Review Vocabulary and Collocations
Review Word Associations
1.
a
surprise - unknown
2.
to
work - at the office
3. to
understand - to know
4.
ingredients - when you cook
5.
simple - not difficult
6.
cheap - a low price
7.
finally - the last
8.
to
cut up - to make into many pieces
9.
an
addition - something put in
10. to
attend - to be present
11. a
break - a short rest
12. to
enjoy - to like
13. a
company - a business
14. a
region - a place
15. famous - well known
16.
an
opinion - a belief
17.
a
headache - pain
18. to
consider - to think about
19.
to
spend - money goes out
20.
historic - city
21.
furniture - a
sofa
22.
to
come from - a destination
23.
afternoon - daylight
24.
to
serve - to give
25. traffic - vehicles
26. downtown - a city center
27. to
prepare - food
28. to
organize - to make neat
29. a
variety - many choices
30.
successful - positive effect
31.
an
entrepreneur - to be the boss
32. part-time - to work twenty hours
33.
engineering - bridges
34.
typical - normal
35.
a
sibling - a brother
36. forever - no
end
37.
servers - a restaurant
38.
to
separate - to divide
39. professional - a nice suit
40. to
wake up - to stop sleeping
41. traditional - old
42. stressful - an earthquake
43. athletic - a soccer field
44. requires - must have
45.
horrible - very bad news
46.
a
century - one hundred years
47. to
communicate - to share information
48.
excellent - the best
49.
to
continue - to not stop
50.
proud - a grade of 100 percent
51.
to
discriminate - negative action
52.
to
demand - to make a strong request
53.
to
worry - to be unhappy
54. to
graduate - to complete school
55. the
beginning - the first minute
56. a
manager - a boss
57. original - a copy
58. to
arrive - to come to a place
59. to
scare - to scream
Review Using
Collocations
1. a popular actor
2. to add lemon juice to the hummus
3. to attend a class
4. a bank branch
5. a surprising result
6. an interesting movie
7. a simple answer
8. to understand a sentence
9. to cut up an onion
10. to add salt
11. an ideal job
12. a
variety of ideas
13. to follow a recipe
14. to
prepare for an emergency
15. to have an accident
16. to be worth
17. to
major in engineering
18. to
be on the third floor
19. to take an aspirin
20. a high temperature
21.
to make a
friend
22.
to take a
shower in the morning
23.
to be separated from your
family
24.
to wake up at six
in the morning
25.
a common mistake
26.
to compete in a
game
27.
to write on the
whiteboard
28.
a map of the
region
29.
to watch a
television show
30.
to get information
for a report
1. the first thing to do
2. a trip to Puerto Rico
3. to
arrive at the supermarket
4. to share information about the problem
5. to have a question about your homework
6. to discriminate against someone
7. to make a decision
8. effective communication
9. the freedom to do anything that you want to do
10. to be excited about a new class
Review Parts
of Speech
Vocabulary exercises
Exercise 1 - Choose the correct word below to complete each sentence.
interesting understand finally simple cut up famous attends cheap break add
1. We don't _______ the homework assignment. Please explain it.
2. Please ______ the cucumber into small pieces for the salad.
3. The phones at that store are _______ . They are not expensive.
4. We watch ______ movies in history class sometimes.
5. You can take a ______ from reading when you feel tired.
6. My sister ______ a yoga class every Sunday morning.
7. Liza ______ passed her driving test on the fourth try.
8. They always ______ milk and sugar to their coffee.
9. The directions to the new gym are not _____ .
10. JK is a _____ writer. Everyone knows who she is.
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1. We don't ___understand____ the homework assignment. Please explain it.
