Midterm Test Review
Try doing these exercises before the test!
Vocabulary
- What’s the meaning of these words? Can you put them in sentences?
Geek
Gadget
Tar
Screen
Fortnight
Text messaging
- Create a sentence with: to devote less time to
to be classed as
to draw the line at
to lose yourself in
to kill time
to shut yourself away
to have a row
to flirt with
to put one’s foot down
to have a nap
to nip - What idea do these LINKERS convey?
Add information Show contrasting ideas Show cause and effect
- In fact
- Even so
- Also
- On the other hand
- Moreover
- Nevertheless
- Consequently
- However
- Yet
- Because of this
- As a result
- Although
- But
Grammar:
- Stative X Dynamic verbs
Stative Verbs – describe a state (knowledge, emotion, perception). Nothing happens.
Dynamic Verbs – describe an action, activity or process. Something happens.
There are some verbs which are both Stative and Dynamic, however, their meanings change considerably. These are some :
- Taste (D) = the action of eating
- Taste (S) = the perception, one of the 5 senses
- Have (D) = a figurative meaning - eg. have breakfast
- Have (S) = idea of possession
- Think (D) = the mental process of thinking, considering
- Think (S) = idea of opinion
- See (D) = visiting, meeting, working on something
- See (S) = the perception, one of the 5 senses
- Present Perfect Simple X Present Perfect Continuous
Formation: Have/ Has + been + V + ing (cont.) or Have/ Has + V (3rd. Column) (simp.)
Present Perfect Continuous + Dynamic verb (action) – describes an action which is incomplete or ongoing
Present Perfect Simple + Dynamic verb – describes an action which is complete
Present Perfect Simple + Stative verb – describes a situation which is incomplete or ongoing
Can you think of examples for each situation?
- Reporting Verbs
Are these verbs say or tell? What are their meanings?
Confirm
Assure
Declare
Convince
Announce
Mention
Insist
Reassure
Admit
Inform
Claim
Persuade
Complain
Advise
Suggest
Explain
- Prefixes and Suffixes
Negative prefixes:
- Un
- Dis
- Ir – used for words beginning with r
- Il -used for words beginning with
- In
- Im – used for words begining with “b”, “m” and “p”
Suffixes:
- Less (without)
- Ful (quantity / feeling)
- Ish (kind of)
- Ment – nouns
- Ly – adverbs
- Ness – nouns
- Ed - adjectives
- Able - adjectives
Complete the sentences with a suitable form of the word given:
a) Because of a ___ half the class went to a differerent classroom. (understand)
b) Maria is really ___. She’s always there when I need a hand. (help)
c)Don’t be ___, I’m sure she didn’t mean it. (fool)
d)I can’t say Alice is ___. She is always locked up in her room. (adventure)
e)We didn’t find any ___ in finding your house. (difficult)
f)Turn the TV off. What I have to say is important and I need your __ attention. (divide)
g)My brothers always ___ when it’s time to do the washing up. (appear)
h)___ of what I had said, he went to the beach anyway. (regard)
i)Kim looks repulsive. That dress she’s wearing is absolutely ___. (taste)
j)I was positively surprised by the ___ of the people from Italy. (friend)
k)I don’t believe you’ve broken it! That piece is __ (replace)
l)You are such a scheming person! What are you up, you ___ girl? (devil)
m)The govern is going to build houses for the ___ people. (home)
n)I find chocolate cakes simply __ (resist)
o)New York streets at night vcan be quite ___.(danger)
p)It was a ___ trip – everything went wrong. (hell)
Extra work: Look up the words in brackets in a dictionary and find as many possibilities of word transformation as you can.
Eg. Understand-Understandable-Misunderstand-Misunderstanding-Understood-Understanding-Etc...
Key:
a)Misunderstanding
b)Helpful
c)Foolish
d)Adventurous
e)Difficulty
f)Undivided
g)Disappear
h)Regardless
i)Tasteless
j)Friendliness
k)Devilish
l)Irreplaceable
m)Irresistable
n)Homeless
o)Hellish
p)Dangerous
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