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93 Cards in this Set
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to travel to a different country |
go abroad |
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to travel short distance during the weekend |
go away for the weekend |
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go ... car |
by |
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go ... train |
by |
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to camp |
= go camping |
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go ... a walk |
for |
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go ... holiday |
on |
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go ... ... night |
go out at night |
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visit tourist places in a city |
go sightseeing |
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to ski |
go skiing |
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Complete with swim, sail, surf: go... |
go swimming go sailing go surfing go + some sports ing |
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... in a hotel |
stay |
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... photos |
take |
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... souvenirs |
buy |
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to lie in the sun to get some color on the skin |
sunbathe |
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... a good time |
have |
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... money |
spend |
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... time |
spend |
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... an apartment |
rent or buy |
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... a bicycle, skis |
hire |
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... flights online |
book (=reserve) |
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opposite of clean is... |
dirty |
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someone who's always helping others is... |
helpful |
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the opposite of beautiful is... |
ugly |
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the opposite of quiet is... |
noisy |
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full of people |
crowded (opposite of empty) |
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terrible, horrible |
awful |
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What was the weather like? |
It was warm, sunny, very windy, foggy, cloudy etc |
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What was the hotel like? |
It was comfortable, luxurious, basic, dirty, uncomfortable etc |
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What was the town like? |
It was beautiful, lovely, noisy, crowded etc |
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What were the people like? |
They were friendly, helpful, unfriendly, unhelpful etc |
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What was the food like? |
It was delicious, nothing special, disgusting etc |
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When do we use past continuous? |
To talk about an action at a specific time in the past (I was watching TV at 10pm yesterday) |
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When do we use past simple and continuous together? |
When there's a longer action (background) interrupted by a short action |
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Complete with play and call: |
I was playing computer games when she called. |
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When do we use simple past? |
To talk about an action that started and finished in the past (I visited my mother-in-law last night) |
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Complete with the correct tense: |
I arrived home, took a shower and watched some TV. |
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Complete with the correct tenses: |
What were you doing (long action, background) when I called (short action, interruption) you last night? |
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Change to negative: I called you last night. |
I didn't call you last night. |
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Change to interrogative: I went to the USA last year. |
Did you go to the USA last year? |
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Change to negative: I was sleeping when you texted me. |
Were you sleeping when I texted you? |
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Change to interrogative: She was driving when she saw him. |
Was she driving when she saw him? |
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Complete with the correct tenses: I ... (sit) in a café when you ... (see) me. |
I was sitting in a café when you saw me. |
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Change to interrogative: I saw a movie yesterday. |
Did you see a movie yesterday? |
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Change to negative: Did you have dinner last night? |
You didn't have dinner last night. |
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When do we use simple past? |
1. Completed actions in the past (I traveled last year) 2. Habits in the past (I danced flamenco when I was younger) 3. Past facts or generalizations (People paid a lot of money for the first cell phone) |
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Complete with the correct tenses: |
What were you doing when the accident happened? |
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Complete with the correct tense: |
The doctor said that Tom was too sick to work and that he needed to stay at home. |
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What two types of verbs are there in the simple past? |
Regular and irregular |
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Which time expressions can I use with simple past? |
yesterday, last night, last month, last year, the day before yesterday etc. |
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Complete with the correct tenses: It's strange that you ... (call) because I ... (think) about you! |
It's strange that you called (short action) because I was thinking (long action) about you. |
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How do we form the past continuous? |
was or were + verb ing You were sleeping. |
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Complete the question about your LAST holiday: Where / go? |
Where did you go? |
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Complete the question about your LAST holiday: When/go |
When did you go? |
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Complete the question about your LAST holiday: Who / go with? |
Who did you go with? |
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Complete the question about your LAST holiday: Where / stay? |
Where did you stay? |
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Complete the question about your LAST holiday: What / the weather like? |
What WAS the weather like? (=How was the weather?) |
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Complete the question about your LAST holiday: What / do during the day? |
What did you do during the day? |
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Complete the question about your LAST holiday: / have a good time? |
Did you have a good time? |
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Which preposition do we use before a date? |
ON (e.g. on November 4th) |
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Which preposition do we use before a time? |
AT (e.g. at 10 am) |
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Which preposition do we use before "the morning, the afternoon"? |
IN (e.g. in the morning) |
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Which preposition do we use before a building? |
AT (e.g. at the Opera House) |
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Which preposition do we use for months? |
IN (in March, in April etc) |
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Which preposition do we use with "home, work, school"? |
AT (at home, at work) |
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Why do we use time sequencers? |
to say when or in what order things happen |
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after that |
after a certain action (We went to the cinema, after that we had dinner.) |
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next day |
the following day (On Thursday I fought with my boss. The next day (Friday) I decided to look for a new job. |
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one evening |
one night (We met one evening and became good friends). |
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suddenly |
unexpectedly (I was standing by the door when suddenly it opened). |
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two minutes later |
Two minutes in the future (We sat down to eat. Two minutes later, the phone rang) |
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when |
indicates time and is also used to join two actions: time - when I wake up I have breakfast. two actions - the accident happened when he was crossing the road. |
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so |
used for results = consequently She was in a hurry so she was driving fast. |
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because |
express reason: She was driving fast because she was in a hurry. |
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although |
contrast (in the beginning or middle of a sentence): Although she tried to stop the car, she hit the man. |
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but |
contrast (in the middle of the sentence): She was very tired but she couldn't sleep. |
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again |
repeated She asked my name again! That's the fourth time! |
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then |
= after that I took a shower then I got dressed. |
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What's the difference between then and them? |
Then: time sequencer (I called my mother then I called my sister = after that) |
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invite... |
somebody to dinner |
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have... |
a wonderful time |
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drive... |
along the road |
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meet... |
in a coffee bar |
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give... |
somebody your email address |
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take... |
somebody to a restaurant |
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wait... |
for somebody |
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be... |
in a hurry |
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play... |
a song |
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leave... |
the club very late |
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run... |
across the road |
