Vocabulary
Word Formation
Use of English
Past Tenses
Gerund or Infinitive
100

spend time with friends

hang out

100

• free   •   friend   •   leader   •   lonely   •   weak

 ……………………… is something I’m afraid of. I need to be around other people.

Loneliness is something I’m afraid of. I need to be around other people.

100

We went shopping and then we had a coffee.

      We had a coffee after ………………………  shopping.

     We had a coffee after we had gone shopping.

100

While my sister ______(talk) to her friends on the phone, I _____(manage) to finish my homework

While my sisterwas talking to her friends on the phone, I managed to finish my homework

100

I got up early _____the news on TV

I got up early to watch the news on TV

200

to be interested in the same things

have a lot in common

200

• free   •   friend   •   leader   •   lonely   •   weak

He is well-known for his ……………………… skills. Everybody does what he says!

He is well-known for his leadership skills. Everybody does what he says!

200

I didn’t like chocolate when I was a child.

      I ……………………… to like chocolate when I was a child.

  I didn't use  to like chocolate when I was a child.

200

I ______(play) rugby when I ______(be) at school but I don't anymore.

I used to play rugby when I was at school but I don’t anymore.

200

It's important ______your homework every day

It's important to do your homework every day

300

to be in good relationships

to get on well

300

• free   •   friend   •   leader   •   lonely   •   weak

In many countries, people are still fighting for their ……………………… .

In many countries, people are still fighting for their freedom .

300

I always did the washing-up even if my parents didn’t ask me to.

      I ……………………… do the washing-up even if my parents didn’t ask me to.

  I used to do the washing-up even if my parents didn’t ask me to.

300

I _____(not go) to the cinema with Cathy yesterday because I _____(see) the film before.

I didn’t go to the cinema with Cathy because I
had seen the film before.

300

_____sport is good for you

Doing sport is good for you

400

to agree on many things

see eye to eye

400

• free   •   friend   •   leader   •   lonely   •   weak

I have a real ……………………… for chocolate cake!

I have a real weakness for chocolate cake!

400

I’d like to learn how to program a computer.

      I’m interested ……………………… how to program a computer.

I’m interested in learning how to program a computer.

400

As soon as it ______(start) to rain, we ______(pack) up the picnic and ______(go) home.

As soon as it started to rain, we packed up the picnic and went home.

400

Are you good at _______? Can you put your head under the water?

Are you good at swimming/diving? Can you put your head under the water?

500

to become friends again after an argument

to make it up
500

• free   •   friend   •   leader   •   lonely   •   weak

……………………… is really important to me – probably as important as family.

Friendship is really important to me – probably as important as family.

500

Jack and Harry aren’t talking to each other at the moment.

      Jack and Harry ……………………… out.

Jack and Harry have fallen  out.

500

It ______(snow) all day on Sunday and everybody _____(be) sad, but then I ______(realise) that it ______(already/ happen) before - snow in May.

It was snowing all day on Sunday and everybody was sad, but then I realised that it had already happened before - snow in May.

500

A:  Why did you decide  ……………………… Spanish?

B:  Because I enjoy  ……………………… languages.


A:  Why did you decide  to learn Spanish?

B:  Because I enjoy  learning languages.