Adverbs
Explain the difference between late and lately.
What word classes does each of them belong to?
Translate:
Rozplakal ma.
He made me cry.
Translate to English, use the words in brackets:
Rýchle občerstvenie spôsobuje, že ľudia priberajú.
Il fast food fa ingrassare.
(make /gain weight)
Fast food makes people gain weight.
How do you spell the full form of modal verbs can't and shan't?
cannot
shall not
State 1 example of an adjective starting with a prefix -a.
afraid, asleep, alive, ashamed, awake
Explain the difference between a verb and an adverb OR give an example sentence for each.
Typically, verbs are action words, adverbs are descriptive words.
Verbs state the action performed by a noun, while adverbs provide more information about how that action is performed.
Give past simple and past participle of the verbs
to build and to shake.
build - built - built
shake - shook - shaken
Explain what verb patterns are and give 2 example sentences that we haven't heard yet.
Sometimes in a sentence, one verb follows another. In sentences like this, there are different possible patterns. For example:
- I want to buy an electric car.
- I hate driving.
Explain the difference:
He stopped smoking.
He stopped to smoke.
He quit smoking.
He stopped something / somewhere in order to have a smoke.
Give two adjectives with irregular comparison, such as: far - further - the furthest.
good - better - the best
bad - worse - the worst
Correct the sentence if needed:
This soup tastes a bit strangely.
Incorrect.
This soup tastes a bit strange.
Correct the sentence if needed:
Jane, you don't have a pen I could borrow, do you?
Correct.
Correct the mistake:
I have been warned to not touch the switch.
I have been warned not to touch the switch.
Correct the mistakes where needed:
make a favour
make business
make a cake
do a favour
do business
Correct or incorrect?
It was a green and blue cotton shirt.
Incorrect. If there are more items from the same category (colour), put them in alphabetical order.
It was a blue and green cotton shirt.
Give 4 examples of intensifiers (adverbs) that are used before adjectives and/or adverbs.
__________ + cheap
Very, really, absolutely, amazingly, incredibly, reasonably, remarkably, surprisingly, terribly....
Name 4 different verbs followed by the gerund -ing
and 4 different verbs followed by the to-infinitive.
- ing: admit, allow, deny, miss, can´t stand, love, like, hate, prefer, fancy, recommend, suggest, consider, imagine, risk, keep....
- to or what/how to: agree, would like, offer, plan, manage, fail, arrange, hope, decide, refuse, promise, learn, threaten, ask, understand, know, tell, show...
Give four examples of a phrasal verb (verb and preposition) followed by a gerund.
Example: keep on ______ -ing.
to give up, put off, keep on, carry on, end up, care about, worry about, depend on, be interested in...
Give two examples (that haven't been mentioned yet):
make + verb
do + verb
make a fuss, make a decision
do a drawing, do yoga
Fill in the blanks:
____ - size - (sometimes other physical qualities) - age - ____ - colour - origin - material - purpose + NOUN
opinion, shape
opinion - size - (sometimes other physical qualities) - age - shape - colour - origin - material - purpose + NOUN
What does the adverb seldom mean?
You can give synonyms.
on only a few occasions; rarely; infrequently; not often, hardly ever, once in a blue moon...
What are five examples of a verb that can be followed by both a gerund and an infinitive but the meaning differs in each case?
stop, forget, remember, regret, try, go on
like, love
How many verb tenses are there in English?
Note: Count "will/shall" as one tense - future simple.
"To be going to" and "to be about to" DO NOT count, as in fact, they are modal verbs, not tenses.
There are 12 verb tenses in English.
3 "times": past/present/future
4 "aspects": simple/continuous/perfect/perfect continuous
Use the verb REGRET in two sentences with different meaning:
regret + to
regret + -ing
I regret to inform you...
I regret (not) doing that when...
Name 5 compound adjectives
(e.g. well-known, short-term).
English-speaking, old-fashioned, bulletproof, well-informed, well-known, well-paid, yellow-striped, seasick, overpopulated, time-consuming...