Word Formation
Alan wants to be an ________ but I don't think he's got much talent (ACT)
Actor
It is raining when I got home last night.
It was raining...
Steven Spielberg ____ born to an Orthodox Jewish family in Cincinnati, Ohio
was
Which are the different parts of an email writing?
Greetings
Opening Paragraph
Main body
Closing Paragraph
Signature
She is an ______________________ young woman, full of life. (ENERGY)
Energetic
The students were not interested in the lesson because it was bored
...because it was boring.
He's not ____ tall as his brother.
What's the difference between stative and dynamic verbs?
Stative verbs refer to permanent situations such as states or feelings, while dynamic verbs refer to actions which imply certain progress or change
There are many forms of __________ . You just have to find the right kind . (ENTERTAIN)
Entertainment
If we will be late, they will be angry.
If we are late...
I didn't wanto to go to dinner with her, so I made ___ an excuse
up
What type of structure is this?
"If I had known you, I would have never told you my secrets"
Conditional type 3: counterfactual
The _________ of the airplane was a mystery to the investigators. (APPEAR)
disappearence
I hate doing mistakes
I hate making mistakes
I'm looking forward ___ meeting my friends at school
to
Why do we refer to the past perfect as the "past before the past"?
Because past perfect is used to express an action before another past action
"I had arrived home when the lights went off"
I am normally not ______________________, but I felt bad when we saw that our hotel room was on the 13th floor. (SUPERSTITION)
Superstitious
I am not used to do the housework
to doing the housework
The piece of wood hit the man on the head. _______, he wasn't injured.
However
What does FCE stand for?
First Certificate in English