Vocabulary 1
This is what you might feel after losing your job due to constant worry or stress.
What is anxiety?
If you feel very tired during the day, you might do this in the afternoon.
What is take a nap?
This expression can be used to show regret or to express a desire for something to be different.
What is “I wish” or “If only”?
This conditional is used for general facts or scientific truths.
Give an example.
What is the zero conditional?
(e.g., If you heat ice, it melts.)
This hormone, released by the brain, helps prepare your body for sleep.
What is melatonin?
Many children are in danger of developing a technology addiction, meaning they are this.
What is at risk?
Nearly three million people suffer from this serious mental health condition every year.
What is depression?
Complete this sentence using the correct form:
“I wish I ______ more time to study.”
What is “had”?
(Use past simple to talk about a present/future situation you want to change.)
Identify and explain the error:
“You’ll miss your train if you won’t hurry up.”
What is: The verb “won’t” should be “don’t”?
(In the first conditional, the “if” clause uses the present simple: “if you don’t hurry up.”)
This kind of light, often from phones or tablets, tricks your brain into staying awake longer.
What is blue light?
Kyle didn't come to work today because he did this.
What is call in sick?
My sister is very good at doing this when she’s stressed or overwhelmed.
What is coping with stress?
Change this present-time situation into a wish:
“I don’t know his name.”
What is: “I wish I knew his name” or “If only I knew his name”?
This conditional form can use “were” instead of “was”, and often expresses unlikely or hypothetical ideas.
Which conditional is it, and rewrite this sentence correctly:
“If I was taller, I will play basketball.”
What is the second conditional?
Correct sentence: If I were taller, I would play basketball.
Name one technique you can use before bed to relax your body and fall asleep faster.
What is the 4-7-8 breathing technique OR squeeze and relax your muscles OR take a warm bath/shower?
After years of stress, my father eventually suffered from this work-related exhaustion.
What is burnout?
If you're not active, jogging can help you do this and improve your fitness.
What is stay in shape?
You broke your phone yesterday. Express your regret using “If only.”
What is: “If only I hadn’t broken my phone.”
(Use past perfect to talk about a regret about the past.)
You hear someone say:
“If I hadn’t eaten so much, I don’t feel sick now.”
What’s wrong, and what conditional should be used instead?
It should use third conditional:
“If I hadn’t eaten so much, I wouldn’t feel sick now”
(Third conditional - if + past perfect, ... would have + past participle)
Compared to a candle, this device can delay your sleep by up to 96 minutes.
What is a tablet?
You might do this if you start feeling a bit ill, like what happened to me last week.
What is come down with (a cold)?
The doctor asked me to describe these signs of illness I’ve been having.
What are symptoms?
Explain the difference in meaning between:
“I wish I knew Spanish.”
and
“I wish I had learned Spanish at school.”
The first expresses a present/future wish (I don’t know Spanish now), and the second expresses a past regret (I didn’t learn it before, and I regret that now)
Transform this real present-time situation into a third conditional expressing regret:
“Ahmed missed the dinner because he was playing basketball.”
“Ahmed would have come to dinner if he hadn’t been playing basketball”
(Third Conditional - if + past perfect, ... would have + past participle)
We sleep two hours less than people did a century ago. Name two modern causes of this sleep loss.
What are electric light and blue-light screens (or all-night TV, distractions, etc.)?