Family and Daily Life
Vocabulary: your husband’s or wife’s relatives
in-laws
Vocabulary: (of a building) old and in poor condition; in need of repair
run-down
Vocabulary: the physical energy that lets you keep going during exercise
stamina
Vocabulary: the money returned to you when you take a product back to the shop
a refund
Vocabulary: (of a post or video) shared extremely quickly by huge numbers of people online
to go viral
Vocabulary: a holiday where flights, hotel and meals are all included in one price
a package holiday
You haven’t seen my keys, ___?
have you
Croatia
Zagreb
How many federal states (Bundesländer) does Austria have?
nine
Vocabulary: practical and showing good judgement (false friend – NOT ‚sensibel‘)
sensible
Comparative: A city flat is usually ___ (expensive) than a country house.
more expensive
Adjective/adverb: He is a ___ (careful) driver and he drives very ___.
careful / carefully
Question tag: This jacket suits me, ___?
doesn’t it
Relative clause: combine: That’s the man. He organises the festival.
That’s the man who organises the festival.
Vocabulary: the general word for places to stay overnight (hotels, hostels, B&Bs …)
accommodation
some / any: Is there ___ sugar? I’d like ___ in my coffee.
any / some
Serbia
Belgrad
Which city is the capital of Styria and Austria’s second-largest?
Graz
Tenses: My dad usually ___ (work) from home, but this week he ___ (commute) to the office.
works / is commuting
Superlative: This is ___ (good) flat we have seen so far.
the best
Present perfect: I ___ (just / finish) my workout.
have just finished
Quantifiers: Hurry up – we don’t have ___ time and there aren’t ___ buses tonight.
much / many
Passive (present): make passive: People celebrate Christmas in December.
Christmas is celebrated in December.
Future – plan: We’ve booked everything – we ___ (spend) two weeks in Italy.
are going to spend
Relative pronoun: That’s the café ___ serves the best cake.
which (that)
Lithuania
Vilnius
What is Austria’s highest mountain (3,798 m)?
the Grossglockner
Tenses: I ___ (know) her since 2019, but I ___ (meet) her sister only last week.
have known / met
Comparison: rewrite with “not as … as”: The countryside is quieter than the city.
The city is not as quiet as the countryside.
Present perfect: I haven’t tried bungee jumping ___, but I have ___ done a parachute jump.
yet / already
Conditional (type 1): If the shop ___ (have) my size, I ___ (buy) the shoes.
has / will buy
Passive (past): make passive: A local company sponsored the concert.
The concert was sponsored by a local company.
Future time clause: I’ll call you when I ___ (arrive) at the hotel.
arrive
Relative pronoun: combine with “whose”: That’s the woman. Her shop won an award.
That’s the woman whose shop won an award.
Slovenia
Ljubljana
Austria has no access to the sea. What do we call such a country?
landlocked
Present perfect Q: make a question: you / ever / live / abroad
Have you ever lived abroad?
Comparison: Vienna is by far ___ (expensive) city in Austria, and it is much ___ (crowded) than Graz.
the most expensive / more crowded
Modals: express with a modal: “It is not necessary to bring a laptop.”
You don’t have to bring a laptop.
Conditional (type 2): If I ___ (have) more money, I ___ (buy) that designer jacket.
had / would buy
Passive (pres. perfect): make passive: Someone has stolen my bike.
My bike has been stolen.
Past perfect: combine: The plane left. Then we arrived. (When …)
When we arrived, the plane had already left.
Conditional (type 2): If I ___ (be) the boss, I ___ (give) everyone a pay rise.
were / would give
Liechtenstein
Vaduz
which TWO of Austria’s neighbours are NOT members of the EU?
Switzerland, Lichtenstein