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What is an "idiom"?
a group of words that has a special meaning that is different from the ordinary meaning of each separateword. For example, ‘under the weather’ is an idiom meaning ‘ill’.
What is a phrasal?
A phrasal verb is a verb plus a "particle" which has a different meaning from the verb on its own.
What is "word formation"?
It is the construction of new words. There are different processes to get to form "new words"
What is a noun?
A word that refers to a person, place, thing quality, etc.
DESPONDENT
When you can't remember something, you say:
"I can't for the.........of me remember her first name."
can't for the life of someone (me)
What kind of phrasal verbs are there?
Intransitive and transitive.
Mention one process used for making new words. For examples, adding .................or ...................to existing words is called AFFIXATION.
When can a noun change its form?
When they are plural and when they show possession.
Despite a particular fact, situation or quality
IRRESPECTIVE OF
When sth bad has happened, but you decide to learn from it instead of being upset by it. You can say:
"I've decided to put it down ................................."
to put it down to experience
Phrasal verbs can be of two types. Explain those types.
Intransitive: the phrasal verb does not take an object. Transitive: the phrasal verb takes an object. They can be separable and inseparable.
This preffix is used to denote not having a quality/without
a - amoral, asexual,
Name 4 characteristics of nouns.
Countable-Uncountable-concrete-abstract
What's the meaning of "stark fact"?
Used for describing an unpleasant fact or situation that is very obvious or impossible to avoid
Ex:The stark choice is between moving out or staying here and paying more.
When you say that someone's got the message, you mean.....
someone finally becomes aware of a fact (usually an unpleasant one)
Mention phrasal verbs with "keep"
Keep at, keep back, keep on doing sth, keep up, keep out, keep off
These suffixes mean "small". Mention them.
-ette, -ling, -let as in kitchenette, duckling and piglet.
Is there a gramatical gender in English for nouns? How can we specify gender, then? Provide an example.
No, there isn't. To specify gender we have to say "a woman doctor". However, most nouns for jobs and roles do refer to males and females, often by their suffix, "businessman"
The order of adjec
OPINION + SIZE + QUALITY + AGE + SHAPE + COLOUR +PARTICIPLES + ORIGIN +MATERIAL + TYPE + PURPOSE
"The ins and outs of sth" refers to......
the details of
The meaning of this phrasal is "to give to the police"
To turn in
Say 4 words that are formed by both adding a prefix and a suffix to their root, making a new word then.
Immesaurable - disadvantageous - unhelpful - unforgivable
Define agreement in relation to subject + verb + object/complement.
It is the relation between the components of the sentence. If the subject is singular, the verb should be singular as well. Yet, there are exceptions.