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