Revise general vocabulary and phrasal verbs

1.

February 7th
Revise general vocabulary and phrasal verbs
Discuss cities - vocabulary/ phrases, discussion
questions from course book.
Discuss reading texts and urban regeneration:
linking ideas in a text
Revise / check adjectives
Revise present perfect

2.

new vocabulary
I’m getting a cold/ coming down with a cold
an 80’s night
to dress up
fine = good/ ok; pay a fine;
a fine wine; How are you? I’m fine.
not that + adjective not that safe, not that nice, not that good
not the safest place (in the world)
earthquake-proof
resistant to earthquakes, built to withstand earthquakes
it spoils the appearance; it spoils it
a distinctive, unique style
really surprised = astonished, stunned, gobsmacked

3.

pronunciation
pure /pyoour/
http://www.onestopenglish.com/skills/pronunciation/phonemic-chart-andapp/interactive-phonemic-chart-british-english/
http://www.phonemicchart.com

4.

grammar
what you said
what you should have said
it depends how tired I am
and if I’m in the mood

5.

new vocabulary
with more enthusiasm
the temperature is above zero
like a breath of fresh air
it let me breathe/relax
to let my hair down
it was insane
insane = very mad/crazy
unbearable = you can’t tolerate it

6.

phrasal verbs in the text
(not) cut out for something (intro)
be written off (by someone) (1)
the teacher wrote her off = decide it’s a failure, no good
turn you off something (7)
pick up (9)
end up doing something (9) = finally do something surprising after a long time
get into something (9) = start something as hobby
carry through (11)
give up (13)
= separable

7.

cities
it was a bit of a pain = inconvenient/annoying
it’s a real pain = very inconvenient/annoying
it’s a bit difficult
it does have its drawbacks; it has some drawbacks
end up - we ended up somewhere
absolutely packed = very very crowded
get a buzz out of
it has a real buzz = exciting, lively, busy,
sometimes the smog/pollution can get quite bad
it gets slightly smoggy
posh/fancy cars
to go / run smoothly = without any hiccups
there was a small hiccup/ hiccough
get the hiccups
they’ll finish the work by May

8.

9.

absolutely dirty
absolutely perfect
absolutely hungry
absolutely starving
really peckish
loads and loads of roadworks

10.

cities
new businesses, spring up
a pretty high, crime rate
run, smoothly
the traffic, crawls along
you might as, well (walk)
it has a real, buzz
it’s totally, insane
it was absolutely, packed
it has its, drawbacks
there’s not much, going on
settle, down somewhere
don’t get, me wrong
https://quizlet.com/_5nlmca

11.

exaggerating
intensifying adverbs: really, unbearably, incredibly
extreme adjectives:
remember, some intensifying adverbs can only go
with extreme adjectives: e.g.: ‘absolutely freezing’
but not ‘absolutely cold’

12.

discussion
What are the benefits of living in a city or the
countryside?
Have you always lived where you live now?
Describe somewhere you used to live.
Describe your dream place to live. What are the most
important features?
Where are the most desirable places to live in your
country? And the least?

13.

a/an
incredibly
amazingly
terribly
unbearably
scarily
surprisingly
absolutely
an incredible amount of
good
hot
interesting
depressing
beautiful
tasty
posh/ fancy
fast
hilarious
spotless
stunning
insane
terrifying
noun

14.

homework
Read the 3 texts carefully. Note useful vocabulary.
Notice examples of present perfect and past perfect
- why has the writer used these tenses. Would it be
different if he/she had used past simple instead?
Vocabulary exercises on p11
Adjectives - which ones go with ‘absolutely’?

15.

Links/ sentence beginnings in Manchester text:
On 15th June
The bomb, which
However
Within weeks
It had …
So,
In turn, (these ..)