Learning about language Discovering useful words and expressions
Learning about Language Discovering useful words and expressions
1. Choose the correct words to complete le passage centigrade competent allocate booklet recipe in detail slow down frequent consult caption
1. Choose the correct words to complete the passage. centigrade competent allocate booklet recipe in detail slow down frequent consult caption
1. Sally was so excited that mary couldnt understand what she was saying. Mary told her to slow down and tell her again. Then sally told her she had been allocated an apartment close to the university
1. Sally was so excited that Mary couldn’t understand what she was saying. Mary told her to __________ and tell her again. Then sally told her she had been _________ an apartment close to the university. slow down allocated
Mary congratulated her and said she knew those apartments well because her best friend lived there and she was a freisitort She told Mary about them in deand Sally became even more excited about living there
Mary congratulated her and said she knew those apartments well because her best friend lived there and she was a ________ visitor. She told Mary about them ________ and Sally became even more excited about living there. frequent in detail
2. I consider myself a competent cook so I usually dont consult recipe book. I just remember what I did last time. One day my daughter brought home from school a small booklet with easy recipes
2. I consider myself a __________ cook so I usually don’t _________ a recipe book. I just remember what I did last time. One day my daughter brought home from school a small _______ with easy recipes competent consult booklet
in it and asked me to help her cook something. There were pictures of each step in the recipe with captions underneath to tell you what to do. so i let her follow the recipe on her own
in it and asked me to help her cook something. There were pictures of each step in the recipe with ________ underneath to tell you what to do, so I let her follow the ______ on her own. captions recipe
When she had finished, she proudly put her cake into the oven to cook. about ten minutes later we smelt burning. I opened the oven to find may daughter's cake on fire, and it was all my fault. i had heated the oven to 2500 centigrade instead of 1500
When she had finished, she proudly put her cake into the oven to cook. About ten minutes later we smelt burning. I opened the oven to find may daughter’s cake on fire, and it was all my fault. I had heated the oven to 250o _________ instead of 150o centigrade !
2. Practice working out the meaning of words using the context. Read the sentences and work out the meaning of the words printed in bold
2. Practice working out the meaning of words using the context. Read the sentences and work out the meaning of the words printed in bold
1). Bob was very poor and his clothes were shabby because he had had them a long time shabby looking old and worn out. not in good condition
1). Bob was very poor and his clothes were shabby because he had had them a long time. looking old and worn out, not in good condition shabby
2).It rained all morning, then the sun suddenly appeared from behind the clouds and we saw a beautifull rainbow in the distance a many-colored arch that rainbow appears in sunlight after rain has fallen
2).It rained all morning, then the sun suddenly appeared from behind the clouds and we saw a beautiful rainbow in the distance. a many-colored arch that appears in sunlight after rain has fallen rainbow