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CONFUSING WORDS AND EXPRESSIONS |
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Situation / Position / Condition
Animal idioms
no = not / not any
seem, appear and look
Learning and using synonyms
Mother tongue, honeymoon and a small amount of gold
Colour idioms
afraid/scared/terrifying
take care / take a look: verb + noun collocations with take
faults, flaws, weaknesses and drawbacks
Idiomatic pairs
Teacher/trainer/instructor/lecturer
Discourse markers
British measures: feet, inches,
kinds / types / sorts / varieties (of music)
See and Watch
Numbers
'well off' and 'better off'?
'lend' or 'borrow'?
'say' or 'tell'?
'make' or 'do'?
'approve' or 'approve of'?
'hire' or 'rent'? 'rise' or 'raise'?'drive' or 'ride'?
'efficient'or'effective'?
'lie' or 'lay'?
'lack' as a verb and a noun
'house' or 'home'?
'sport' or 'game'?
'partner' or 'boyfriend'?
'effect' or 'affect'?
'say' or 'tell'?
'hope' and 'wish'
'equipment', 'utensil', 'tool'and 'apparatus'
'solicitor', 'lawyer', 'attorney','barrister', 'counsellor'
'nail bombs'
judging something 'on its merits'
greetings and farewells
'get' and 'become'
same or different? 'used to/get used to'?
'adjective-noun collocations'
rather and better?
wedding or marriage?
'either', 'neither' and 'too'
head,feet,legs,brain,mind
health and illness idioms
'skin' and 'bones' idioms
'-ed' and '-ing' adjectives
confusing pairs
'come' or 'go'? 'bring' or 'take'?
confusing road signs
'hot dog' and 'hat trick'
idioms involving 'clouds' or 'sky'
verbs + adverbial particles
'let' or 'leave'
do/did/done
suppose / supposed to
horrible / horrific
entertainment idioms
melt, thaw and antonyms
synonyms for 'I (don't) understand
slang, idiomatic expressions and euphemisms
'switch' and 'change'
job applications and 'cover'
job title suffixes
neck and nose idioms
miss, missing, missed
/wound/hurt/harm/damage as verbs/adjectives/nouns
countable or uncountable?
parts of the body
'Meetings'/etc...
remind-remember/recall/recollect
'travel/trips/journeys/etc'
Idioms based on food and drink
Kinship Idioms
ensure, assure, insure
emotions idioms - anger
'dress, wear, put on'
relations and relationships
rise, arise and raise
Told or asked?
last/take
'take' - expressions
look forward to / agree to / object to
expressing views and opinions
'calling' and 'kidding'
'hold or keep'
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PREFIXES, SUFFIXES, SPELLING AND PRONUNCIATION |
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possessives or compound nouns?
Colons and semi-colons, dashes and brackets
Flammable/inflammable & prefixes
-ive, -ous, -ful, -ic, -able, -al, -y, -ible
suffixes: -less, -free
possessive apostrophes
apostrophe 's with plural nouns
'its' and 'it's'
hyphenated nouns; adjectives and prefixes
hyphenated adjectives; '-ise' and '-ize'
using commas, semi-colons and colons
spelling quiz: 'aging' or 'ageing'?
spelling and pronunciation
negative auxilliary verbs: contracted forms; pronunciation
parts of the body
a/an and the: pronunciation
spelling and pronunciation / silent letters
tag questions
punctuation and pausing
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DETERMINERS, NOUNS AND PRONOUNS |
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noun-verb agreement
no = not a / not any
article or no article?
this/that - these/those - here/there
different uses of 'any'
'the', 'a' and 'an'
indefinite and zero articles
using articles with geographical names
articles, possessives and demonstratives
apostrophes: 'its' and 'it's';'ones' and 'one's'
'so do I.'/ 'me too'
'such' and 'so'
'much', 'many', 'lots of' and subject-verb agreement
subject-verb agreement with countable nouns
double negatives
relative pronouns: 'who' or 'whom'?
using 'the' correctly
reflexive pronouns
'each' and 'every'
'either'/'neither'/'too'
'any' and 'no'
subject/verb agreement
'amount', 'quantity', 'number'
it/this/that
it to identify people
compound nouns
plural nouns
'what or which'
job title suffixes
'there' and 'is' as preparatory subjects
'the' or zero article?
a/an and the: pronunciation
too much/many, fewer/less, little, as much as
nouns+prepositions
what or that? and noun-verb collocations
noun + to- infinitive clause
noun suffixes
possessive 's or of + noun?
