Drop Zone: Loom (Remix) Stress Vocabulary

Drop Zone Quiz: Drop Zone: Loom (Remix) Stress Vocabulary (B2, Teens, 10 questions)

Ten quick-fire questions on vocabulary for stress, pressure and overload linked to the themes of Loom (Remix): frazzled, swimming in, flit between, minefield, regurgitate, plastered, hammered into, manic, all the books under the sun and overwhelmed.

A free Drop Zone Quiz for Teens at CEFR B2 level. Topic: Loom (Remix).

Questions

  1. After three exams in one day, Mia felt completely ___, as if there was far too much to cope with. — A) overconfident B) overexcited C) overjoyed D) overwhelmed
  2. If you say you feel 'frazzled' the night before a test, how do you feel? — A) Exhausted and on edge because of stress B) Calm and fully prepared C) Bored and uninterested D) Annoyed with someone in particular
  3. What does Leo mean when he says, 'I'm swimming in homework this week'? — A) He has already finished his homework B) He has a huge amount of homework C) He is doing his homework with friends D) His homework is surprisingly easy
  4. Revision week was ___: everyone was rushing around, panicking and hardly sleeping. — A) tedious B) sluggish C) mellow D) manic
  5. Instead of focusing on one subject, he kept ___ maths, history and chemistry every few minutes. — A) flitting between B) settling on C) dwelling on D) sticking to
  6. When the teacher warned that the exam was 'a minefield', what did she mean? — A) It was full of hidden traps that could easily catch students out B) It covered topics nobody had studied C) It was impossible for anyone to pass D) It was extremely long and boring
  7. Our teacher told us not to just 'regurgitate' facts from the textbook. What did she mean? — A) Copy answers from classmates B) Forget information soon after learning it C) Question whether the facts are true D) Repeat information without really understanding it
  8. Which sentence uses 'hammered into' correctly? — A) We hammered into the importance of revising early. B) The teachers hammered revising early into. C) The importance of revising early was hammered into us by every teacher. D) Every teacher hammered us into revising early.
  9. Her bedroom walls were 'plastered with' revision notes, which means the walls were... — A) completely covered with notes B) partly hidden behind notes C) neatly decorated with a few notes D) carefully lined with notes along the edges
  10. She claimed she had read 'all the books under the sun' but still felt unprepared. What does the phrase suggest? — A) She had read an enormous number of books, possibly an exaggeration B) She had read her books outside in the sunshine C) She had read exactly every book on the reading list D) She had…

Printable worksheet

This Drop Zone Quiz comes with a free printable worksheet: 2 parts for students to do after the game, and an answer key for the teacher. It prints at three levels (Support, Core and Challenge); this is the Challenge sheet. Sign in free to print the whole sheet.

What's on the worksheet

  1. Answer from memory · No options this time. Write the answer.
  2. Write your own question · Write a new question about loom (remix), with one right answer and three wrong ones.

Part 1: Answer from memory

No options this time. Write the answer.

  1. After three exams in one day, Mia felt completely ___, as if there was far too much to cope with.
  2. If you say you feel 'frazzled' the night before a test, how do you feel?
  3. What does Leo mean when he says, 'I'm swimming in homework this week'?

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