Word Transformations
She was was an absolutely __________ (FORGET) girl; She didn't remember anything
spell it correctly
FORGETFUL
I ______ ( understand) already that task
I have already understood that task
What five-letter word becomes shorter when you add two letters to it?
SHORTER!
If I say, "That song is wicked!"
Do I like the song or do I hate it?
I like it! "Wicked," though originally a bad thing associated with witches and dark magic, now is used to compliment things.
You might also hear things like "It was wicked good!" or "the exam was wicked hard (difficult)," in which case "wicked" is used to replace "very."
I've always been interested _____ painting, and I'd like to take some art lessons.
IN
It's not ______ (sense) to say that you're cool.
sensible
If mom ____ (come) early, we will go to the shop
If mom comes early , we will go to the shop
All about, but cannot be seen,
Can be captured, cannot be held,
No throat, but can be heard.
a wind
If I say, "What's the tea?" what am I looking for?
"Tea" is gossip. If you tell a scandalous story, you can then say that you have "spilled some tea." You can also say, "And that's the tea, sis."
Summer lasts ________ June _________ September.
FROM, TO
My sister hates to lose in _________ (COMPETE)
COMPETITIONS
When I _____ ( enter) the room, my brother _____ ( play) a computer game.
When I entered the room , my brother was playing a computer game.
What is more useful when it is broken?
An egg!
"I just had a lovely chin wag with Emily."
What did Emily and I do?
We chatted!
He decided to put ____ his plans.
PUT OFF
A lot of diseases are not _____ (cure)
MISUNDERSTANDING
If I ___ ( come) to the party yesterday, I ____ ( meet) my friend
If I had come to the party yesterday, I would have met my friend
What appears once in a minute, twice in a moment, but never in a thousand years?
The letter M!
If I am feeling PECKISH, what should you offer me?
Some food! "Peckish" means slightly hungry.
Peckish --> hungry --> starving
**This is usually only used in Britain (maybe in Australia too, unfortunately I don't know any Australians.)**
The building has been in fire , so firefighters put it _____ immediately.
PUT OUT
Anyone caught taking money from the till faces instant .................................................... DISMISS
DISMISSAL
She_____ ( know) even before I told her about it.
She had known it even before I told her.
You live in a one story house made entirely of redwood. What color would the stairs be?
What stairs? You live in a one-story house.
"Oh my god, Jim botched the cake up!"
What did Jim do?
Jim has ruined the cake! He botched it up, so now we can't eat it.
You can also "do a botch job" on something: "Jim did a botch job on the cake, so now we can't eat it."
Your good marks make ____ ____ your bad behaviour.
MAKE UP FOR