1.1 #16challenges #16prepositions
1.1 #16challenges #16prepositions
1.1 #16challenges #16prepositions
1. MASTER:
a. Identify hedges: http://www.uefap.com/writing/exercise/feature/hedgeex.htm
b. Academic English practice: https://elt.oup.com/student/academicvocabulary/?
cc=global&selLanguage=en
c. https://elt.oup.com/student/academicvocabulary/ui/section01/unit01-7?
cc=global&selLanguage=en
2. GRAMMAR LAB:
a. Present Perfect - Past Simple
b. Past Perfect - Past Simple Page
c. How English Works
i. 170 (2x activities)
ii. LIST verb + INFINITIVE (to) / GERUND (-ing): 199
iii. LIST verbs with BOTH INFINITIVE and GERUND
4. PHONETICS:
a. https://soundsofspeech.uiowa.edu/main/english TARGET THE SOUND
b. https://teflpedia.com/IPA_phoneme_/%CA%8C/ WORDS WITH THE SOUND / /\ /
c. TRY TO CREATE FUNNY SENTENCES WITH THE WORDS
#1: ABOUT
#2: AROUND
#3: AT
● AIMING AND DIRECTING:
○ Look at her now! She looks happy.
○ Don’t laugh at me.
● ATTACKING:
○ This morning the Tesco’s cashier grabbed at me because I
was too close.
#4: AWAY
● AVOIDING
○ You have to stay away from me because I am very sick.
○ I walked away from home when I was 15.
○ Some people look away when they see homeless people.
● SEPARATING:
○ She broke away earlier because it was a boring meeting.
○ The doctor was called away to attend a patient.
● ELIMINATING:
○ Nowadays people living in big cities throw away lots of
food.
○
● DISAPPEAR:
○ The fire started dying away/ to die away when it was
raining.
○ Fade away
● STORE (GUARDAR) & HIDE:
○ Put away your dirty clothes from the sofa.
● USE 6:
○ I have to work away AT my English.
○ He spent hours working away at the problem
#5: BACK
● Returning: I have to call her back because she call me last week
● Moving behind: Keep back behind the yellow line
● Stop progress: I put my projects back because the global
pandemic
● Repeat/Return: I go back to my house because I forget my
wallet
● Regaining: I worked hard to get back my self-esteem
● Control: I tried to force back my impulses of break up with my
boyfriend.
● Past: This is a moment to think back of your life taking stock.
#6: DOWN
#7: FOR
● Aims: I live for my secret calling.
● I care for my family in Spain in this excepcional context.
#8: IN
● Enter: You should come in because the dinner is ready
● Arriving: We finished our dinner when the taxi pulled in.
● Absorbing: When you look up you have to breathe in.
● Including: I want to take in feminist movements in my
dissertation
● Putting: I'm going to type in my homework
● Something new: In the next few days the government’ ll bring
in hard rules for social distance.
● Collecting: I’m going to pack in her boxes.
● Filling: You can colour in the picture
● Taking part: Don’t stay alone, join in and meet new people in
our barbecue.
● Interrupting: She cut in my history because she was very
jealous.
● Limiting: I couldn't enter because the security man blocked me
in.
● Staying: We have to stay in because of the coronavirus.
● Destroying: He kicked in the table because he was so angry.
● Stopping: Sometimes I want to throw it all in and start a new
career.
#9: INTO
1) ENTERING: break into, get into, check into, come into, invite
into
Burglars broke into my house.
She invited us into her room.
- I can invite anybody into my house.
2) PUTTIN IN(SIDE): plug into, pay into, bore into
You can plug the TV into the socket in the wall.
I need to pay some money into my bank account.
-
3) MIXING: blend into, shade into, mix into, fade into, fold into
Blend the cream into the sauce.
Mix the ingredients into the bowl.
-
4) BECOMING: turn into, grow into, make into, change into
The discussion soon turned into an argument about politics.2
She grew into a very loving person.
-
5) PERSUADING: talk into, press into, frighten into, force into,
shame into, starve into
She talked me into going on holiday with her.
I was pressed into giving the speech
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6) HITTING/ MEETING BY CHANCE: bang into, run into, bump
into
I ran into Steve
-
7) INVESTIGATE: go into, look into, dig into
The third chapter of the book looks into the subject in great
detail.
The police are looking into the matter.
-
8) STARTING: burst into, rush into, get into
She burst into tears.
The aircraft burst into flames.
Many entrepreneurs rush into a business prematurely.
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#10: OF
#11: OFF
#12: ON
#13: OUT
#14: OVER
#15: ROUND
#16: THROUGH
#17: TO
#18: UP
#19: WITH