verbs collocations
What are all the possible collocations with "graduate"?
graduate: from university
Her classes were so boring / inspiring that everyone fell asleep.
boring
What subject did she ___________ to teach?
use to
Tom you are so ignorant the date is October 15th 2024.
Tom, you are so ignorant, the date is October 15th, 2024.
learning something without really trying
pick up
Choose the words that can work with "get"
- an exam / good marks / a subject / your best / a degree
get a degree, get good marks
My teacher is very knowledgable / patient. He explains things many times.
patient
I ___________ wake up every morning at 6 but now I wake up at 6:30.
would / used to
So I said to him "Shut-up all you do is cry cry cry" and then he started crying harder!
So, I said to him, "Shut-up, all you do is cry cry cry", and then he started crying harder!
Learn something by heart
to memorise something so you can do or say it without reffereing to anything written down
Which word can work with all these verbs:
take - do - pass - fail - revise
a subject
strict
Does this sentence express a past repeated action or a habit?
"What would you tell her if you had a chance?"
Explain your answer
NO.
It is a conditional sentence, it is a hypotetical situation in the future
I live at 1134 Norbert Lane St. Paul Minnesota.
I live at 1134 Norbert Lane, St. Paul, Minnesota.
A short learnign programme where you study a subject very quickly
crash course
What are all the possible collocations with "do"?
do: a degree, an exam, a course, some research, a subject, your best, well at something
Teachers should be very encouraging / tolerant when we find things difficult, so we don't give up.
encouraging
Can you use "would" when expressing a past state?
Give an example sentence.
You cannot.
If you want to express past state, you must use "used to".
Ex. I used to live, like, love etc...
She was the one woman the one woman who could steal more money than me.
She was the one woman, the one woman who could steal more money than me.
when you have to learn something really quickly to succeed
having a steep learning curve
What are all the possible collocations with the verb "make"?
make: a decision, a mistake, notes, progress, a suggestion
When students have problems, the teacher should help them and be calm / understanding.
understanding
Explain the difference between "used to, would and past simple".
Give examples.
We use "used to" and "would" when speaking about a repeated action or a habit in the past.
We cannot use "would" in negative and question sentences. We need to use "did+use to" instead.
We use past simple to describe a single finished action in the past.
In that case, we are going to talk about commas, verbs and the history of my life, but I think this is SO boring.
Why are the commas placed where they are?
The first comma separates an adverbial phrase, the second is because there is a list of 3 things, and the third comma is there because of the word "but".
a synonym of "being thrown into something"
being thrown in at deep end