Transport and Travel
When you don't arrive in time to take the bus, you say 'I miss' or 'I lose' the bus?
Miss
True or False: we use the will for plans and the going to for predictions without evidence
Falses
The prefixes dis-, il- and un- are positive or negative?
Negative
An outgoing person is someone who...
is friendly and sociable
When do we use 'a(n)' and when do we use 'the'?
'the' indicates that the identity of the noun is known to the reader, it is a definite article, while 'a' is for more general things.
Who is a commuter?
A person who has to get some type of transport to get to work/study
When we make a decision at the moment of speaking we use...
Will
Make a word adding a suffix to 'invent'
Invention
Which of these are positive and which negative: narrow-minded, tactless, energetic
+ = energetic
- = narrow-minded, tactless
Find the mistake: I'm going to try more hard to listen to others in group discussions
I'm going to try harder to listen...
What is the difference between a trip and a journey?
A journey is usually to some place which is further, if it's closer (and usually shorter) it's a trip.
When do we use the present continuous?
To talk about future arrangements and plans that have been confirmed.
We use in- or un- with these words: expected, reliable, likely
un-
The opposite of narrow-minded is...
broad-minded
Do these words talk about a big difference or a small one? a bit, significantly, slightly, way
Big: significantly, way
Small: a bit, slightly
Mention two parts of a car
Tyre, steering wheel, wheel
How do we form the future perfect simple? Give an example.
will/won't + have + past participle = I will have gone to bed by midnight.
What is the meaning of the prefix over-?
When there is too much or more than enough
What does it mean to be 'a live wire'?
Some who is very energetic and has a lot of social battery
Which are the three irregular comparative adjectives?
Good, Bad, Far
There's an official website where you can check the times of departures and ________ at the main tram stops. It includes live _____ with the latest news about any _________ to their service.
There's an official website where you can check the times of departures and arrivals at the main tram stops. It includes live travel updates with the latest news about any delays to their service.
When do we use the future perfect simple and when the continuous?
Simple --> activities that will be finished by a certain time in the future
Continuous --> to talk about how long an activity has been in progress before a particular moment in the future
What three words can you make from relate?
Unrelated, relatable and relative
What does it mean to be a wallflower?
When you remain at a side in a social gathering because of shyness or awkwardness
What article do we use to make general statements about uncountable nouns?
We don't use any article, i.e. He didn't separate [-] art and [-] science.