Advanced Vocabulary & Idioms
Choose and explain: "I was so frustrated / enthusiastic because I couldn't keep up with the lesson."
You feel frustrated when you are annoyed or disappointed because you cannot achieve something, like staying at the same speed as the class.
Correct the mistake: "If he will go ahead with the plan, he wins."
If he goes ahead with the plan, he will win. Explanation: In Conditional 1, we use Present Simple after 'if', not 'will'.
Form a verb with re- (to build again) and use it in a sentence.
Rebuild. Example: We had to rebuild our house after the storm.
Explain the difference: "I could swim" vs "I was able to swim yesterday".
Could describes a general ability in the past. Was able to describes a success in one specific, difficult situation.
Compare Total and Totally. Use both in one sentence.
Total is an adjective; Totally is an adverb. Example: The total number of errors was totally unbelievable.
Complete 2 idioms and use one in a sentence: 1) At a... 2) Take ... for a...
1) At a crossroads (to be at a point where a choice must be made). 2) Take someone for a ride (to deceive/trick someone). Sentence example: That dishonest travel agent took us for a ride.
Complete 2 logical chains: 1) Unless we (hand in) the work now... 2) When you (suffer) from jet lag...
1) ...we will fail the task. 2) ...you feel totally exhausted.
Create nouns from Ill and Weak and explain the difference between an adjective and a noun.
Illness, Weakness. Explanation: Adjectives describe a person's state; nouns are the names of the conditions themselves.
Transform into Future and Past: 1) We have to hand out the materials. 2) He must keep up with the class.
1) We had to / will have to hand out. 2) He had to / will have to keep up.
Give one advice and one rule for a traveler in a remote area (Should and Must).
You should take a map. You must stay with your group.
Give definitions for these 4 words: Inspiration, Remote area, To enrich, To fail.
Inspiration: a sudden brilliant idea or motivation. Remote area: a place far away from towns or cities. To enrich: to improve the quality of something. To fail: to be unsuccessful in an exam or task.
Combine 4 ideas using If, When, Unless, Until: 1) (Not set goals / fall behind), 2) (Find out the truth / speak up), 3) (Not look up words / not understand), 4) (Go on with the journey / finish).
1) Unless you set goals, you will fall behind. 2) When I find out the truth, I will speak up. 3) If you don't look up words, you won't understand. 4) Until we finish the route, we won't go on with the journey.
From "Use", create: 1) Adjective (+), 2) Adjective (-), 3) Noun, 4) Verb with re-.
1) Useful, 2) Useless, 3) Use (noun), 4) Reuse.
Open 4 brackets: 1) The divers (be able to) find the boys. 2) Robots (be able to) speak. 3) Adul (not can) see. 4) I (can) google it now.
1) were able to. 2) will be able to. 3) couldn't. 4) can.
Compare 4 things: Dictionary, Google, Podcast, Teacher (use superlatives).
Example: Google is the fastest. The teacher is the most reliable. The podcast is the most interesting. The dictionary is the most traditional.
Explain the difference between these 5 pairs/terms: 1) Fare vs Free, 2) Seasick vs Jet lag, 3) To google vs To look up, 4) Inconvenient, 5) Efficient.
1) Fare is money for travel; Free means it doesn't require money.. 2) Seasick is feeling ill on a boat; Jet lag is tiredness after a long flight. 3) To google is searching online; To look up is searching in a book. 4) Inconvenient means causing trouble or extra effort. 5) Efficient means working well without wasting time or energy.
Create 5 sentences using Conditionals 0/1 and: Due date, to distract, a handout, to put off, total.
1) If the due date is today, I must finish. 2) When you distract me, I make mistakes. 3) If I get a handout, I read it carefully. 4) Unless you put off your work, you will be fine. 5) If the total score is high, we win.
Form 5 different words from these bases: Fear, Hope, Kind, Write, Thought.
Fearless, Hopeful, Kindness, Rewrite, Thoughtful.
Translate 5 phrases: 1) Мы сможем... 2) Она не могла... 3) Придется... 4) Сможешь ли?.. 5) Я смог (удалось)...
1) We will be able to. 2) She couldn't. 3) You will have to. 4) Will you be able to? 5) I was able to.
Explain 5 phrasal verbs: Make up, hand in, fall behind, look up, go ahead.
Make up (invent a story). Hand in (submit work). Fall behind (be slower than others). Look up (find information). Go ahead (start or continue).
Use all 6 words in one short story: Off the beaten track, hit the road, live out of a suitcase, drive me mad, unreliable, inconvenient.
"Last summer we decided to hit the road. We went off the beaten track, but our unreliable car drove me mad. It was very inconvenient to live out of a suitcase for two weeks in the mountains."
Fix 6 mistakes: 1) If I am being idle... 2) Unless you don't rewrite... 3) When the lesson will finish... 4) I help if you will ask... 5) Until he doesn't come... 6) If it is a long-distance...
1) If I am idle. 2) Unless you rewrite (no 'don't'). 3) When the lesson finishes. 4) I will help if you ask. 5) Until he comes (no 'doesn't'). 6) If it is long-distance (used as an adjective).
For Care, Help, Happy, provide one word with a prefix AND one word with a suffix for each
Care: careful / careless. Help: helpful / helpless. Happy: happiness / unhappy.
Make 6 sentences about Teacher Franky's mission using: Could, can, will be able to, must, have to, should.
Example: He could help the boys. He can teach. They will be able to find jobs. He must stay. He has to work. He should inspire.
Use 6 difficult words in one speech: Basis, put-down, inspiration, desire, enrich, keep up with.
Example: "English is the basis of my inspiration. I have a desire to enrich my mind and keep up with the modern world. I will never let a put-down stop me."