2. Please ___cut up___ the cucumber into small pieces for the salad.
3. The phones at that store are ____cheap___ . They are not expensive.
4. We watch ___interesting___ movies in history class sometimes.
5. You can take a ___break___ from reading when you feel tired.
6. My sister ___attends___ a yoga class every Sunday morning.
7. Liza __finally____ passed her driving test on the fourth try.
8. They always ___add___ milk and sugar to their coffee.
9. The directions to the new gym are not __simple___ .
10. JK is a __famous___ writer. Everyone knows who she is.
Exercise 2 - Choose the correct word below to complete each sentence.
furniture takes spend high organizes follows ideal downtown morning variety
1. There is a large _____ of vegetables at the market.
2. She ______ an aspirin when she has a headache.
3. He wants to buy some ______ for his new office.
4. My friend has an _____ job as a tour guide in a park.
5. They always _____ too much money when they shop for shoes.
6. My father never _____ a recipe when he cooks.
7. She takes her dog for a walk in the park every _____ .
8. The bank is near the post office ____ .
9. Our music teacher ______ the instruments in his classroom every day.
10. She has a _____ temperature, so she cannot go to school today.
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1. There is a large __variety___ of vegetables at the market.
2. She ___takes____ an aspirin when she has a headache.
3. He wants to buy some __furniture____ for his new office.
4. My friend has an ___ideal___ job as a tour guide in a park.
5. They always __spend____ too much money when they shop for shoes.
6. My father never ___follows___ a recipe when he cooks.
7. She takes her dog for a walk in the park every __morning___ .
8. The bank is near the post office ___downtown__ .
9. Our music teacher __organizes____ the instruments in his classroom every day.
10. She has a ___high___ temperature, so she cannot go to school today.
Exercise 3 - Choose the correct word below to complete each sentence.
makes sibling typical takes traditional mistake watches servers part-time wake up
1. We cannot ______ in the morning without an alarm clock.
2. Forgetting to use punctuation marks is a common _____ in writing.
3. She has a ______ job on the weekend at a cafe.
4. My sister is very friendly and she _____ friends easily.
5. The ______ at my favorite coffee shop know us because we go there often.
6. She often _______ a talk show before she goes to sleep.
7. They want to eat at ________ restaurants when they travel to Thailand.
8. Her youngest ______ still lives at home with their parents.
9. A ______ dinner during the week at her house is roasted beef.
10. She ______ a shower every day before going to school.
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1. We cannot __wake up____ in the morning without an alarm clock.
2. Forgetting to use punctuation marks is a common __mistake___ in writing.
3. She has a ___part-time___ job on the weekend at a cafe.
4. My sister is very friendly and she __makes___ friends easily.
5. The ___servers___ at my favorite coffee shop know us because we go there often.
6. She often ___watches____ a talk show before she goes to sleep.
7. They want to eat at ___traditional_____ restaurants when they travel to Thailand.
8. Her youngest __sibling____ still lives at home with their parents.
9. A __typical____ dinner during the week at her house is roasted beef.
10. She ___takes___ a shower every day before going to school.
Exercise 3 - Choose the correct word below to complete each sentence.
made against communicated worried graduated arrived about excellent proud beginning
1. Their train ______ three hours late.
2. My family was _____ of me when I passed the entrance exam.
3. She felt discriminated _____ in his new school.
4. Her mother was deaf, so she ____ with sign language.
5. He had some questions ______ the new recycling program in his neighborhood.
6. She was _____ about his presentation at school yesterday.
7. Our manager ______ the decision to hire three more workers.
8. The _____ of the book was slow, but the end was more interesting.
9. She ______ from the university with honors.
10. The new drama received _____ reviews.
made against communicated worried graduated arrived about excellent proud beginning
1. Their train __arrived____ three hours late.
2. My family was ___proud__ of me when I passed the entrance exam.
3. She felt discriminated __against___ in his new work.
4. Her mother was deaf, so she __communicated__ with sign language.
5. He had some questions ___about___ the new recycling program in his neighborhood.
6. She was __worried___ about his presentation at school yesterday.
7. Our manager ___made___ the decision to hire three more workers.
8. The __beginning___ of the movie was boring, but the end was more interesting.
9. She __graduated____ from the university with honors.
10. The new drama received __excellent___ reviews.
Review Parts of Paragraph
1. A sentence is a group of words that expresses a complete thought.
2. A paragraph is a group of sentences about one specific topic.
3. The topic sentence tells about the main idea of the paragraph.
4. The concluding sentence is at the end of the paragraph.
5. The first sentence at the beginning of a paragraph is moved in. To indent is to make this space.
6. The supporting sentences are called the body of a paragraph.
7. A title gives the reader information about what is in a book, magazine, song, movie, or paragraph.
Exercise 1 - Read the paragraph and answer the questions.
