Adjectives + prep
1. I am very keen ...... swimming, especially first thing in the morning.
2 Some people are addicted ........ watching sports. They spend all their time glued to the TV.
1 keen on
2 addicted to
1 Do you find sports like parkour (thrill) to watch?
2 Do you think people become (irritate) by the constant encouragement to do something physical?
1. thrilling
2. irritated
Rewrite the question if it is incorrect:
Do you agree that football is exciting than swimming?
Do you agree that football is more exciting than swimming?
Are the sentences correct?
1 The informations are in the leaflet.
2 There are several pieces of information in the leaflet.
1 x The information is in the leaflet
2 Correct- Information is an uncountable noun. Used with a singular verb. To quantify uncountable nouns use: a piece of/a bit of/a slice of/ a sheet of...
Sport Place Equipment
Football/Rugby ? Ball/Goal
Boxing ? Gloves / Shorts
Sport Place Equipment
Football/Rugby Pitch Ball/Goal
Boxing Ring Gloves / Shorts
3 He's mad ...... parachuting. It's something I personally can't understand.
4 I'm not interested ..... going to the gym.
3 mad about
4 interested in
3 Why do you think people are (interest) in extreme sports?
4 Do you think sports stars are as (inspire) for young people now as in the past?
3 interested
4 inspiring
Rewrite the question if it is incorrect:
1 People who do some physical activity are supposed to be happy than less active people.
2 It's much easy to find places to do specialist sports outside cities and towns.
1 People who do some physical activity are supposed to be happier than less active people.
2 It's much easier to find places to do specialist sports outside cities and towns.
Are the following sentences correct?
1 The news is on in a few minutes.
2 That's a very long stair! I think it's about 300 steps.
1 Correct - News + singular verb
2 Incorrect - These are very long stairs.
Stairs, means, goods, trousers only have a plural form
Sport Place Equipment
Running ? shoes /spikes
Tennis ? racket / ball
Sport Place Equipment
Running track shoes /spikes
Tennis court racket / ball
5 I easily get bored ..... doing nothing.
6 I can't say I'm indifferent ..... sport, but I don't like spending my time watching it.
5 bored with doing
6 indifferent to sport
5 What makes funfair rides like roller coasters (excite)?
6 Are you the sort of person who considers sports programmes on TV (annoy), or do you get (annoy) by other types of programmes?
5 exciting
6 annoying / annoyed
Rewrite the sentence if it contains a mistake:
3 With more people taking it up, professional bowling is far popular than it used to be.
4 Which sport do you think is more energetic of all?
3 With more people taking it up, professional bowling is far more popular than it used to be.
4 Which sport do you think is the most energetic of all?
Are the following sentences correct or incorrect?
1 It was such a beautiful weather yesterday!
2 I have to buy several pieces of furnitures. I need a chair, an armchair and a table.
3 Accommodation in Dublin are becoming more affordable
1 Incorrect - It was such beautiful weather - Uncountable
2 Incorrect -I have to buy several pieces of furniture - Uncountable
3 Incorrect - Accommodation in Dublin is becoming more affordable - Uncountable
Match each group of adjectives with a noun, there are 2 nouns that you don't need.
1 growing/serious/insurmountable
2 golden/excellent/perfect
3 main/likely /probable
a cause
b problem
c impression
d opportunity
e solution
1 b - serious problem
2 d - golden opportunity
3 a - main cause
7 I used to be very enthusiastic ...... team sports, but not anymore.
8 I'm not sure I'm capable ..... running for long distances.
7 enthusiastic about team sport
8 capable of running
Correct the mistake/s and fill in the gaps with the right ending -ed/-ing
7 Do you think extreme sports are (challenge) than other sports?
8 Do you feel (invigorate) when do you do any type of energetic activity?
7 more challenging
8 invigorated when (do) you do
Make comparatives or superlatives:
5 It is becoming (difficult) for people to organise their lives around work nowadays.
6 Is work (stressful) aspect of modern life?
Rewrite the sentence if there is a mistake:
7 Do you agree that rowing is a sport only for fittest people?
5 more difficult
6 the most stressful
7 Do you agree that rowing is a sport only for the fittest people?
Are the following sentences correct or incorrect?
1 The government are preparing for the next elections.
2 The police is coming to check the scene.
3 The family are very happy with the new house
4 The cabin crew are coming with the drinks.
1 Correct - The government is/are preparing for the next elections.
2 Incorrect - The police are coming to check the scene. (they always come in twos)
3 Correct - The family is/are very happy with the new house
4 The cabin crew is/are coming with the drinks.
army, class, company, crowd, data, family, government, group, public, team can be used with Singular or Plural verbs
1 The game Twister was introduced in 1966 - T/F
2 Leonardo Da Vinci could write with one hand and draw with the other at the same time T/F
3 A traffic jam lasted for 5 days, with cars only moving 0.6 miles a day. T/F
4 There are about 100 corpses on Mount Everest and they are used as waypoints for climbers. T/F
https://allthatsinteresting.com/interesting-facts-about-the-world#7
1. T
2. T
3. F, it lasted for more than 10 days
4. F, there are over 200 corpses
Complete with a suitable preposition and correct the mistake:
9 I'm really passionate ...... travel around the world and meeting fellow hockey enthusiasts.
10 I am fond .... travelling, but my brother is completely fanatical ..... visiting new places.
9 passionate about travelling
10 fond of travelling / fanatical about visiting
Correct the mistakes and fill in the gaps with the correct form of the adjective:
1 I was (thrill) by the football match, even though I rarely find sport on TV (thrill).
2 After a day's work, people are often not (motivate) enough to doing exercise.
3 The extreme sport I think is most (excite) to watch is snowboarding, but I do get (excite) by other sports.
4 Some extreme sports are (fascinate) to watch; I am always (fascinate) by people's reasons for getting involving in something so dangerous.
1 thrilled / thrilling
2 motivated enough to do
3 the most exciting / excited
4 fascinating / fascinated ... getting involved
Make comparatives or superlatives:
7 Is mental activity (important) physical activity?
8 People don't realise that racing drivers are (fit) individuals in sport.
Rewrite the sentence if there are any mistakes:
9 Do you agree that racket sports like squash and tennis are tiring than many other sports?
Complete the following table:
Adjective - Comparative - Superlative the worst
lively
appetising
7 Is mental activity more/less important than physical activity?
8 People don't realise that racing drivers are the fittest individuals in sport.
9 Do you agree that racket sports like squash and tennis are more tiring than many other sports?
10 Adjective Comparative Superlative
good worse (than) the worst
lively livelier the liveliest
appetising more/less the most/least appetising appetising
Choose the correct answer:
1 There is now no need for people to throw away equipment/equipments like computer/computers.
2 The weather/weathers deteriorated rapidly with severe storm/storms forecast.
3 Business/Businesses done on the internet can save business/businesses large amounts of money.
4 Furniture/Furnitures is made by skilled craftsmen working in wood/woods from different tree/trees.
5 People sometimes need to do other job/jobs besides their permanent work/works to earn more money/moneys.
1 equipment / computers
2 weather / storms
3 business / businesses
4 furniture / wood / trees
5 jobs / work / money
1 All the clocks in Pulp Fiction are stuck at a specific time? Which one is it?
2 What year did Russia consider beer as alcohol? 1976 1986 1999 2011 2017
3 Two-thirds of people in the world have never seen snow
4 The Woolly Mammoth was around when the Pyramids of Egypt were being built
5 What percentage of water does a jellyfish contain?
1 4:20
2 2011, before that it was considered a soft drink
3 T
4 T
5 95%