Vocab - Definition
Vocab - in context
Gr - Past Passive
GR - reported speech
GR - Gerund - Infinitive
100
a painting, drawing, photograph, or engraving of a person, especially one depicting only the face or head and shoulders.
a portrait
100
essential / indication / choreographer / tribute / method
it is _________ to keep up-to-date records if we want to be able to provide correct information.
essential / indication / choreographer / tribute / method
it is essential to keep up-to-date records
100
Make it passive!
Someone burgled my house while I was away.
My house was burgled while I was away. 
100
My friend said, "I'll come with you."
My friend said ...
My friend said she'd come with me.
100
Build the sentence with the correct form of the verb!
Meiji / want / go / abroad
Meiji wanted/wants to go abroad
200
lasting or intended to last or remain unchanged indefinitely.
Permanent
200
essential / indication / choreographer / tribute / method
He found a new __________ to fix his computer. It's faster and works fine now.
essential / indication / choreographer / tribute / method
He found a new method to fix his computer. It's faster and works fine now.
200
Make it passive!
They were still building the hotel when we stayed there.
The hotel was still being built when we stayed there.
200
Sally asked, "Can I help you plan the party?"
Sally asked
Sally asked if she could help me/us plan the party.
200
Build the sentence with the correct form of the verb!
However, she / hate / live / in big cities
However, she hated living in big cities.
However, she hated to live in big cities
:)
300
handle or control (a tool, mechanism, etc.), typically in a skillful manner.
manipulate
300
essential / indication / choreographer / tribute / method
the visit was a/an _________ of the improvement in relations between the countries.
essential / indication / choreographer / tribute / method
the visit was an indication of the improvement in relations between the countries
300
Make it passive!
I went to the showroom but was informed that they had sold all the houses.
I went to the showroom but was informed that all the houses had been sold.
300
She said, "I've been cleaning the house all morning." She said
She said she'd been cleaning to the house all morning.
300
Chuck had always dreamed about (become) a baseball star.
becoming
400
existing in thought or as an idea but not having a physical or concrete existence.
abstract
400
essential / indication / choreographer / tribute / method
A professional ____________ would have never come prepared like him! He should have had the basic moves for the dancers today!
essential / indication / choreographer / tribute / method
A professional choreographer would have never come prepared like him! He should have had the basic moves for the dancers today!
400
Make it passive
I visited my home town last year, only to find that they'd demolished the house I'd grown up in.
I visited my home town last year, only to find that the house I'd grown up in had been demolished.
400
"I would have visited the hospital, if I had known you were sick."
Sally said ...
Sally said (that) she would have visited the hospital, if she had known I was sick.
400
Tomorrow we have decided (go) to Rome and then we're planning (visit) Venice for a few days. After that we've arranged (stay) in France for a few weeks, but I hope (get) back before the end of the month.
Tomorrow we have decided to go to Rome and then we're planning to visit Venice for a few days. After that we've arranged staying/to stay in France for a few weeks, but I hope to get back before the end of the of the month
500
having, revealing, or proceeding from a great deal of worldly experience and knowledge of fashion and culture.
Sophisticated
500
essential / indication / choreographer / tribute / method
She said her book was a/an ________ to her daughter, and I agreed it was the most precious gift that she could give her daughter.
essential / indication / choreographer / tribute / method
She said her book was a tribute to her daughter, and I agreed it was the most precious gift that she could give her daughter.
500
Make it passive!
Was it the case that someone sent the report on time?
Was it the case that the report had been sent on time?
500
"Would you mind telling me how to get to the art gallery, please?"
She asked me how to get to the art gallery.
500
Now we are in Berlin. It seems (be) a lively and interesting city. We are sitting in a restaurant and we have asked the waiter (bring) the menu, though I'm thinking about (ask) for a cup of tea only because I'm so sad, I miss (be) with you so much. I hope (be) strong enough (resist) tomorrow's excursion. We will probably start (drive) towards old eastern Germany early in the morning, since they say there are a couple of extraordinary things (see) somewhere called Leipzig.
Now we are in Berlin. It seems to be a lively and interesting city. We are sitting in a restaurant and we have asked the waiter to bring the menu, though I'm thinking about asking for a cup of tea only because I'm so sad, I miss to be with you so much. I hope to be strong enough to resist tomorrow's excursion. We will probably start driving towards old eastern Germany early in the morning, since they say there are a couple of extraordinary things to see somewhere called Leipzig.