Dependence / Technology
Prepositions
Complete with the correct preposition:
People are totally fed up _____ the number of commercials on TV.
Grammar
is the bold pronoun right or wrong?
Can the person who has not turned off their phone please do so immediately?
Reading
Read the extract below where the author talks about an aspect of his childhood then choose the heading which best fits the text.
Washing / Sickness / Fears / First love / Food / Ambitions / School /Sundays
My bad dreams were of two kinds, those about specters and those about insects. The latter was, beyond comparison, the worse: to this day I would rather meet a ghost than a tarantula.
Speaking
Do you agree?
By the time they are 21, all young people should be Living independently of their parents and why?
Define Affluenza
Missing Word
Fill in the blank with the correct word:
If you hold, I’ll ____ you through to the accounts department.
Collocation
Choose the correct answer:
I'm very (near / close) to my cousin Claudia - we tell each other everything
Vocabulary
guess which of the abstract nouns used previously is missing from this quotation.
adult / afraid / ashamed /dead / free / friend / believe / happy / partner / bored / hate /poor /celebrate /imagine / relation / child / compete / sick / kind / sad / wise / member
"Love, friendship and respect do not unite people as much as a common ____ for something."
Vocabulary
Fill in the blank:
My friend swears it s___ her a lot of time
Grammar
Correct or Incorrect?
The man with Spare Change News was trying to persuade people to buy his newspaper.
Phrasal Verbs
Complete with the correct phrasal verb:
I’ve run _______ of minutes on my cell phone.
Speaking
Correct the following sentence:
“I called to my brother but his cell phone was turned off.”
Vocabulary
Make abstract nouns for ‘ship’ using the words below
adult / afraid / ashamed /dead / free / friend / believe / happy / partner / bored / hate /poor /celebrate /imagine / relation / child / compete / sick / kind / sad / wise / member
Which of the following do you do?
Talk on a hands-free set while you are driving.
Talk on the phone while you are doing housework or cooking.
Check your email or chat online while you are working or studying.
Look at a website while you are having a conversation on the phone.
Listen to music while you are studying or working.
Listen to music while you are exercising.
Send a text while talking to a friend.
Vocabulary (Phrases)
Fill in the blank with the suitable phrase:
We would rather _____ vacation in July, but in the end we had to go in August.
Vocabulary
What is the missing verb in the phrase?
Can you ____ me a call this afternoon?
Idioms
Explain what the following idiom means:
It started to rain harder, but we gritted our teeth and continued on.
Speaking follow-up
After listening to the previous person talking about their favorite childhood book, how old do you think they were when they first read that book?
Vocabulary
Fill in the blank:
I have kids and I work full-time, so you can imagine I don’t have much s____ time.
Grammar
Correct or Incorrect:
I'll meet you there at 7:00 - and please don't keep me waiting.
Prepositions
Complete with the correct preposition:
My sister is totally hooked _______ that new reality show on TV .
Vocabulary
collocation - colloquial - an idiom - a metaphor - a phrasal verb - register - slang - a synonym
__________ noun a frequent combination of words in a language. It is often the only possible combination to express a concept, e.g., heavy rain (not strong rain)
Speaking
Talk about your favorite childhood book for 1 minute or less
Speaking
When you were younger, did your parents give you a hard time if you came home Late?
Fill in the blank with the suitable phrase:
I would love _____ the boss's face when you told him you were leaving.