Grammar
I wish I _________ more handsome, then she would go out with me.
was
I always get really sleepy after lunch so I often have a 30-minute ______.
NAP
Student A: That exam was so hard.
Student B: I'm not agree; it was very easy.
I don´t agree
Jack is a _____ learner. (quick)
Fill in the gap, did you use an adverb or an adjective, why?
quick, adjective,
They needed explosives to ________ the railway bridge.
BLOW up
You are so white! You ___________ you've seen a ghost.
Give two possible answers
LOOK AS IF
LOOK AS THOUGH
LOOK LIKE
Name 3 parts of the body and a verb you can do with each.
you have 2 MINUTES
FINGER - POINT
HAND - SHAKE
LEG - KICK
When I will finish university I will move to England for a year.
When I FINISH
I´ve got to go to the dentist. My tooth is aching ____ (terrible).
Fill in the gap, is this an adverb or an adjective, why?
terribly, adverb
He´ll only get ice cream if he ______ all his vegetables.
eats up
Not only ________________ (the airline / cancel) our flight due to the storm, but they also refused to refund our baggage fees.
did the airline cancel
I am studying abroad and I've been thinking about home a lot. I feel really _______
I stole something from the shop and now I feel ____
My son got an A in his exam, I am so _______!
I have my driving test tomorrow, I feel really _____. I wish I could calm my nerves.
HOMESICK
GUILTY
PROUD
NERVOUS
I have been living in this coastal towne since three years, but I still have'nt gotten used to the humid sumers.
Find mutliple mistakes (grammatical, spelling vocabulary etc.) and correct them.
The leftover seafood pizza in the staff fridge smelled so badly that the manager ordered the kitchen staff to throw it out immediately.
Identify one gramatically incorrect word in the sentence, correct it, and analyze which word classes switched and why.
badly - bad. The word should be an adjective because smelled is a mere linking verb describing the noun pizza.
Analyze the sentence below and reform it using a three part phrasal verb (also called a phrasal prepositional verb). You can completely rewrite the sentence in roder to maintain flow and grammar.
"The local community board has officially run out of patience regarding the developer's constant delays."
2. The community board will no longer put up with...
If we had insurance to cover this trip, we ________________ (not / stand) in this endless customer service line right now.
would not be standing
Name the 5 SENSES and VERBS OF THE SENSES (in a sentence starting with it)
SIGHT, HEARING, TOUCH, TASTE, SMELL
LOOKS, SOUNDS, FEELS, TASTES, SMELLS
Despite of having very little money, the backpacker suggested to stop at the expensive restaurant because he was looking forward to try the local seefood. We rejected his' idea.
Find multiple mistakes and correct them.
Despite of - despite is never used with of, you're thinking of in spite of
Suggested to stop - suggested stopping, the verbs uggest must be followed by a gerund, never an infinitive.
Looking forward to try - looking forward to trying, must be followed by a gerund.
His' - possessive pronoun, not a proper name in adnominal case.
Seefood? Seafood.
Rewrite the sentence below so that it features the word LATELY. You must change the sentence structure to make it grammatically correct. Tell me where punctuation would go.
The professor has been arriving late to his morning lectures every day this semester.
Lately, the professor has been arriving late to his morning lectures./THe professor has been arriving late to his morning lectures lately.
Provide two different but grammatically correct versions of the new sentence: one where the phrasal verb is separated by the object, and one where it is joined together.
"The multinational corporation is planning to acquire the smaller tech startup by the end of the fiscal quarter."
2. The multinational corporation is planning to take the smaller tech startup over by the end of the fiscal quarter.
The tour guide insisted on ________________ (have / the hotel / upgrade) our rooms after the air conditioning broke down on the first night.
This is a causative way to use a verb. What else could you call the form of the verb have you used?
having the hotel upgrade, gerund
The committee’s decision to cancel the annual festival was anything but unanimous. While several members argued fiercely that continuing the event was feasible with a smaller budget, the majority ultimately voted to scrap it entirely, citing a complete lack of emergency funds.
What do the words unanimous and feasible mean in this sentence? Correctly replace them with adjectives of your choice.
The hotel where we staied at was worth to visit, though seldom we enjoyed such poor customer service during our travells.
Find multiple mistakes and correct them. Time is limited.
The hotel where we stayed at - where and at cannot be used in the same sentence, so it can either be the hotel we stayed at or the hotel where we stayed.
Was worth to visit - be worth always followed by a gerund, never a to infinitive.
Though seldom we enjoyed - though seldom did we enjoy, restrictive negative adverbs like seldom or never or rarely introduce a clause, which triggers a negative inversion.
Staied - stayed.
Travells - travels.
Rewrite the sentence below so that the adjective description is converted into an adverb phrase modifying the action. You cannot use the word fast.
The department witnessed a rapid expansion of its digital infrastructure during the fiscal year
The department's digital infrastrucuture expanded repidly during the fiscal year.
Provide a definition of the mandatory, core characteristics of a phrasal verb. To earn the full points, your explanation should comment on the following criteria:
1. Semantic rule, explain how the meaning of a phasal verb relates to the individual definitions of its component parts. Explicitly name the principle which allows a phrasal verb to be a phrasal verb semantically speaking. (Hint: idio...)
2. Grammar and components: identify the two distinct parts of speech that combine to create a phrasal verb
3. Create two sentences with phrasal verbs which have not been used in this activity yet.
1. A phrasal verb is idiomatic. The meaning of the words creates a completelz new meaning that often cannot be understood or deduced simplz bz looking up the literal definitions of the individual words.
2. Base verbs and a particle (usually preposition, but can also be an adverb).