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Vocabulary:
Always think good things will happen.
optimistic
Vocabulary:
To speak too quietly and not clearly enough for a person to understand.
mumble
Vocabulary:
An item is not expensive. Most people have enough money to buy it.
affordable
Vocabulary:
Succeed in doing something.
achieve
Vocabulary:
Without intending to do something.
by accident
Grammar:
My new bike was hard to ride at first, but I was/ got /get used to it quite quickly.
got
Grammar:
While I had played / played / was playing videogames, I heard a big crack of thunder.
was playing
Grammar:
I’ll have / am having a lemonade and a falafel wrap, please.
have
Grammar:
Heidi__________her final exams all of next month. (take)
will be taking
Grammar:
Ashley_____________her driver license exam tomorrow morning. (take)
will be taking
Vocabulary:
Happy that something unpleasant has not happened or has ended.
Relieved
Vocabulary:
Breathe out slowly and noisily, often when you are sad or relieved.
sigh
Vocabulary:
An area which is far away.
remote
Vocabulary:
Look for someone's bad qualities.
see the worst
Vocabulary:
Without telling anyone
in secret
Grammar:
How are you? I_________ (be) here in Holland for three weeks now.
have been
Grammar:
I suddenly noticed that everyone_________ (look) at me.
was looking
Grammar:
The party______________next Friday at eight.
is
Grammar:
For the next two weeks, you________how to dig for fossils and uncover buried mysteries. (learn)
will be learning
Grammar:
At the lodge, we____________every night in a wooden hut. (sleep)
will be sleeping
Grammar:
My Dutch isn’t great, but I_________ (learn) a lot of new words.
have learnt / have learned
Grammar:
My pronunciation was terrible as I __________ spoken German for a long time.
Correct the sentence.
My pronunciation was terrible as I hadn’t spoken
German for a long time
Grammar:
We ______________ (come) to live in New York!
are coming
Grammar:
We can’t wait until tomorrow. The tickets________out by then. (sell out)
will have sold
Grammar:
If you ___________ for fossils before, don’t worry, I'll show you. (look)
*negative form
have never looked /haven't looked