Use of English
UPPER INTERMEDIATEAUGUST – DECEMBER 2013
Today's phrasal verb means: "not to include
someone in an activity"None of the other children would play with the little boy and so he felt ........ out. a) picked b) sent c) kept d) left
Phrasal Verb
Today's word: "CORRECT“
1. Your newspaper was ........ to claim the company were in trouble. On the contrary, they are about to expand into Europe. 2. Please bring an eraser with you in order to make any ........ to your work. 3. If you answer the question ........ you get two marks.
Word Formation
Today's phrase: "to ........ the table“
The dinner's almost ready. Could somebody ........ the table please? a) placeb) setc) layd) make
Collocation
Graphs
Vocabulary for Graphs
Movement Up Rose Went up Increased Grew Shot up Surged Rocketed
Movement Down Fell Declined Dropped Decreased Sank Went down Plunged Plummeted
Vocabulary for Graphs
Prepositions Between 1995 and
2000 From 1995 to 2000 Sales rose from 200 to
250 Sales fell to 150 in
March Sales fell by 50%
Adverbs and intensifiers slightly a little a lot sharply suddenly steeply gradually gently steadily
Vocabulary for Graphs
No Movement: remained steady were unchanged did not change remained constant remained stable stabilized
Tops and Bottoms reached a peak peaked reached their
highest level fell to a low sank to a trough reached a bottom
Graphs
Today's word: “EXPLODE”1. An ........ device was found in a car in the town centre.
2. The army have gone into the area to try to detonate an ........ bomb.
3. There was an ........ followed by a flash of light.
Word Formation
1. The firefighters fought the blaze while the crowd ___________ .
2. We all felt so tired after the first hour of walking but our guide told us we had to _______ if we wanted to make the inn by nightfall.
3. While the office computer system was being fixed, there was nothing to do so we just ________ .
4. If you don't know what that word means Jenkins, _________ (it) in the dictionary!
5. I can't understand what you are talking about with this design. Can we ______ it again?
Phrasal Verbs
Today's word: "LIMIT"1. There are several ........ of the new software which make it rather impractical.
2. Season ticket holders have the freedom of ........ use of the facilities.
3. The post office say they are going to produce a ........ edition of the new set of stamps. These should ultimately prove to be quite valuable.
Word Formation
Halloween
Halloween
cackling evil gruesome haunted hideous
horrified howling
possessed shirieking wicked