while a mixture has no fixed
composition and the substances are not
chemically bonded.)
Round 2: Identification
1. Name two examples of elements found in the
human body.
(Answer: Oxygen, Carbon, Hydrogen, or
Nitrogen.)
2. Is water (H₂O) an element or a compound?
(Answer: Compound)
3. Is gold (Au) a compound or an element?
(Answer: Element)
4. True/False: Table salt (sodium chloride,
NaCl) is an element.
(Answer: False; it is a compound.)
Round 3: Chemical Composition
1. Which of the following is a compound?
a. Oxygen (O₂)
b. Sodium chloride (NaCl)
c. Gold (Au)
(Answer: b)
2. What is the smallest unit of a compound
called?
a. Atom
b. Molecule
c. Mixture
(Answer: b)
3. Which element is represented by the symbol
Fe?
a. Fluorine
b. Iron
c. Francium
(Answer: b)
4. Which of the following substances is an
element?
a. Ammonia (NH₃)
b. Nitrogen (N₂)
c. Water (H₂O)
(Answer: b)
Round 5: True/False
1. All compounds are made of two or more
elements chemically combined.
(Answer: True)
2. A mixture has a fixed composition, while a
compound does not.
(Answer: False; it’s the other way around.)
3. Hydrogen gas (H₂) is an element.
(Answer: True)
4. Carbon monoxide (CO) and carbon dioxide
(CO₂) are compounds.
(Answer: True)
Round 6: Ghanaian Context
1. Name two elements commonly found in the
soil in Ghana.
(Answer: Nitrogen, Phosphorus, or
Potassium.)
2. Cocoa trees in Ghana require compounds
containing which element for healthy growth?
(Answer: Nitrogen.)
3. What compound is essential for humans to
breathe and is present in Ghana's atmosphere?
(Answer: Oxygen, O₂.)
4. Name the compound responsible for the sour
taste of unripe mangoes.
(Answer: Citric acid.)
1. What is a transformation in mathematics?
(Answer: A transformation is a change in the
position, size, or shape of a figure.)
2. Name the four main types of transformations.
(Answer: Translation, rotation, reflection,
and enlargement.)
3. True/False: In a reflection, every point on the
shape is moved to the same distance on the
opposite side of the line of reflection.
(Answer: True)
4. What is the term for a transformation where a
figure is enlarged or reduced but keeps its
shape?
(Answer: Enlargement or dilation.)
Round 2: Translation
1. If a point moves 3 units to the right and 4
units up, what type of transformation is this?
(Answer: Translation.)
2. A point A(2, 3) is translated by the vector
(−2,5). What are the coordinates of the new
point?
(Answer: (0, 8).)
3. What does a translation vector (0,−4) mean?
(Answer: Move the shape 4 units down.)
Round 3: Reflection
1. A point P(4, 2) is reflected across the y-axis.
What are the coordinates of the reflected
point?
(Answer: (-4, 2).)
2. True/False: A reflection changes the size of
the shape.
(Answer: False.)
3. If a shape is reflected in the x-axis, what
happens to the y-coordinates of its points?
(Answer: The y-coordinates are negated, or
their signs are reversed.)
Round 4: Rotation
1. A figure is rotated 90° clockwise about the
origin. How are the coordinates of a point (x,
y) transformed?
(Answer: They become (y, -x).)
2. What is the new position of point Q(3, 1) after
a 180° rotation about the origin?
(Answer: (-3, -1).)
3. True/False: In a rotation, the distance of the
points from the center of rotation remains the
same.
(Answer: True.)
Round 5: Enlargement
1. A figure is enlarged by a scale factor of 2.
What happens to the dimensions of the
figure?
(Answer: They double.)
2. True/False: In an enlargement, angles of the
figure remain unchanged.
(Answer: True.)
3. A triangle with vertices at A(1, 2), B(3, 4),
and C(5, 6) is enlarged with a scale factor of
3. What are the new coordinates of A?
(Answer: (3, 6).)
Round 6: Mixed Questions
1. What type of transformation does not change
the size or shape of a figure but moves it to a
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
new position?
(Answer: Translation.)
Which transformation involves flipping a
figure over a line?
(Answer: Reflection.)
A square is rotated 90° anti-clockwise about
the origin. What happens to the coordinates of
point (x, y)?
(Answer: They become (-y, x).)
A triangle with coordinates (1, 2), (3, 4), and
(5, 6) is translated by (−1,2). What are the
new coordinates of the first vertex?
(Answer: (0, 4).
 What is a surd?
(Answer: A surd is an irrational number that
cannot be simplified to remove the square
root, cube root, or any higher root.)
 True/False: The square root of 25 is a surd.
(Answer: False; the square root of 25 is 5,
which is a rational number.)
 Identify the surd in this list: √16, √18, √25
 True/False: Surds are always irrational
numbers.
(Answer: True.)
1. What is a set?
(Answer: A set is a well-defined collection of
distinct objects or elements.)
2. What is the universal set?
(Answer: The universal set is the set that
contains all the elements under consideration
for a particular discussion.)
3. True/False: A set can contain repeated
elements.
(Answer: False; a set only contains distinct
elements.)
Round 3: Set Operations
1. If set A={1,2,3}A = \{1, 2, 3\}A={1,2,3} and
set B={3,4,5}B = \{3, 4, 5\}B={3,4,5}, what
is A∪BA \cup BA∪B?
(Answer: {1,2,3,4,5}\{1, 2, 3, 4,
5\}{1,2,3,4,5}; Union of A and B.)
2. What is the intersection of A={1,2,3} and
B={3,4,5}?
(Answer: {3}\{3\}{3}; The common element.)
3. True/False: A−B means subtracting the
elements of set B from set A.
(Answer: True.)
4. If set X={2,4,6},Y={1,2,3,4}, what is X∩Y?
(Answer: {2,4}}; Intersection of X and Y.)
Round 4: Venn Diagrams
1. What is represented by the area outside the
circles in a Venn diagram?
(Answer: The complement of the sets or the
elements not in the sets.)
2. True/False: The union of two sets includes all
elements that belong to either of the sets.
(Answer: True.)
3. True/False: The intersection of two sets can
never be empty.
(Answer: False; the intersection can be empty
if the sets have no common elements.)
Round 5: Set Notation
Round 2: Types of Sets
1. What type of set is {2,4,6,8}? (Answer: Finite
set.)
2. True/False: {𝑥 ∣ 𝑥 𝑖𝑠 𝑎𝑛 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑛 𝑛𝑢𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟} is an
infinite set.
(Answer: True.)
3. What is a null set (empty set)?
(Answer: A set that contains no elements,
denoted by ∅ or {}.)
4. True/False: The set of all students in your
school is a universal set for your class.
(Answer: True, if the context is limited to your
class.)
1. What does
A={x∣x is an even number between 1 and 10}
represent?
(Answer: A={2,4,6,8,10}
2. True/False: {1,2,3}⊆{1,2,3,4}
(Answer: True; {1,2,3 is a subset of {1,2,3,4}
3. What does A⊆B mean?
(Answer: Set A is a subset of set B; all
elements of A are also in B.)
4. Define the complement of set A={1,2,3}
within the universal set U={1,2,3,4,5}.
(Answer: The complement of A is {4,5})