Types of art
music, theatre, ballet, painting, sculpture, dance, opera, etc
What was the problem with the bridge across a river between Germany and Switzerland in 2004?
Its sides wouldn't meet exactly as there was a mistake in calculations.
Combine 2 sentences into 1 using a reduced relative clause: He helped the man. The man was hit by a motorcycle.
He helped the man hit by a motorcycle.
Name two ways to start an informal email.
Dear Bob,
Hello Bob,
Word 1
opera singer
Computing verbs
subscribe, delete, enter, program, install, update, forward, rate, etc
What technology does Chris Dancy use? What for?
He is connected to 700 sensors that record every detail of his life, such as heart rate or calories burnt. He analyses the data every day.
If she had bought a new dress, she .... (wear) it to the party.
If she had bought a new dress, she would have worn it to the party.
Read these words correctly
aisle, choir, receipt, catastrophe, other, oven, Einstein, Greenwich
Word 2
satnav
Compound nouns connected to Travelling
hard shoulder, taxi rank, arrivals hall, departure gate, petrol station, duty-free shop, waiting room, check-in desk, passport control, baggage reclaim, etc
How much did Sophia Amoruso earn from selling a vintage Channel jacket?
She bought it for 8 dollars and sold for 1000 so she earned 992 dollars.
They visited a new theme park which ....... (build) a year before.
They visited a new theme park which had been built a year before.
Write the plurals of these nouns: woman, tooth, person, mouse, sheep, wolf, photo, mother-in-law
women, teeth, people, mice, sheep, wolves, photos, mothers-in-law
Word 3
ticket office
make a call, run out of credit, put the phone on silent, hang up, pick up the phone, leave a message, lose the signal, listen to your voicemail, etc
What inspired Magda to make covers for street objects?
People stopped to take a closer look at a knitted cover for the shop's door handle she'd made. This reaction inspired Magda to create more covers.
Report the question: 'What exam are you taking tomorrow?', Mary asked me.
Mary asked me what exam I was taking the next day.
I was called rebellious and .... (polite) because of my bright pink hair. Most adults don't like it being so ... (colour).
impolite, colourful
Verb 4
afford
Personal qualities: noun + ajective, eg optimism - optimistic
ambition - ambitious, cheerfullness - cheerful, maturity - mature, modesty - modest, shyness - shy, generosity - generous, etc
What is a 20-year-old student Rin famous for?
She wrote a novel If You which sold 400,000 copies and was on the bestseller list.
We don't clean our windows, we usually hire somebody to... (have/clean).
We don't clean our windows, we usually hire somebody to have them cleaned.
In the USA one in five teenagers .... (have) their own webpage. These sites contain stories, poems and ... (fill) with pictures.
has, are filled
Adjective 5
loyal