PRONUNCIATION PRACTICE
Practise
pronouncing the following words.
Society
Creative
Imaginative
Communicative
Knowledge
Currently
Culture Future
Adventure Furniture
"We don't know what the future holds"
Village
Advantage Disadvantage
Friend
Friendly Friendship: “That’s
what friends are for”
Patience
Patient Impatient
Fashion
Fashionable Unfashionable
Money (I spend my money ON…)
Concert Cinema City
Theatre
Weaknesses Strengths
“Her main strength is her critical thinking
ability”.
“Be aware of your own strengths and weaknesses”
Especially Particularly In particular
It was a good concert. I enjoyed the last song in particular
Steve was in a particularly bad mood when he got back.
The restaurant is particularly popular with young people.
We are hoping to expand
our business, particularly in Europe.
British farmers, particularly those producing lamb, are
very worried.
I never liked long walks, especially in winter.
Art books are expensive
to produce, especially if they
contain colour illustrations
I was especially
fond of chocolate biscuits.
Feedback is especially important in learning skills.
Pronunciation of –ED:
Called Travelled
Stopped Arrived
Lived Happened Decided
Wanted Needed
BEEN TO
Have you ever been to (=have you ever travelled to) Japan?
I have been to (=have travelled to) Germany several times.
Go
DO A PARTICULAR ACTIVITY
to leave the place where you are, in
order to do something
go for a walk/swim etc Let’s go for a walk.
go hiking/dancing/shopping/swimming/skiing
etc
I need to go shopping this afternoon.
go on a trip/tour/cruise etc My parents are going on a cruise /kruːz/
BENEFIT FROM…
“Do you
think you will benefit from this new
experience?”
"I feel that we all benefit from your wisdom"
make the most of something/
get the most out of something
"I’m sure she will help
you make the most of your visit."
"I hope you don’t mind
giving me some advice on how to get the most out of my
computer."
Live up to someone's expectations
"The concert was absolutely brilliant. It lived up to our expectations"
" Did the trip live up to your expectations?"
"The film did not really live up to our expectations. We actually left halfway through"
focus /ˈfəʊkəs/
GIVE ATTENTION TO
SOMETHING
SYN concentrate
focus on He needs to focus more on his career.
focus your
attention/mind/efforts on something She tried to focus her mind on her work.
focus (somebody’s)
mind/attention (on something) (=make people give their attention to something) We need to focus public attention on
this issue.
Grammar
We focused on two main
issues.
✗Don’t say: We focused in two main issues.
MUST CAN
MIGHT, etc. are not followed by TO.
I must get a new key.
Don’t use ‘to’ after must.
✗Don’t say: I must to get a new key.
would rather
I’d rather have a quiet
night in front of the TV.
We could eat later if you
would rather do that.
‘I think you should ask
her.’ ‘I’d rather not (=I do not want to).
UNLIKE
"Unlike most people in the office, I don’t come to work by car."
pointless
She knew it would be
pointless to argue with him.
The meeting was a
pointless exercise.
make sense
"Read this and tell me if
it makes sense"
"It makes sense to save
money while you can".
"Why did she do a thing
like that? It doesn’t seem to make sense."
See the point
"I suppose we could save some
money, but what’s the point?"
"What’s the point of this
meeting anyway?"
"We’re going to lose
anyway, so I can’t see the point of playing."
be supposed to do/be something
We’re supposed to check
out of the hotel by 11 o'clock.
I’m not supposed to tell
anyone.
What time are you
supposed to be there?
No one was supposed to know about it.
The meeting was supposed to take place on Tuesday, but we had to postpone it.
.I was
supposed to call him, but I was
too busy to do it.
She is supposed to get to work on time, but she is never punctual.
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