Vocabulary 1
Avatar was a successful _________ hit.
verb noun adjective
impress impression impressed / _______
impressive
Choose the correct answer:
I love / am loving my new shoes.
Love
Rewrite the sentence using the word in brackets:
Look at all those oranges. We have to pick them today (that)
Look at all those oranges that we have to pick today.
Which word means: To practice for a performance.
Rehearse
Even though the student had cheated, the teacher decided to give him a __________
chance
A positive attitude can make the difference between success and __________
failure
Which use of the present continuous is this one?
I'm seeing the dentist next week
Arranged plan in the future.
Write the correct pronoun:
The car ______ front window is broken belongs to my father.
whose
Provide an example of schedule or timetable use of the present simple.
The train leaves at 6 pm
The weather in Scotland never _____ ___ amaze me. One moment it's sunny and the next it's pouring.
fails to
This parfume is really cheap, I put it on 5 minutes ago and it has already ____ ____.
worn off
Which use of the present continuous is this one?
What are you doing this weekend?
Arranged plan in the future
Combine the 2 sentences using a relative pronoun:
We visited the town. My grandfather was born there.
We visited the town where my grandfather was born.
Provide an example of the use of present continuous where you talk about a temporary action happening during a period of time but not necessarily at the time of speaking.
My cousin is studying abroad this year.
Peter was _____ ___ fall asleep when a strange noise scared him.
about to
The director searched _____ and ______ for the right actor.
far and wide
Why is this sentence wrong?
My face is wet, I'm needing a towel.
Because stative verbs can only be used with present simple.
Correct the mistake:
This is the restaurant where we ate there last year.
This is the restaurant where we ate last year.
In this drawer I keep several small things that I don't know where else to put.
________ and __________
bits and pieces
The band's song was so interesting that I began to ____ __ on them.
read up
The milk will _____ ____ if it isn't put in the fridge immediately
go off
Why is this sentence wrong?
I'm thinking that my team will win.
...But this sentence is right?
I'm thinking about buying a new car.
Think can work both as a stative verb (believe) or an action verb (consider)
Can you omit the relative pronoun in this sentence? Why?
That's the man who was shouting in the street last night.
No, because the relative pronoun is the subject of the relative clause.
Rewrite the sentence using the word in brackets:
They had to cancel the show due to a technical problem (CALL)
They had to call off the show due to a technical problem.