'that' and 'then'
the definite article: context-specific and with abstract nouns
uncountable nouns
fewer or less
you and me / you and I
every/all
countable and uncountable nouns with different meanings
'The' with place names: rules and exceptions
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ADJECTIVES AND ADVERBS |
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'Before' and 'ago'
Participles as adjectives
enough / sufficient / adequate
Adverb and adjective collocations
'incredible' and 'unbelievable'
'efficient' or 'effective'
'busy with' or 'busy about'?
adjectival prefixes: un-, in- or im-?
adjectival suffixes: -ive, -ous or -ful?
adjectival suffixes: -less or -free?
'good' or 'well'?
using 'as well'
using 'besides'
'for example' and 'for instance'
using 'so'
inversion after negative expressions and 'only'
'how long?', 'how often?' and 'how many times?'
using 'ever'
'formation and use of adjectives' just or only
adjectives: appropriate/suitable and adequate/sufficient/enough
'hardly', 'hardly ever', hardly any'
'even if', 'even though'
'ed' and '-ing' as adjectives
time expressions with 'next', 'last' and 'on'
adjectives: position
'yet': adverb or conjunction
though / as though / like
comparative and superlative forms
emphasizing adverbs
as....as
expressing possibility: maybe, perhaps, may and might
plural nouns
hardly/scarcely, neither/nor, so/too
quite
concern/concerned/concerning
on / off
future forms: comparatives and superlatives
being
position of adverbs
too much/many, fewer/less, little, as much as
however/nevertheless/moreover
irregular adjectives and adverbs
-ed adjectives
compound adjectives
time expressions, adjectives and adverbs
'Always' and 'ever'
-ed and -ing adjectives
actually/in fact/well
yet/still/already
especially/specially & continuously/continually
adjectives with -er/-est, more/most, less/least in comparative/superlative
so, such and so on
'worth/worthwhile'
likely to
adverbials
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VERBS AND TENSES |
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unreal uses of past forms
'say' and 'tell' in reported speech
have had / had had
wouldn't/would & won't/will for refusals and insistence
planned future actions
the passive with modals, future and infinitive forms
short answers and question tags
doubling final consonants
we are to / we are not to
have / have got
present perfect with 'for' and 'since'
forming questions with do/does and is/are
see / feel / like & love in progressive form
Choosing the right tense in indirect speech
Phrasal verbs: five different structures
do as auxiliary verb
primary auxiliary verbs: 'do' and 'have'
'up' and 'down' in phrasal verbs
'to do' and 'to have done'
lots to do with 'do'
'happen' and 'happen to'
tenses of 'lie' or 'lay'
past simple and past perfect: 'have' and 'had'
past tense endings
'used to' or past simple?
present perfect simple and continuous
will/shall/would/should
'been' or 'gone'?
inverted word order in questions and statements
reported/indirect speech
'must', 'need' and 'used to' in reported speech
the passive
prepositional and phrasal verbs
'to' or '-ing'?
