Vocabulary I
a person who studies physics or whose job is connected with physics
physicist
medical operations to repair injury to a person’s skin, or to improve a person’s appearance
plastic surgery
He has never eaten such a good burger.
Never has he eaten such a good burger.
My grandmother is 80 but she enjoyed the party.
Rewrite using 'despite'
Despite the fact that my grandmother is 80, she enjoyed the party.
Despite being 80, my grandmother enjoyed the party.
Despite my grandmother being 80, she enjoyed the party.
Rewrite as an emphatic structure to emphasise the underlined words.
The media accused him of being a spy.
What the media did was accuse him of being a spy.
a synonym for 'outbreak'
eruption
If you invent a new phrase or word which people use often, you '___________ a word/phrase/expression'
coin
Reformulate as an inversion:
One rarely receives any postcards nowadays.
Rarely does one receive any postcards nowadays.
Rewrite using 'however':
There was a general strike, but most people managed to get to work.
There was a general strike. However, most people managed to get to work.
Complete the sentence to emphasise the underlined words:
Nobody likes going to the dentist.
Something....
Something nobody likes is going to the dentist.
a person who is killed or injured in war or in an accident
casualty
a synonym for 'enjoy'
savour
Reformulate as an inversion:
If you were elected president, what new law would you introduce?
Were you to be elected president, what new law would you introduce?
He owns an apartment in New York and a small house in Italy.
Rewrite using 'in addition to'
In addition to an apartment in New York, he owns a small house in Italy.
In addition to a small house in Italy, he owns an apartment in New York.
Rewrite as an emphatic structure to emphasise the underlined words:
Lily moved to Liverpool.
Liverpool was the place Lily moved to.
Where Lily moved to was Liverpool.
It was Liverpool where Lily moved to.
the practice of ordering people by law to join the army
conscription
an invention from World War I to prevent attacks on the men in the trenches
barbed wire
Reformulate as an inversion, starting with HARDLY:
She just got back to bed when her alarm went off.
Hardly had she got(ten) back to bed, her alarm went off.
There weren't any trains, but I was only an hour late.
Rewrite using 'though'
Though there weren't any trains, I was only an hour late.
Complete the sentence to emphasise the underlined words:
I dislike the lack of sleep when travelling by plane.
The thing ...
The thing I dislike when travelling by plane is the lack of sleep.
in the aftermath of war
Give another expression for 'closeness'
proximity
Reformulate as an inversion starting with 'not until':
I didn't realise how exhausted I was until I went to bed.
Not until I went to bed did I realise how exhausted I was.
I went to Spain. I wanted to learn Spanish.
Combine the sentences using 'so as to'.
I went to Spain so as to learn Spanish.
Complete the sentence to emphasise the underlined words:
Children change one's life forever.
Something ...
Something children do is change one's life forever.