Adjectives and Prepositions

1.fond of
2.keen on
3.interested in
4.good at
5.fascinated by
6.terrified of
7.annoyed with
8.afraid of
9.shy with
10.different from
11.addicted to
12.ashamed of
13.aware of
14.jealous of
15.fed up with
16.proud of
17.used to
18.wrong with
19.bad at
20.impressed with
21.related to
22.sensitive to
23.full of
24.safe from
25.famous for
 Adjectives

Excellent - very good

Wonderful - very good
Terrific - very good
Awesome - very good
Superb - very good
Sublime - very good
Great - very good
Fantastic - very good
Marvellous - very good
Terrible - very bad
Awful - very bad
Horrible - very bad
Horrendous - very bad
Horrific - very bad
Ancient - very old
Terrifying - very scary
Exhausted - very tired
Amazed - very surprised
Insane - very crazy
Hilarious - very funny
Fascinating - very interesting
Gorgeous - very beautiful
Massive - very big
Huge - very big
Outrageous - very shocking
 Articles
What is an article?

An article is a word used to show whether a noun is general or specific. The

three articles used in English are A, AN and THE.

THE is sometimes called the definite article. It is the most common word in
English.

A/AN are sometimes called the indefinite articles.

Rules

1 We use a for a general term, and the for a specific term.

The Government is clamping down on illegal aliens.

(The Government of this country.)

I would like to work for a government.

(An unstated government.)

2 We use a with words that begin with a consonant sound and an with words
that begin with a vowel sound:

a car
an onion

Be careful! Some words are spelled with a vowel but sound like a consonant
and vice versa:

a university
an hour

University starts with a /y/ sound even though the letter is u. Hour starts with
an 'ow' sound because the H is silent.

3 We tend to use a/an for the first time we mention something and the after
that:

I have a new cat. The cat is white and fluffy.

4 A singular countable noun requires an article or other identifying word
before it. If we do not use a/an or the, we use my, this, that or so on:

A cat.
My cat.
This cat.

5 A means one, so we never use a with a plural noun. However, we

use the with a specific plural noun.

Students should concentrate on their studies.

(Students in general.)

The students at my school were quite naughty.

(A specific group.)

6 Uncountable nouns are slightly different. They go without the ‘-s’ suffix or
article when referring to a general thing. Otherwise, they use the.

Knowledge is power.
(Both knowledge and power are general here.)

Here is the information you require.

(Specific information.)

7 We use the with a superlative (adjective with -est or most).

It is the tallest building in the city.

It is the most delicious food that I have tasted.

8 We use the with things that are unique:

the internet
the sun
the moon

9 We use the with names of certain places:

The United States

The Philippines
The Mississippi River
The Pacific Ocean
 Household Chores

A chore is a small job around the house, such as washing the

dishes. We call this housework (not homework!).

Washing the dishes is called washing up.

You iron the clothes to make them smooth and then fold them.
You then put away the clothes (into the cupboard).
To lay the table is to prepare it for dinner
When the carpet is dirty, you need to vacuum or hoover it.
Don’t forget to do the gardening (and gardening can be a noun
or verb)
The grass in your garden is the lawn.
When you cut the grass, you mow the lawn.
Removing dirt with a cloth is called dusting.
Shining wooden tables is called polishing.
A quick clean is called tidying up.
Some people clean their house thoroughly in the Spring. We call
this Spring cleaning.
 IT, THEY and THEM

IT is singular and THEY/THEM are plural.

This can be confusing when structuring a sentence. Notice how

the following match:

I gave her flowers and she put them in a vase.

She said they were wonderful.

I gave her a flower and she put it in a vase.

She said it was wonderful.

We need to make sure to use ‘they/them’ for some flowers, but ‘it’
for only one flower.

What about uncountable nouns:

Right: I like this sauce. It tastes great.

Wrong: I like this sauce. They taste great.

Right: I like this furniture. It looks great.

Wrong: I like this furniture. They look great.

Uncountable nouns are never plural, so we always use the

pronoun, it.
 ITS or IT'S

In the possessive form, we leave out the apostrophe:

IT’S = IT IS
ITS = Possessive form (like my, your, his, her, their)

Right: It’s a great day today.

Right: The car has lost one of its wheels.
Wrong: Its a great day today.
Wrong: The car has lost one of it’s wheels.

Sometimes, IT HAS is also shortened to IT'S:

It's been a long day. (It has been a long day.)

 Occupations/Jobs

Firefighter / fireman - a person who tackles fires

Law enforcement officer - another word for policeman
Farmhand - a farm worker
Dentist - a ‘doctor’ for your teeth
Flight attendant - a person who serves customers on a plane
Chef - a person who cooks food, sometimes called a cook
Chauffeur - a person who drives a car (for a rich man or woman)
Personal Assistant - a personal helper to the boss, sometimes called a PA
Executive - a (high level) office worker
Soldier - a person in the army
Programmer - a person who writes computer software
Graphic Designer - a person who produces art (for magazines, websites,
ads)
Lecturer - a university teacher
Professor - a senior university teacher
Technician – a person who fixes electrical/electronic equipment
Plumber – a person who fixes pipes and water problems
Baker – a person who makes bread and cakes
Telemarketer – a person who sells items over the telephone
Accountant – a person who monitors a company’s money
Architect – a person who designs buildings
Author – a person who writes books, also called a writer
Journalist – a person who writes/reports the news, also called a reporter
Cashier – a person who works at a cash register
Lawyer – an expert in the law
Engineer – a technical expert in a particular field:
Civil engineer – buildings and structures
Aeronautical engineer – airplanes
Electronic engineer - electronics
Physician – a doctor
Real Estate Agent – a person who sells property
Translator – a person who interprets one language to another, also called an
interpreter
A person who does manual labor does physical work (in a factory or field).
This person is sometimes called a laborer.
A blue-collar worker works in a factory.
A white-collar worker is an office worker.
 Likes and Dislikes

There are many ways in English to say that you like something or
that you don’t like something.

Likes

George likes eating chocolate.

George loves eating chocolate.
George enjoys eating chocolate.
George is fond of eating chocolate.
George is keen on eating chocolate.
George adores eating chocolate.
George is into eating chocolate.

*Note that ‘fond’ and ‘keen’ are adjectives. Also note:

Wrong: I very like it.

Right: I really like it.
Right: I like it very much.

Dislikes

George dislikes eating chocolate.

George doesn’t like eating chocolate.
George hates eating chocolate.
George loathes eating chocolate.
George can’t stand eating chocolate.
 Parts of the Body

We have ten toes on our feet.

The bottom of your foot is the sole.
The back of your foot is the heel.
The ankle connects your foot to your leg.
The knee is the joint in your leg.
The thigh is the side of the upper leg.
You sit down on your bottom, also known as butt or bum.
The stomach can also be called the tummy or the belly.
Your palm is the underside of your hand.
Your wrist connects the hand to the arm.
The joint in the arm is the elbow.
The arm is connected to the body by the shoulder.
The soft areas next to your mouth are your cheeks.
Your food goes down your throat.
The front of your head is called the forehead.
The skin that covers the eyes is the eyelid.
The hair on your eyelids is your eyelashes.
The hair above your eyes is your eyebrows.
The holes in your nose are nostrils.
Your earlobes are the soft parts at the bottom of your ears.
The skin on top of your head is your scalp.