TALL- people (man, woman, boy girl)

-trees
-buildings with many floors.
How tall are you?
There are some tall, beautiful trees in our garden.
HIGH -mountains
-walls
-shelves
The highest mountain
The garden’s got very high walls.
!!! In measurements we use tall for people and high for things.
I’m 1,69 tall.
That tree is about 7 m high.
Distance above the ground
That shelf is too high for me to reach.
The clouds are very high today.

RENT, HIRE AND LET

RENT- ’pay for the use of sth.’ BrE-esp. For a longer period of time
Rent -a house
-a flat
-a TV
HIRE and RENT- both used for shorter periods of time.
Rent/ Hire -a car
-a boat
-an evening dress
Hire AmE- =employ
HIRE (OUT), RENT (OUT)- ‘sell the use of sth.’ BrE -LET
There’s a shop in High Street that rents/hires (out) evening dresses.
We let the upstairs room to a student.
Rooms to let.

HOLIDAY/ HOLIDAYS
BrE holidays= long holiday. In other cases we normally use the singular holiday.
Where are you going for your summer holidays?
We get 5 days’ Christmas holiday this year.
Next Monday is a public holiday.
On holiday BrE

Hold it in both hands as/ like/ the way mummy does.

actual= real
actually= really, in fact
It’s over 60 kilos. Let me look. The actual weight is 67 kilos.
It takes me an hour to drive to work, although the actual distance is only
20 km.
The book says she died aged 53, but her actual age was 57.
I’ve got a new job, Actually, they’ve made me a sales manager.
Did you enjoy your holiday? – Very much, actually.
She was so angry that she actually (efectiv) tore up the letter.
He’s twelve but he actually still believes in Father Christmas.
FALSE FRIENDS for…
What’s our current financial position? ( not actual)
In 1900 the population of London was higher than it is now. ( not than it
actually is)

ADJ. USED ONLY BEFORE NOUNS

elder, eldest- older
My elder sister is a nurse.
She’s three years older than me.
live= not dead alive
a live fish
It’s still alive.
old =referring to relationships that have lasted a long time
an old friend
not the same as My friend is very old.
little, small
a nice little house
The house is quite small.
Intensifying adj.
He’s a mere child.
It’s sheer madness.
You bloody fool.
Adj. used only after vbs.
asleep, afraid, afloat, ill, well.
The baby’s asleep. – a sleeping baby.
She was afraid. – a frightened woman.
The ship’s still afloat.- a floating leaf
He’s very well. -a healthy/ fit man.
She looks ill. – a sick woman
 Adj. without nouns
The+ adj.- used to talk about certain well-known groups of people who
are in a particular physical or social condition.

The blind =(all blind people), the dead, the deaf, the handicapped, the jobless, the
mentally ill, the old, the poor, the rich, the unemployed, the young.
He’s collecting money for the blind.
The unemployed are quite hopeless.
The injured- a limited group is referred to.
After the accident, the injured were taken to hospital.
These expressions cannot be used with a possessive’s.
The poor’s problems
The problems of the poor or poor people’s problems
Opportunities for both rich and poor.
Adj. of nationality
The -used with a few adj. of nationality ending in sh or ch.
The British, the English, the Irish, the Welsh,the Spanish, the French, the Dutch.
The English are very proud of their football teams.
Where nouns exist, these are preferred…we say the Danes or the Turks (not
the Danish or the Turkish)

Can you be there at six o’clock sharp?

Sing sharp- sus
Stop short= suddenly
Cut short= interrupt
go slow, drive slow
You guessed wrong
I’ll take all 3 shirts
I’ll take both shirts. 2

ALIKE
The two boys are alike in looks but not in personality.
He’s like his brother.
The two brothers are very much alike.
He’s got two very similar-looking sons.

ALONE / LONELY
ALONE- ‘without others around’
LONELY-’alone and unhappy because of it’
I like to be alone for short periods.
But after a few days I start getting lonely./lonesome.
ALL ALONE.
After his wife died he was all alone.
ALONE -is not used before a noun. LONE (rather literary) or SOLITARY used instead.
The only green thing was a lone/ solitary pine tree.
YEARS
1200-twelve hundred
1305- Thirteen hundred and five OR thirteen O five
1498- Fourteen (hundred and) ninety -eight
1910- Nineteen (hundred and) ten
1946- Nineteen (hundred and) forty- six
2000- Two thousand
2001- Two thousand and one
What’s the date today?
What date is it?
What date is your birthday?

Near (to)
We live near (to) the station.
I put my bag near (to) the door.
She was near (to) despair.
I came very near (to)hitting him.