VOCABULARY
Whats the difference between historic and historical?
Historic: something important, momentous, likely to be important in history.
Historical: related to the study of things from the past
Is this sentence correct?
She told me don't worry
She told me NOT TO worry / She told me: 'don't worry!' ;)
If someone is full of beans, they are...
energetic, lively
Which one does not collocate?
make a decision
make progress
make homework
make homework
This book was unputdownable (NEVER)
NEVER have I read such an unputdownable book
Give 3 synonyms for important
significant, crucial, essential, vital, momentous, major, key, principal (...)
He suggested LEAVING earlier
Complete:
Better late ____ ________.
Better late THAN NEVER
Which one does not collocate?
bitterly disappointed
bitterly cold
bitterly delighted
bitterly delighted
Perhaps Tom forgot about the meeting (MAY)
Tom MAY have forgotten about the meeting
List some verbs you can use to describe an increase in a graph
increase, rise, grow, go up, climb, improve, jump, shoot up, leap, escalate, soar, skyrocket, (...)
By the end of June, I ______________ (pass) C1.1
By the end of June, I WILL HAVE PASSED C1.1
What idiom means to reveal a secret accidentally?
To spill the beans
Which one does not collocate?
meet a deadline
meet expectations
meet success
meet success
I regret not studying harder at university (WISH)
I WISH I had studied harder at university
Use 'current' and 'actual' in a sentence
current: present, happening now
actual: true, real
Correct the mistake:
Despite of being tired, she went out.
Despite BEING tired / In spite OF being tired, she went out.
What idiom means to be in agreement?
To be on the same page / To see eye to eye
Which one does not collocate?
highly unlikely
highly recommended
highly impossible
highly impossible
People say the company is closing down (SAID)
The company is said to be closing down
Find the right sentence(s):
a) She explained me why she was upset.
b) She told me that she was leaving early.
c) We discussed about the problem for hours.
d) He said that he might be late.
e) They suggested us to wait outside.
b) She told me that she was leaving early.
d) He said that he might be late.
explain needs to
discuss does not take about
suggest is followed by -ing or that clause
Rewrite:
I should have listened to your advice. I wouldn't be in this mess now. (ONLY)
If only I had listened to your advice, I wouldn't be in this mess now.
What idiom means to be in a difficult situation with no easy solution?
Be between a rock and a hard place / Be between the Devil and the deep blue sea / Be in a catch-22 situation
Which one does not collocate?
strong rain
heavy rain
torrential rain
strong rain
The moment I sat down, the meeting began (HARDLY)
HARDLY had I sat down when the meeting began