mistakes
I awoken to the sounds of birds in the trees.
“I awoke”….
Use make or do for
cooking / dinner / washing-up
Do the cooking / make the dinner / do washing up
What does “hang out” mean
Relax in a place / spend time with friends, family
give an example of micromanagement
A manager controlling minor aspects of your work, too closely
What does “I heard on the grapevine that….”
You heard a rumour / news from another person
Marcel must to leave the party early, because his sister has been feeling sick.
Marcel must leave the party early, because his sister has been feeling sick.
1. You use to do
2. 1 thing you got used to
3. 1 thing you are used to
1. Past habit
2. A change you adapted to
3. Something a regular part of your life
Eg I am used to waking up early.
You decide to start a business. Did you “set off” or “set up” a business?
Set up
tell me about what someone is “through and through”
Eg Stephen is a Man United fan through and through.
loyal to a cause
If I say “their coffee leaves others in the shade”. Is that positive or negative?
Positive - this idiom might come from the theatre. The spotlight is on this coffee, others have to wait
I have been knowing you for 5 years
I’ve known you for five years.
Create a sentence with a past regret (if only / I wish ).
I wish / If only + S + past perfect
Correct? “Matthew threw up all his clothes, after he won the lottery”
“Matthew threw out all his clothes after winning the lottery”
Use naive in a sentence correctly. [show me you understand the meaning]
Eg I was naive to trust that man with my money.
use “nail on the head” in a sentence.
To precisely refer to the relevant issue.
My final day at the Coffee shop was bored, and I felt liberating to finish.
My final day at the coffee shop was boring, and I felt liberated to finish.
You see your classmate leaving a hotel with a beautiful person holding hands. Write an assumption starting - “he/ she must have…..”
Eg ‘she must have enjoyed his night’
What does to “creep up” mean?
To approach someone in a stealthy way. Often with negative meaning. “He creeped up to me in Dicey’s”, “the deadline has crept up”
Create a new sentence of indirect criticism with “to put it mildly”
He can be a little passionate, to put it mildly.
Give me an example of every cloud having a silver lining.
An (unexpected) positive that comes from a negative situation
In general, the people have always knew that mans and womans want the same things from life.
In general, people have always known that men and women want the same things from life.
A man is trading crypto on his phone. He puts his phone down, and has a cigarette.
Did he :
1. Stop smoking
2. Stop to smoke
2. He stopped to smoke
Use it “boils down to” correctly in a sentence.
To summarise the key point. “Good people management boils down to clear communication”
Use “a shoulder to cry on” in a sentence
I thought he liked me after his break-up, but I was just a shoulder to cry on.
Create a sentence with “left a bad taste in our mouths”
A bad experience. “Stephen’s sarcastic jokes left a bad taste in mouth”