contractions: 'aren't', 'haven't', 'isn't'
'will', 'shall', 'would' and 'should'
'don't' and 'do not'
'present perfect and past simple'
reporting verbs
be able + infinitive
be to + infinitive
the subjunctive
participial or relative clause
verb + two objects
have+object+infinitive/-ing
question tags+imperative
the passive
stative verbs
American/British verbs
subject/verb agreement
'would' in conversation
'get, plus past
verbs + adverbial particles
'let' or 'leave'
'like' as verb and preposition
reporting questions, suggestions, advice and instructions
expressing possibility: perhaps, maybe, may and might
'gonna', 'wanna', 'gotta' and 'dunno'
present perfect
change of time/tense in reported speech
concern/concerned/concerning
auxiliary verbs; contracted forms: pronunciation
past tenses
future forms: comparatives and superlatives
could, was able to and managed to
being
suggest, recommend, insist, demand
subject-verb inversion in questions
past simple and past perfect
The future
Hear, see, make, let, allow + object + verb form
present perfect with just, already, ever and yet
what or that? and noun-verb collocations
Bare infinitive
Verbs and tenses
past simple and present perfect
intransitive and transitive verbs
have to do and to have done
reporting the future
get (for transport) + preposition or adverb particle
get + preposition or adverb particle
ever and in time expressions
time expressions and tenses
dare and need - auxiliary verbs
'be to'
for + verb-ing'
'used to' or 'would'
expressing wishes in the past, present and future
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MODALS AND CONDITIONALS |
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Third conditional
Mixed conditionals
Inversion in conditional sentences
'Needn't have' and 'didn't need to'
'if-clauses' and containing 'will', 'will'
'must' as deduction and obligation
'must', 'need' and 'used to' in reported speech
'first and second conditionals; 'should' instead of 'if'
'using 'as long as'
'will', 'shall', 'would' and 'should'
'could have', 'would have' and 'should have'
'if I was' and 'if I were'
'hope' and 'wish'
'must', 'have to', 'have got to'
'would' in conversation
general and future condition and 'have got to'
should , would and could
What if / suppose / supposing
when and if & in case and if
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CONJUNCTIONS AND CLAUSES |
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though, even though and even so
Omitting that
Using 'What...like?' and 'How...?'
Affirmative word order in questions
Which or that
'Since' as preposition, conjunction and adverb
as / while / as long as
'preposition + relative pronoun'
'unless' and 'otherwise'
'whenever', 'wherever and etc'
'though' and 'although'; 'despite' and 'in spite of'
'while' and 'whereas'
'because', 'as', 'since' and 'for'
'yet' and 'but', 'so' and 'hence'
'as well as' and 'as long as'
'as' and 'like'
inversion after negative expressions
participial or relative clause
'even if', 'even though'
'yet': adverb or conjunction
though / as though / like
'by' and 'from'
'in order to' and 'so that'
'wh'-questions
cleft sentences
as... as
but as conjunction and preposition
'for' and 'during'
when or if? if or whether?
being
what or that? and noun-verb collocations
What if / suppose / supposing
subordinating and coordinating conjunctions
when/while/meanwhile
when and if & in case and if
Linking adverbs
alternatives to 'if'
participle clauses
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PREPOSITIONS AND PHRASES |
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'at', 'on' and 'in'
'good at' or 'good in'?
'beside'/'besides' and 'toward'/'towards'
'since' and 'for'
'despite' and 'in spite of'
'with regard to' and 'regarding'
'due to', 'owing to', 'on account of' and 'because of'
'as' and 'like'
'busy with' or 'busy about'
prepositional and phrasal verbs
'on', 'in', or 'at' midnight?
time expressions with 'next', 'last' and 'on'
though / as though / like
'like' as verb and preposition
as... as
but as conjunction and preposition
'for' and 'during'
prepositions in time expressions
concern/concerned/concerning
on / off
in front of / before/ across
prepositions for common nouns without articles
time and place phrases with at, in and on
during, for, by, until with time phrases with at, in and on
for/to
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LEARNING AND EXAM SKILLS |
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choosing a dictionary
extending your vocabulary
improving your skills by reading
vocabulary and reading skills
classroom activity: activating vocabulary
how can listening skills be improved?
learning styles and preferences
how can I improve my accent?
how will I pass my English exam?
CAE, CPE and FCE exams
IELTS English tests
the IELTS writing test
answering long essay questions
business letters
job applications and 'cover'
future forms: comparatives and superlatives; interlinked learning activities
however/nevertheless/moreover
spelling errors and typos
netiquette
reading comprehension
preparing for a speaking test at an advanced level
problems and troubles
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