Vocabulary
Tik Tok was an overnight _________, despite being in competition with other social media companies.
SUCCESS
Rewrite the sentence with a modal verb:
Although he lives here, we never see him.
He may/might live here, but we never see him.
My friend is absolutely/extremely talented at basketball.
EXTREMELY
Transform this verb to a noun:
EXPOSEEXPOSURE
What part of speech is a gerund?
Noun.
The C1 students have a strong ________ to study grammar all day every day.
motivation
Rewrite the sentence using a modal verb:
When Pau was a child, he was able to play basketball for many hours.
When Pau was a child, he COULD play basketball for many hours.
We are completely/highly exhausted after running 15 kilometers.
COMPLETELY
Transform this verb to a noun:
ANNOYANNOYANCE
A gerund can be a(n) ___ or a(n) ___ in a sentence.
A subject or an object
Maria Muñoz has the major _________ of starting her portfolio late but still finishing it on time.
challenge
Tomorrow it's going to rain so we should just stay home and watch a film.
Tomorrow it's going to rain so we MIGHT/MAY AS WELL stay home and watch a film.
Maria's students are totally/highly ambitious because they want to pass the C1 Cambridge exam.
HIGHLY
Transform this noun into a noun:
COMPANION
COMPANIONSHIP
Change the infinitive to a negative gerund and form it all into a sentence: To drink/water everyday/to dehydrate/you
Not drinking water everyday dehydrates you.
Although Marc is still studying in Seattle, his lifelong _________ is to become a tennis player.
ambition
Rewrite the sentence using a modal verb:
Sometimes English Exams Lab is very time-consuming.
Sometimes English Exams Lab CAN BE very time-consuming.
For some students, Use of English is absolutely/very impossible.
ABSOLUTELY
Transform this adjective into a noun:
CARELESS
CARELESSNESS
Is the gerund in the following sentence a subject or an object? He hates running because it makes him tired.
An object.
If Emma is still alive during the next zombie wave, those zombies do not stand a ___________.
chance
Complete the following sentence:
Laia didn't come to English today. She...
She might have...
She could have...
She may have...
What is the difference between a gradable and ungradable adjective?
A gradable adjective can be modified to show a higher or lower degree.
An ungradable adjective is already at its most extreme degree so it cannot be modified.
Transform this adjective into a noun:
NOTORIOUS
NOTORIETY
Turn the subject-verb into a gerund: They went to the movie after they ate dinner.
They went to the movie after eating dinner.