Review

Generations

100

the grandmother of one of your parents

great-grandmother

200

(adj.) strongly limiting someone's freedom to behave as they wish, or likely to severely punish someone if they do not obey; streng

strict

300

(of a person, especially a child) harmed in character by being treated too leniently or indulgently; verwöhnt

spoilt (UK) / spoiled (US)

400

the way in which someone is treated and trained as a child; Kinderstube, Erziehung

upbringing

500

(adj.) having or indicating a readiness or over-readiness to be generous to or lenient with someone; gutmütig, nachsichtig

indulgent

Extreme Adjectives

100

Very hungry; am Verhungern / hungrig

starving

200

Very full, either of people or items (e.g., a suitcase or a train); vollgepackt / überfüllt

packed

300

Very dirty; sehr schmutzig / verdreckt

filthy

400

Completely wet, often from rain or water; durchnässt

soaked

500

Extremely angry; wütend / rasend vor Wut

furious

Don't Take it Personally

100

to refuse to accept, use, or believe something or someone; ablehnen, abweisen

to reject

200

(phrasal verb) to develop a way to manage or relate to someone or something; mit jmnd./etw. umgehen; auch: sich um Probleme kümmern

to deal with

300

(idiom) to be emotionally tough and not easily hurt by criticism; ein dickes Fell haben

to have (a) thick skin

400

(phrasal verb) to feel accepted or to belong to a group; dazugehören

to fit in

500

(phrasal verb) to find something by chance; etw. zufällig finden
also: to behave in a way that makes people believe that you have a particular characteristic

to come across

Miscellaneous

100

Use the present perfect in a sentence.

I have never danced the Hokey Pokey.

200

Use each of the following in a sentence: "used to" & "to get/be used to"

I used to believe climbing mountains was dangerous, but now I got used to it.

300

Complete the sentence: There are too many people! They ______ ______ let in so many people.

They shouldn't have let in so many people.

400

Give an example each of the second and third conditional

2nd conditional: If I had time, I would go.
3rd conditional: If I had had time, I would have gone.

500

Use the past simple, past continuous and past perfect in a two sentence story

She had already finished^{past perfect} her homework when her friends called^{simple past} her to come outside.
While they were playing^{past continuous} in the park, it suddenly started to rain.

Correct the Mistakes

100

I didn’t knew anybody here when I moved to Germany.

I didn’t know anybody here when I moved to Germany.

200

Compared to former times, life is much more relaxed.

Compared to the past, life is much more relaxed.

300

It’s no fun to go on holiday with the parents with fourteen.

It’s no fun to go on holiday with the parents when you are fourteen.

400

When we were kids, we would play football three days in a week.

When we were kids, we would play football three days a week.

500

I recognized that my English is a bit rusty. If I would study more, I am sure I would see progress in no time.

I realized that my English was a bit rusty. If I studied more, I am sure I would see progress in no time.