PHRASAL VERB QUIZ
(phrasal verbs are a VERY important part of the English language, they are used for almost everything!! Unfortunately they're hard to learn and remember, they take a lot of Practice...)
Find the correct meaning for each Phrasal Verb using the verb CATCH, answers are below the Quiz
1
'Catch up with' means...
A Target, focus
B Manage to pass
C When something negative starts to have an effect
2
'Catch up with' means...
A Consider something carefully
B Reminisce with an old friend after not seeing them for a while
C Leave
3
'Catch up on' means...
A Be postponed or stopped by rain (usually passive)
B Beat someone in a debate, discussion or argument
C Do something that should have been done earlier
4
'Catch up' means...
A Be enthusiastic about an upcoming event
B Get work, etc, up to date.
C Beat someone
5
'Catch up' means...
A Reach someone who was ahead of you
B Fall ill
C Block a place to stop people entering
6
"Catch on" means...
A Seize something falling in mid-air
B Understand something little by little
C To receive a large sum of money
Answers/Solutions below...
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ANSWERS
1 C
2 B
3 C
4 B
5 A
6 B
There are many ways of greeting people in English depending on the level of formality required.
Rank the following greetings from most formal to most informal:
What's up? - How do you do? - How's it going? - How are you? - What's new? (Solutions below)
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1) How do you do? VERY FORMAL
2) How are you?
3) How's it going?
4) What's new?
5) What's up? VERY INFORMAL
Today's quote by the famous American poet Robert Frost:
"By working faithfully eight hours a day, you may eventually get to be boss and work twelve hours a day."
- famous: known by many people
- faithfully: with loyalty and regularity
- eventually: in the end, in the long run
Basic human EMOTIONS as expressed through Facial Expressions
little Bonus exercise: there is a Spelling Mistake in one of the words describing the man's emotions...
Anyone know what it is??
the adjective is HAPPY but the noun or the emotion is spelled HAPPINESS , not happyness....
These are the nouns, but we usually use adjectives to describe someone's feelings:
FEAR: to be afraid OR to be scared
CONTEMPT: to feel contempt for something or someone
DISGUST: to be disgusted
ANGER: to be angry
SADNESS: to be sad
HAPPINESS: to be happy
SURPRISE: to be surprised
- c'mon is short and how people usually SAY "come on" - "let's go"
- damned = cursed, screwed, condemned... often to eternal punishment
- "either" is an important word in English, it expresses choice between 2 possibilities, ONE or THE OTHER
...here there is no good choice for this man in HELL
Today's mini lesson: How to orally express basic arithmetic (or math operations) in English. It is something that even quite advanced students have trouble with....
+ : "plus"
- : "minus"
x : "times"
÷ : "divided by"
= : "equals"
Examples:
- "3 plus 2 equals 5"
- "7 minus 10 equals MINUS 3 (-3)"
- "2 times 6 equals 12"
- "16 divided by 4 equals 4"
Today's Expression: "The early bird catches the worm."
It means:
- opportunities come to those who wake up early
Happy April Fool's Day! April 1st is the day when people play pranks (jokes, tricks, etc...) on each other.
Like sticking a sign like the one below on someone's back...
Q&A/Knowing How to Ask Questions Correctly:
If the Answer is: "It's been 7 years since I last saw her."
What is the Question??? (solution is below)
Try to Answer it in your head (or even better on a piece of paper) before you look ↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓
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Solution: "How long has it been since you last saw her?"
OR
"When did you last see her?"
Today's Expression: "To let the cat out of the bag."
It means:
- to reveal facts about something that was previously hidden
- to tell a secret by accident, to someone who's not supposed to know
Example: "Bobby let the cat out of the bag when he accidentally mentioned to Amanda the surprise birthday party they were planning on throwing for her."
RUST...
today's quote:
"Sunday clears away the rust of the whole week."
vocab: to clear away = to wash, to clean...
rust: when metal becomes brown/red after exposure to water and other elements, see the PHOTOS BELOW
Q&A/Knowing How to Ask Questions Correctly:
If the Answer is: "He studied hard for several months in order to succeed."
What is the Question??? (solution is below)
Try to Answer it in your head (or even better on a piece of paper) before you look ↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓
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Solution: "What did he do in order to succeed?"
OR
"How long did he study hard in order to succeed?"
Q&A/Knowing How to Ask Questions Correctly:
If the Answer is: "He woke up later than usual because his alarm clock didn't go off."
What is the Question??? (solution is below)
Try to Answer it in your head (or even better on a piece of paper) before you look ↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓
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Solution: "Why did he wake up later than usual?"
today's phrasal verb: TO GIVE UP = to surrender, to quit, to stop...
give up smoking, give up trying...
WISDOM (noun)= sagesse (fr) sabiduría (es)
Ex: Wisdom is generally acquired through years of experience.
WISE (adj.) : A wise old man once told me...
I'm not sure I fully agree with today's piece of wisdom... Plans are important, but where would they be without dreams??? And there are no limits to what one can dream....
today's vocab:
1.an URGE: a strong desire or impulse to do something, a need, an itch
2. meaninglessness: the fact of having no meaning, the quality of having no significance...
"You ever get that URGE Frank? It begins with looking down from 50 stories (floors) up, thinking about the MEANINGLESSNESS of life, listening to dark voices deep inside you, and you think, "Should I?... Should I?... Should I push someone off?""
Today's expression: "I've got your back"
That means: "don't worry, I'll protect you, I'll look out for you, I'll take care of you..."
“Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.”
