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THINGS I LEARNED IN ENGLISH THIS YEAR - Coggle Diagram
THINGS I LEARNED IN ENGLISH THIS YEAR
RIGHTS AND WRONGS
GRAMMAR
using referencing to understand a text
pronouns (he, him, it, they, themm, that, this, these, those...)
posessive adjectives (his, its, their, her...)
relative pronouns (who, whose, which...)
First and second conditionals
phrasal verbs (fall apart, fall back on sb/sth, fall for sb, fall for sth,
fall out (with sb), fall through)
Synonyms
VOCABULARY
noun prefixes . mis- and dis-
Apologizing
Formal
Informal
Accepting apologies
informal
formal
showing unhappiness
modal verbs
writing a newspaper letter
PAYING THE PRICE
GRAMMAR
Have/get sth done
The passive form of verbs
VOCABULARY
Collocations: advertising
business
money
loss
launch
profit
describing amounts
a great part
a modest
an overwhelming
a tiny minority
significant amount
expressing contrast
Making contrasts between two points in the same sentence
starting sentences or making a contrast with a sentence before
formal and informal letters
THE SENSES
GRAMMAR
perception and observation
direct vs. reported speech
direct --> reported, we change:
possessive adjectives: my - his/her, our- their etc.
time expressions: today - that day, last week - the week before, yesterday - the day before, tomorrow - the next day, etc.
pronouns: I - he/ she, we - they etc.
here - there, this - that, these - those
noun suffixes: -tion, -sion
a) -t, add - ion
b) -e, remove the -e and add ion
c) -ss, add -ion
d) - d, or - e, remove the -d or -de and add -sion
reported questions and commands
negative form: verb + object + not + to + infinitive
VOCABULARY
understanding the purpose of a paragraph
adjective collocations
complaining and asking people to do things
making your writing flow
survey and report
homophones (peer-pier, stare-stair)
homonyms (view - view)
DECISIONS
GRAMMAR
third conditional
talks about imaginary events
talks about possible conditions
refers to events in the past
talks about impossible results
if + subject + past perfect, subject + would/could/might + have + past participle
i wish/if only
speculating about the past
VOCABULARY
Describing jobs
Idioms
begin a project or start an idea - start the rolling
try your best to do something difficult and be successful - rise to the challenge
take a break and relax - put his feet up
dealing with unknown word while listening
decisions and ideas
giving presentations
introducing a topic
giving an example
sequencing events
concluding
writing covering letters
DIGITAL HUMANS
GRAMMAR
non - defining relative clauses
always start with a comma
introductory it
it + the passive (with modal verbs)
it + is/seems + adjective
it + the passive
defining relative clauses
c) whose for possessions
d) where for places
b) which or that for things
e) when for time
a) who or that for people
VOCABULARY
words often confused
consequently/consistently
sympathetic/friendly
latest/last
actually/currently
phrasal verbs: relationships
support and defend - stick up for
unexpectedly met - run into
horrible or nasty - to pick on
to be friends - make up with
describing gadgets
asking for instruction, explanation and clarification
understanding poetry
words with more than one meaning
disc
book
face
CREATIVITY
VOCABULARY
abstract nouns: talent:
a picture in your imagination - vision
doing well and becoming rich and famous - success
being fully developed - maturity
the quality of new and interesting- originality
phrases with and
ups and downs
alive and well
sick and tired
summarizing what you read
describing art
debating
disagreeing
agreeing
encouraging
interrupting
determiners
all - used before uncountable and plural nouns
we can use it before the, with or without of
every - used before a singular noun
synonyms: evaluative clauses
famous - aclaimed, renowned
funny - hilarious
interesting - amusing, amazing
wonderful - remarkable, fascinating
creating emphasis
GRAMMAR
participle clauses
we use the present -ing form to replace relative clauses containing active verbs
we use past participle - ed form to replace relative clauses containing passive verbs
