Vocabulary
Adjective order
Proverbs
FAN BOYS
Part of speech
100

succulent 

juicy

100

black, leather, Italian 

black, Italian, leather 

100

home sweet home 

Familiarity makes you appreciate your home.

100

They were late for school. They started to run.

They were late for school, so they started to run.

100

relief / verb/

relieve 

200

medley

mixture

200

red, comfortable, big

big, red, comfortable 

200

home is where the heart is. 

Your home will always be the place for which you feel the deepest affection, no matter where you are.

200

Their teacher was absent. They had to do the test anyway.

Their teacher was absent, but they had to do the test anyway.

200

explain /noun/

explanation

300

haven 

safe place, shelter 

300

two fat, green, old frogs 

two fat, old, green frogs

300

there's no place like home 

No matter how humble it may be, home is the place where one feels happiest.

300

He visited the zoo on his birthday. He had a party.

He visited the zoo, and he had a party, on his birthday.

300

relax  /noun/

relaxation

400

refuge 

shelter 

400

long, wooden, Italian 

long, Italian, wooden 

400

A house is made with walls and beams; a home is built with love and dreams.

A house is just a physical structure, while a home is lived-in (often by a family) and full of memories.

400

‘There are no more copies of the book. You will have to share one between two.’

‘There are no more copies of the book, so you will have to share one between two.’

400

gradually, what part of speech is it?

adverb

500

snug

cosy, comfortable

500

 brown, little, obnoxious

obnoxious, little, brown

500

A leopard cannot change its spots

You cannot change who you are.

500

Children should be polite to their elderly relatives. They should not look bored.

Children should be polite to their elderly relatives, so they should not look bored.

500

probable / noun/

probability 

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