The state of Vermont is beautiful in autumn. The leaves on the maple trees change colors during this time. Their colors turn gold, red, and brown. The air is cool, crisp, and clean. There are blue skies and white puffy clouds. Autumn is truly a beautiful season in Vermont.
1. How many sentences are in this paragraph?
a) 6
b) 2
c) 4
2. What is the topic sentence of this paragraph?
a) Autumn is truly a beautiful season in Vermont.
b) The state of Vermont is beautiful in autumn.
c) The leaves on the maple trees change colors during this time.
3. What is the concluding sentence of this paragraph?
a) The state of Vermont is beautiful in autumn.
b) Autumn is truly a beautiful season in Vermont.
c) The air is cool, crisp, and clean.
4. Which of the following choices lists three adjectives from the paragraph?
a) beautiful, gold, skies
b) gold, crisp, beautiful
c) autumn, beautiful, season
5. Which is a good title for this paragraph?
a) Weather in Vermont
b) Trees in Vermont
c) Autumn in Vermont
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1. How many sentences are in this paragraph?
a) 6
b) 2
c) 4
2. What is the topic sentence of this paragraph?
a) Autumn is truly a beautiful season in Vermont.
b) The state of Vermont is beautiful in autumn.
c) The leaves on the maple trees change colors during this time.
3. What is the concluding sentence of this paragraph?
a) The state of Vermont is beautiful in autumn.
b) Autumn is truly a beautiful season in Vermont.
c) The air is cool, crisp, and clean.
4. Which of the following choices lists three adjectives from the paragraph?
a) beautiful, gold, skies
b) gold, crisp, beautiful
c) autumn, beautiful, season
5. Which is a good title for this paragraph?
a) Weather in Vermont
b) Trees in Vermont
c) Autumn in Vermont
Grammar Terms
1. Adjective - describes a noun
He is a very smart student.
2. Adverb - describes a verb, an adjective, or another adverb.
He types quickly.
She types very quickly.
3. Article - definite article 'the' / indefinite articles 'a' and 'an'
The
teacher gave an assignment
to the students.
She is eating a banana.
4. Clause - a group of words that has a subject-verb combination (Sentences can
have one or more clauses.)
5. Noun - a person, place, thing, or idea.
Sandra likes to eat sandwiches for lunch.
Love is a very strong emotion.
6. Object - a word that comes after a transitive verb or a preposition
He bought a new mobile phone.
I
left my book in the classroom.
7. Predicate - the part of a sentence that shows what a subject does
8. Preposition - a word that can show location, time, and direction such as around, at, behind, between, from, on, in, near, to, over, under, and with
9. Punctuation - includes the period (.), comma (,), question mark (?), and exclamation point
(!)
10. Subject - tells who or what the sentence is about
Our teacher gave
us an online assignment. It was difficult.
11. Tense - shows when the action happened.
Simple Present: He cycles
to school every day.
Simple Past: He walked
to school yesterday.
12. Verb - a word that shows the action of a sentence
They speak Chinese.
My mother teaches
at university.
Grammar Review
1. Verb be
Pattern 1 - Subject + be + adjective = We are happy.
Pattern 2 - Subject + be + noun = They are students.
Pattern 3 - Subject + be + place phrase = She is at school.
Pattern 4 - There + be + subject + (extra information)
= There are students in the classroom.
2. Verb Tenses - Simple present vs Simple past
2. Adjectives
Adjectives can go before nouns. When more
than one adjective is used before a noun, there is a certain order for the
adjectives.
In general, there are seven kinds of
adjectives. They are used in this order:
1.
size small,
large, huge
2.
opinion
beautiful, nice, ugly
3.
shape round,
square, oval
4. condition broken, damaged, burned
5. age old,
young, new
6. color red,
white, green
7. origin French,
American, Korean
3. Pronouns
Subject pronouns - I/you/we/they/he/she/it
Possessive adjectives - my/you/our/their/his/her/its
Possessive
Pronouns
3. The
Prepositions At, On,
and In
4. Types of sentences
A) Simple sentences - has one subject-verb combination
Thailand exports durian and rice.
B) Compound sentences
C) Complex sentences
