Tenses | Phrasal Verbs | Vocabulary | Collocations | Scattergory |
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Present Perfect
What is the tense you use to talk about an action that started in the past and continous up to the present?
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to start doing something seriously or with a lot of effort
-After lunch we got down to discussing the issue of pay.
Get down to
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to stay away from school without permission
-Parents often don't know their children are playing truant.
Play truant
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Boarding school
Break the rules
Boarding______
break_____________ |
obligation
What are must and can used for?
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-Predictions
-Decisions made at the moment of speaking -Offers -Requests
Name 3 different uses of the Simple Future and give and example of each
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to criticize someone again and again in a way that is unfair
Why are you always getting at me even if I do things right?
Get at
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to officially force someone to leave a place or organization because of their bad behaviour
-My brother was expelled from scholl after a professor found him smoking in the bathroom
To be expelled
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comprehensive school
exam results learn a trade
Comprehensive_______
Exam__________ ________trade |
modal + have+ 3rd collumn
how can we use a modal verb to express something in the past?
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-Can we meet tomorrow at 7? No, I'll be doing my homework then.
Make a sentence in The Future Continuous using:
-Homework -Tomorrow -Meet -7 p.m. -Then |
-To recover from an illness
-Mark is a brave boy, he will get over the accident
Get over
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to make someone suffer because they have done something against the law or against the rules
-Anyone caught smoking on school premises will be punished.
to punish
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learn by heart
vocational course science experiments multiplication tables do an experiment/ homework/ detention/ my best
______heart
vocational______ science________ multiplication________ ________an experiment homework detention my best |
since, for, already, yet, still, never, ever, just
What adverbs are used with the present perfect?
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For past habits
What are USE TO and WOULD used for? Give an example of each
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if people get on with each other, they like each other and are friendly to each other
*Richard doesn't get on with my sister, they're always falling out.
Get on with
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the people who work for a particular company, organization, or institution: can be followed by a singular or plural verb
-It is a small hospital with a staff of just over a hundred. -The staff are not happy about the new arrangement.
Staff
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take ages/ breakfast/ lunch
make an effort/ a noise/ a promise/ fun of
______ages// breakfast/ lunch
_______ an effort/ a noise/ a promise/ fun of |
To express that something is annoying
What is always used for in the present continous? Give an example
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-Present Perfect is for an action that will be completed before another action. (Call me AFTER you have seen him)
-Simple present is used for a future action (I'll phone my father when I get home) -When, after, by the time, while (-ing), until, as soon a
- What is the difference between using the Present Perfect or the Simple Present in a Future time clause?
-Give an example of each -name at least 3 adjuncts that are used to introduce them |
to have just enough of something such as money or knowledge so that you can do what you need to do
-My arithmetic isn't very good, but I get by
Get by
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a list of the main subjects in a course of study
-the history/English/maths syllabus
Syllabus
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take a break/ an exam/ a message/ a taxi/ a rest
take*
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should
ought to
Which modals are used to give an advice?
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