Verbs
What principle was used to group these verbs:
love read
see jump
own dance
Stative vs. dynamic verbs
What article do we use with the names of rivers, seas, oceans, and lakes?
rivers, seas, oceans, groups of lakes - the definite article
single lakes - zero article
Give other examples of nouns that take only -s in this case.
radio - radios
photo - photos
piano - pianos
hippo - hippos
rhino - rhinos
Name the order of adjectives in English
OSASCOMP - Opinion, Size, Age, Shape, Colour, Origin, Material, Purpose
What is the position of adverbs of frequency (often, always, never) in the sentence?
Before main verbs
After "to be", modals
Name two correct verb patterns:
He was seen _______ (leave)
He was seen to leave / leaving
What is a substantivised adjective? Do we use any articles with them?
The rich, the poor
What is the plural of "ox, louse, fish, tooth"
Oxen, lice, fish, teeth
Provide the correct degree of comparison:
This is _____ (good) film I have ever seen.
I want to live in a ______ (big) house than this one.
This is by far _____ (interesting) play.
This is the best film I have ever seen.
I want to live in a bigger house than this one.
This is by far the most interesting play.
What is the position of several adverbs in the sentence?
manner - place - time
place - manner - time
What is the difference between "have gone to", "have been to", "have been in".
"have gone to" - on their way,
"have been to" - has returned, experience
"have been in" - has lived in
Fill in the gaps with the appropriate articles:
___ Prut, _____ Queen Elizabeth, ____Middle Ages,
what___ beautiful weather, such__nice person, __Mars, ___ Mont Blanc, ___UNO, ___EU, ___Simpsons, ___ Netherlands
the Prut, Queen Elizabeth, the Middle Ages, what beautiful weather, such a nice person, Mars, Mont Blanc, the UNO, the EU, the Simpsons, the Netherlands
What verb (singular/plural) is used with the following nouns:
economics, luggage, news, aerobics, acoustics, police, family, dungarees, knowledge, advice, draughts, clothes, chocolate, statistics, measles
economics - sg, luggage - sg, news - sg, aerobics - sg, acoustics - pl, police - pl, family - sg/pl, dungarees - pl, knowledge - sg, advice - sg, draughts - pl, measles - sg.
Name the comparative and superlative degree:
good, bad, far, friendly, boring, clever, disgusting
good - better - the best,
bad - worse - the worst,
far - farther/further - the farthest/the furthest,
friendly - friendlier - the friendliest,
boring more boring - the most boring,
clever - cleverer - the cleverest,
disgusting - more disgusting - the most disgusting
Form adverbs from these adjectives:
good, hard, early, wonderful, late, heavy, careful, fast, loud
well, hard, early, wonderfully, late, heavily, carefully, fast, loud/loudly
Name time expressions used with the Present Perfect Simple and the Past Simple
the Present Perfect Simple - yet, just, still, already, so far; never, ever; since, for.
the Past Simple - yesterday, last week, two days ago, in 1994.
What articles do we use with musical instruments, squares, meals (breakfast), languages, ships, islands, mountains?
musical instruments - the, squares - zero article, meals (breakfast) - zero article, languages - zero article/the, ships - the, islands - sg - zero article / pl - the, mountains - sg - zero article / pl - the.
What nouns (countable/uncountable) are used with a little/little, a few/few, much, many, some, a lot of/lots of?
a little/little - U, a few/few - C, much - U, many - C, some C/U, a lot of/lots of - C/U
1. I’m starting a new job next week. I’m quite _____________ about it. (excited/exciting)
2. He works very hard. It’s not __________ that he’s always tired. (surprising/surprised)
3. The teacher’s explanation was ________________. Most of the students didn’t understand it. (Confusing/Confused)
4. The lecture was ____________. I felt ______. I fell asleep. (boring/bored)
1. I’m starting a new job next week. I’m quite excited about it.
2. He works very hard. It’s not surprising that he’s always tired.
3. The teacher’s explanation was confusing. Most of the students didn’t understand it.
4. The lecture was boring. I felt bored. I fell asleep.
What is the difference between farther and further, near and nearly, late and lately, hard and hardly?
Farther - physical distance, further - abstract,
Near - close, nearly - almost,
Late - not in time, lately - recently
Hard - difficult, hardly - scarcely
Transform the sentences into the Passive Voice:
She was writing a book.
You cannot park the car here.
I hate it when people ask me tons of questions.
A book was being written by her.
The car cannot be parked here.
I hate being asked tons of questions.
Fill in the gaps:
___ young, go to ___library, have__mumps,
go to ___ school, have__lunch, play__piano,
in ___ evening, __Pope, __Titanic, __Sahara
the young, go to the library, have mumps, go to school, have lunch, play the piano, in the evening, the Pope, the Titanic, the Sahara
Provide the plural form:
a leaf, chocolate, advice, a baby, a watch, a piano, a foot, a mouse, phenomenon.
leaves, bars of chocolate, pieces of advice, babies, watches, pianos, feet, mice, phenomena
Name intensifiers used with the comparative degree.
Much more interesting, way better, far easier, a lot more exciting, a little more adventurous, a bit harder, slightly faster
What is the difference between quite and rather?
Quite - favourable, quite A
Rather - unfavourable, A rather/rather A