Vocabulary 1
make a resolution
a) start a new hobby
b) decide to make a positive change
c) use an opportunity
b) decide to make a positive change
take something up
a) stop doing something
b) be successful
c) start a new hobby or interest
c) start a new hobby or interest
Donna hate / hates going to the gym.
hates
I have read / have been reading 25 books this year. They were all really interesting.
have read
Nobody really ________ how the brain works.
a) understand
b) understands
c) have understood
Simon is really struggling / changing / doing with this new computer program.
struggling
If she wants to do well and succeed in life, she’ll have to give / get into / change her ways
change
Make the sentence negative:
Sara speaks 3 languages.
doesn't speak
Make the sentence negative:
Rick has been to Japan before.
Rick hasn't been to Japan before.
I _________ classical music since I was a child.
a) love
b) am loving
c) have loved
c) have loved
It has always been my ambition to _______ the world.
retire | get | travel | settle | leave
travel
She started a career in her twenties and quickly got promoted. But she didn’t ________ down and start a family until she was in her forties.
retire | get | travel | settle | leave
settle
You can't see Tim now; he ______________________ (have) a bath.
is having
You ________ (ask) me that question three times already.
have asked
Use the correct present tense:
Sally / practise / the piano at the moment.
is practicing
You should ____ ____ smoking. It's really bad for you.
give up
It's your decision. It's not ____ ____ me.
(It doesn't depend on me)
up to
Ask a question about the part in italics:
My cousins live in London.
Where do your cousins live?
I ________ (try) to buy tickets online for 2 hours now!
have been trying
I __________ (have) trouble sleeping for the past month.
have ('ve) been having
My uncle ________ last year at the age of 65. He had a successful career as an engineer.
retired
Lisa wanted to become a journalist, so she went to university and 4 years later she ____ ___ ________ in journalism.
got a degree
Ask a question about the part in italics:
Kate and John are trying to fix the computer.
What are Kate and John trying to do?
Join the sentences in one:
Jane is studying irregular verbs. She started yesterday.
Jane has been studying irregular verbs since yesterday.
Ask a question for this answer:
No, my best friend doesn't criticize me.