Vocabulary
to have an argument
to fall out
I have some vague ~ of my grat-grandmother.
One of my earliest ~ is eating a pie.
We have wonderful ~ of our holidays together.
Memories
I don't have any ideas for sentences.
I wish...
I wish I had ideas for sentences.
A hare disappeared into the long grass.
We didn't used to be very close before college.
We didn't use to be very close before college.
to jump, for example up from water
to leap
He played an active ~ in their upbringing.
The traditional ~ of the husband is now challenged.
role
Transform into passive voice:
The police caught the thief yesterday.
The thief was caught yesterday.
A deer has just raced _ the road.
A deer has just raced across the road.
His words were not being taken seriously.
His words were not taken seriously.
a religious place where monks live and pray
a monastery
I was given the ~ to do as I please.
They're restricting our ~ to decide on our bodies.
Suffragettes fought for the ~ to vote.
freedom
I didn't study too much.
If only...
If only I had studied more.
Thanks to those drugs I managed to get _ the pain.
Thanks to those drugs I managed to get through the pain.
I wish you stop talking so loud.
I wish you stopped talking so loud.
to make a hole (usually round) with a tool or machine
to drill
Kids ~ to the housework.
He wanted to ~ to the project.
They didn't ~ much to the discussion.
contribute
Transform into passive voice:
We are playing a game.
A game is being played.
I fell _ with my best friend _ a guy we both liked.
I fell out with my best friend over a guy we both liked.
If only I have known this before!
If only I had known this before!
very happy or ready to be generous to or lenient with someone; spoiling
indulgent
~ to what people say, everything is under control.
~ to what it looks like, I did study before the lesson.
~ to the stereotype, women negotiate as much as men do.
contrary
Explain the difference between used to and would. Illustrate with examples.
We can use used to for all verbs (I used to play Mortal Combat, I used to be very good at it). We use would for past habits only with action verbs (I would play Mortal Combat.)
If we consume oil _ the current rate, it will finish in 20 years. _ addition, we will have to change the way we think about natural resources.
If we consume oil at the current rate, it will finish in 20 years. In addition, we will have to change the way we think about natural resources.
I can't have opened this jar without your help, and I tried many times!
I couldn't open this jar without your help, and I tried many times!