Vocabulary Unit 1
Give the extreme adjective for the gradable adjective:
angry - ___________
furious
Name two functions of present continuous form.
to talk about actions in progress at the same time as speaking.
to talk about actions around the time of speaking.
to talk about changing situations.
a software program that allows users to find nd read information on the web.
browser
Your brother or sister's daughter is your _________.
niece
Did you ____________ to play video games when you were younger?
a. used
b. use to
b. use to
Complete the sentence with the correct verb.
Many people are afraid to __________ in public.
speak
My brother is going to buy me a new phone because he knows I ____________ a new one.
a. 'm want
b. want
c. wanting
d. have wanting
b. want
Choose the correct tense:
How long _____________ your classmates?
a. have you known
b. have you been knowing
a. have you known
Someone with no brothers or sisters is an _________ __________.
only child
Complete the sentence with past simple, past continuous or past perfect of the verb.
I _______________ (surf) at Pacific Beach when the sea lion _________ (bite) me.
was surfing, bit
Complete the sentence with the correct verb.
It is very difficult to ___________ my father-in-law. He is very stubborn.
persuade
Water ________ if you heat it to 100 degrees Celsius.
a. is boiling
b. boiled
c. boils
d. are boiling
c. boils
There is a good article in the newspaper. _________(you/see) it? No, I _________(not/read) the paper yet.
Have you seen, haven’t read
Complete the sentence with the correct word.
I have a good ____________ with my family and friends.
relationship
Complete the sentence with past simple, past continuous or past perfect of the verb.
When we met, I ______________ (just finish) my sophomore year at university. I ______________ (not take) my car that day, so he ____________ (gave) me a ride home.
had just finished, hadn't taken, gave
Give the extreme adjectives for the gradable adjectives:
I've had a really (bad) week and I'm extremely (tired), so I don't I can make happy hour tonight.
awful, exhausted
Complete the sentence using absolutely or very.
Her pronunciation on the speaking test was _________ perfect. She sounded ________ confident and her online dictionary must have been _________ useful.
absolutely, very, very
Give me one function of the present perfect continuous.
The baby’s face is dirty because (she/eat).
W
When doing an activity that has a result now.
She’s been eating.
Many of my _____________ live in the same town as I do.
relatives
Choose the correct tense.
I meeting/met my friend Dave while I shopped/ was shopping for a motorcycle last year.
met, was shopping
What type of communication does the Baby Boomer generation prefer?
face-to-face
Put the words in the correct order to make a question.
hear/ you/ foreign/ how/ do/ where/ often/ you/ languages/ live?
How often do you hear foreign languages where you live?
How old is your teacher?
You will never know
Find and correct the mistakes.
When I was a child, I use to go to my grandparents house by the beach. We didn't used to like cooking so we would order pizza. Now, I used to see them at their regular house, but it's not as nice as the beach house use to be.
used to, use to, usually, used to be
Name two uses for the past continuous tense.
1. for longer actions in comparison with shorter actions in the past simple.
I was driving when he saw me
2. actions interrupted by main events in the past simple.
I was skiing in the Alps when I had an accident
3. to describe a situation at the beginning of a story