Column 01
Vocabulary:
stop something from happening
prevent or avoid
Vocabulary:
The summary at the start of an academic journal article
abstract
Vocabulary:
Reading quickly to get main ideas or the gist of a text
skim
Vocabulary:
Read more slowly to find specific information
scan
Vocabulary:
Write main ideas only
summarise
Grammar:
My new bike was hard to ride at first, but I was/ got /get used to it quite quickly.
got
Grammar:
While I had played / played / was playing videogames, I heard a big crack of thunder.
was playing
Grammar:
I’ll have / am having a lemonade and a falafel wrap, please.
have
Grammar:
Heidi__________her final exams all of next month. (take)
will be taking
Grammar:
Ashley_____________her driver license exam tomorrow morning. (take)
will be taking
Vocabulary:
Write someone else's ideas in your own words
paraphrase
Vocabulary:
Look for information about something
do research
Vocabulary:
Help someone write their assignment
collude
Vocabulary:
acknowledge a source
reference or cite
Vocabulary:
Copy from a source without acknowledgement
plagiarise
Grammar:
How are you? I_________ (be) here in Holland for three weeks now.
have been
Grammar:
I suddenly noticed that everyone_________ (look) at me.
was looking
Grammar:
The party______________next Friday at eight.
is
Grammar:
For the next two weeks, you________how to dig for fossils and uncover buried mysteries. (learn)
will be learning
Grammar:
At the lodge, we____________every night in a wooden hut. (sleep)
will be sleeping
Grammar:
My Dutch isn’t great, but I_________ (learn) a lot of new words.
have learnt / have learned
Grammar:
My pronunciation was terrible as I spoken German
for a long time.
Correct the sentence.
My pronunciation was terrible as I hadn’t spoken
German for a long time
Grammar:
We ______________ (come) to live in New York!
are coming
Grammar:
We can’t wait until tomorrow. The tickets________out by then. (sell out)
will have sold
Grammar:
If you ___________ for fossils before, don’t worry. (look)
*negative form
have never looked