Review vocabulary and grammar for Great Writing A2 Level

 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.

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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

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