Vocabulary
Give 5 negative adjectives to describe a person
e.g. jealous, mean, selfish, sulky, egotistical
Make noun out of these verbs:
achieve, translate, develop, employ, argue
Achievement, translation, development, employment, argument
Which tense do you use:
for something happening at this moment?
for stating a fact?
to the scene?
to say what happened a year ago?
You use the present continuous for something happening at this moment.
You use the present simple for a stating a fact.
You use the past continuous to set the scene.
You use the past simple to say what happened a year ago.
Give opposite meanings
dependable, generous, kind-hearted, gripping, bustling
unreliable (undependable), greedy (tight-fisted), mean, boring, quiet (dull)
Make adjectives from the following words: imagination, knowledge, fright, encouragement, inspiration
imaginative, knowledgeable, frightening, encouraging, inspiring
Do you use how many or how much with:
money, scissors, snow, advice, grapes
How much money?
How many scissors?
how much snow?
how much advice?
how many grapes?
Give 5 adjectives to describe a place
E.g. bustling, dull, enormous, unspoilt, lively
Make extreme adjectives
Very big, very good, very tired, very beautiful, very bad
enormous, excellent, exhausted, astonishing, tragic
Give the three forms:
to bite; to fly; to lay; to ride; may
bite, bit, bitten; fly, flew, flown; lay, laid, laid; ride, rode, ridden; may, might, might
Choose the correct form
It's really annoyed/annoying when you interrupt.
Why are you looking so worried/worrying?
I don't find computer games very excited/exciting.
Don't be frightened/frightening, the dog won't bite.
It's really annoying when you interrupt.
Why are you looking so worried?
I don't find computer games very exciting.
Don't be frightened, the dog won't bite.
Make negatives from the adjectives
patient, believable, dependent, likely, strong
impatient, unbelievable, independent, unlikely, weak
Change the words into modals
It is not necessary. It's compulsory. It's important not to do. You needn't write. You are not allowed.
needn't; have to; mustn't; don't have to; mustn't
Imagine that you are at a job-interview. Tell about your strengths and weaknesses.
E.g. ambitious, determined, confident, good / bad with figures, have a great sense of humour, mean, tolerant, work long hours
Add a preposition to the verb to make a phrasal verb:
carry (continue)
look (to take care of someone or something and make certain that they have everything they need)
tell (to criticize someone angrily for doing something wrong)
carry on
look after
tell off
Choose the correct words in italics:
I was / was being at school when I started / was starting learning French.
We would love to come and see you you at the weekend, but Lorenzo is working / will work.
You don't have to / mustn't eat if you don't want to. It's your choice.
I was at school when I started learning French.
We would love to come and see you you at the weekend, but Lorenzo is working.
You don't have to eat if you don't want to. It's your choice.