Vocabulary in Use
Name the 3 types of app tools used to make our lives easier, and give 3 examples.
navigation, productivity, and reference
What is a product that has something wrong with it called?
defect,
It is defective.
It has a defect.
To greet a family member or friend you haven´t seen in a long time and talk about what has happened since the last time you got together.
to Catch up with s.o.
A stationery store is a place. It sells cards and other writing supplies.
A stationery store is a place that sells cards and other writing supplies.
A stationery store is a place where they sell cards and other writing supplies.
The opposite of fragile
durable
Complete the following with the correct missing words.
The sales assistant didn´t know enough about her job nor the products that she was selling. She was obviously___________ and this ___________ me.
The sales assistant didn´t know her job well enough. She was obviously UNDERTRAINED and this ANNOYED me.
The sales assistant didn´t know enough about her job nor the products that she was selling. She was obviously UNDERTRAINED and this ANNOYED me.
What is a device or machine that is designed to perform a specific household or commercial task. It is usually powered by electricity, gas, or another energy source?
An appliance
Sending correspondence like packages, postcards, and letters through the post office
snail mail
Answer the following question using Relative Clauses.
What is a Pediatrician?
A Pediatrician is a person who takes care of children.
A Pediatrician is a person who specializes in
children´s health.
What´s the opposite of wireless?
wired
Complete the missing words and explain what THESE
mean in the sentence.
Our teacher encouraged us to use these ____ ______ __ help us_____________ our __________________ in English.
Our teacher encouraged us to use FLASHCARDS in order to help us track our progress in English.
When parents and their adult children live far away from each other, they usually communicate a lot via video calls. What is this known as?
A virtual family
Name 5 telephone phrases
call up, call back, hang up, get through to (s.o.) hold on, pick up, put s.o. through
Laura went to a store. It didn´t sell peanut butter.
The store that Laura went to doesn´t sell peanut butter.
The store Laura went to doesn´t sell peanut butter.
What is the synonym for affordable?
reasonably priced
This answer is in two parts.
Which words do I use to talk about my hobbies and experiences when the activity/activities started in the past and are ongoing now, and those that started in the past but are not currently happening.
Still.... and Don´t/ Doesn´t ...anymore
What are the 4 idiomatic phrases used with the word touch to communicate with someone?
be in touch, lose touch, stay in touch, keep in touch
To purchase something that is expensive, pricey, or overpriced
to cost an arm and a leg
The sales clerk knew a lot about the products. I spoke with him.
The sales clerk whom I spoke with knew a lot about the products.
The sales clerk that I spoke with knew a lot about the products.
The sales clerk I spoke with knew a lot about the products.
practical
Please complete or transform the following using unless, if, even though, or although
1. We´ll miss the train if we don´t hurry.
2. The call was short, but we talked about a lot of things.
3. I will only make 100% on the next test. I will study.
1. We´ll miss the train UNLESS we hurry.
2. EVEN THOUGH the call was short, we talked about a lot of things. ALTHOUGH the call was short, we talked about a lot of things.
3. I will only make 100% on the next test IF I study.
Complete the following sentences using new vocabulary and also make them sound more polite by using the past tense.
Sales Clerk: Good morning. May I help you?
Customer: I ___ _______________if you had any electronic _____________ in the colors red and black?
Sales Clerk: _________ brand ______ _____ _____ ___ ______?
Customer: Dell. I _________ want to __________
_________ _____ _____(spend too much money).
C: I WAS WONDERING if you had any electronic DEVICES in red and black?
SC: WHAT brand DID YOU HAVE I MIND?
C: Dell. I DIDN´T want to PAY THROUGH THE NOSE.
What could you say if you can´t remember something?
My mind has gone blank.
Mr. Morris is the concierge at Holiday Inn Express on International Drive. He always helps us with restaurant reservations and tour packages to local tourist attractions.
Mr. Morris who is the concierge at the Holiday Inn Express on International Drive, always helps us with restaurant reservations and tour packages.....
It was a steal!
It was dirt cheap.