Work & Success
This word means a period of time when someone works, for example from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
What is a shift?
This word means the way people think about a person, place, company, or product. It also means a visual representation of something.
What is image?
Complete the sentence: “Be quiet. I ______ (try) to focus on my homework.”
What is am trying?
Complete the sentence: “The woman ______ interviewed me was very professional.”
What is who?
This reading skill means reading quickly to understand the general idea.
What is skimming?
This word means a company or person trying to be more successful than you in the same market.
What is a competitor?
This word means the food or cooking style of a country or region.
What is cuisine?
Complete the sentence: “When I arrived, they ______ (cook) dinner in the kitchen.”
What is were cooking?
Complete the sentence: “This is the company ______ products are sold around the world.”
What is whose?
This reading skill means looking for specific information, such as a date, name, number, or keyword.
What is scanning?
This word means an extra advantage you receive from a job, such as paid holidays or free training.
What is a benefit?
This word means a famous symbol of a place, person, or culture.
What is an icon?
Complete the sentence: “By the time we got to the cinema, the film ______ (has) already ______ (start).”
What is had already started?
Complete the sentence: “The hotel ______ we stayed last summer had an amazing view.”
What is where?
In a gapped-text task, this type of word helps connect ideas between sentences, such as “however,” “because,” or “then.”
What is a linking word / cohesive device?
This verb means to study something carefully to understand its details.
What is analyse/analyze?
This word means everything around you in a place.
What are surroundings?
Complete the sentence: “I ______ (has) never ______ (see) such a beautiful view before my trip to Switzerland.”
What is had never seen?
Complete the sentence: “The manager, with ______ I had a short meeting, seemed very strict.”
What is whom?
In an essay, this part clearly shows your main position or opinion on the topic.
What is the thesis statement / main opinion?
This phrase means to slow something down or make it harder to do.
What is interfere with?
This adjective means modern, stylish, and showing good taste or knowledge. It also means complex and consisting of many experiences and culture
What is sophisticated?
Complete the sentence using comparative grammar rules: “The more you practise speaking, ______ confident you become.”
What is the more?
Complete the sentence: “He missed the deadline, ______ made his supervisor extremely disappointed.”
What is which?
This writing feature means your ideas are clearly connected and easy to follow from one paragraph to the next.
What is coherence and cohesion?