VOC > adjectives
Complete: “She’s very _______; she always considers other people’s feelings.”
considerate / thoughtful / [caring]
Fill in: “By the time I arrived, they _______ (already/start) dinner.”
had already started [Completed action before another past event]
“I _______ (live) in London, but now I live in Madrid.”
used to live [Past habit no longer true.]
Which idiom means “argue a lot”? Create a sentence with it.
fight like cat and dog > "My brother and I are used to fighting like cat and dog over a minor issue"
Which adjective means “easily stressed or tense”? Create a sentence with it.
highly-strung > "Facing in-class exams is not an easy task for a highly-strung person like me"
Transform into 1 sentence: “I was tired. I worked all day.”
"I was tired since I had been working all day" [Past perfect continuous shows cause, duration, completion, past of the past]
“She isn’t _______ (wake up) so early every day — it’s a new job for her.”
used to waking up [Be used to + gerund = be already accustomed to something]
Complete: “We met last year and _______ immediately. We are good friends at the moment"
got on like a house on fire [Instant good relationship]
Explain the difference between narrow-minded and open-minded using your own examples.
Narrow-minded people reject other ideas; open-minded people consider them.
Complete: “She was exhausted because she _______ (study) all night.”
had been studying [Focus on duration and continuity before another event]
“They ____ slowly _______ the baby’s crying.”
are slowly getting used to [Process of adaptation, transition]
Explain “to be set in your ways" with an example.
To resist change; have fixed habits or opinions > "My father is always quite set in his ways. He claims to be right all the time"
Fill in with an adjective: “It was _______ of him to challenge the director during the meeting, but it paid off. It takes guts to do something like that!"
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Create a sentence about a relationship using the verb argue and the past perfect continuous.
“They had been arguing for months before they decided to file for divorce.”
Make one sentence contrasting used to and be used to.
“I used to drive to work, but now I am used to taking the train.” [Habit vs. accomplished state of adaptation]
Create a sentence using fight like cat and dog and past perfect simple.
"You wouldn't believe me, but they had fought like cat and dog before you arrived"
Rewrite this sentence using a personality adjective from our list:
“He shows no emotion even when others are upset.”
“He’s completely unemotional, even when others are upset.”
Explain the difference:
“She had studied French before moving to Paris.”
vs
“She had been studying French before moving to Paris.”
Had studied = completed learning [past of the past, completed action, correlation to a following action in the more recent past]
Had been studying = focus on process, not result [duration > long time, past of the past, correlation to a following in the more recent past]
Paraphrase this using ONE of the three forms:
“At first, he couldn’t handle working under pressure, but now it’s fine.”
“He has got used to working under pressure.” [past action connected to the present]
"He is used to working under pressure" [current habit; we do not include the "at first" effort of the original]
Use be set in your ways and past perfect continuous in one sentence.
“He had been living alone for so long that he was completely set in his ways.”