Sports idioms

get the ball rolling = set an activity, make a start

open up a can of worms = to cause more problems,
complications
it’s par for the course = normal, typical
the ball is in your court = it’s your turn to do sth
to be neck and neck = very close (as in a race)
it’s a race against time = sth must happen or be done quickly
because there is no time
take the wind out of my sails = to frustrate someone or to
make sone lose confidence or energy
 Mid-term exercises:
 Vocabulary Units 1, 2,3 and 6 (words, idioms, phrasal
verbs, collocations)
 Grammar (0 – 3rd Conditionals, Present Perfect
Simple/Continuous)
e.g. She wouldn’t have come to the party, if she
_____hadn’t been invited________ (invite).
If you ____add____(add) 1 + 4, you get 5.
If I ____had___(have) more free time, I would play
basketball.
e.g __Have_ you ever___tried__ (try) Mexican food?

Why are you looking like that?

– I _____have been playing______(play) computer games
all night.

 Word formation (choose – choice, act – active, action,

activate, deactivate, activity, actor, actress…)
 Key word transformations
 Questions about the two stories “The monkey’s paw“ and
“The Gift of the Magi“ (2 per story – total 4 qs)

28.11
- Conditionals, Present Perfect Simple/Continuous
- Word Formation
1.12
- Key word transformations, literature,
 1) If you hadn’t been (not/be) late, we wouldn’t
have missed (not/miss) the bus.
2) If she had studied (study), she would have
passed(pass) the exam.
3) If we had arrived (arrive) earlier, we would have
seen (see) John.
4) If they had gone (go) to bed early, they wouldn’t
have woken (not/wake) up late.
5) If he had become (become) a musician, he would
have travelled (travel) the world.

Present Perfect Simple/Continuous

1. _____Have you bought_______ (buy) your new car yet?
2. Our teacher ___has been checking______ (check) more
than a dozen exam papers up to now.
3. I ___have travelled_ (travel) to many countries so far.
4. I ___have lost_____ (lose) my key, I cannot find it.
5. It __has been raining____ (rain) non-stop for more than an
hour now.
6. Sarah ___has been waiting____ (wait) for you for a long
time; where have you been?
7. Bryan ____has been learning_____ (learn) Spanish for three
years.
8. How long __have you been playing______ (play) the piano?
"Since I was 5."

1. backing-back up
2. criminalized
3. miscalculate
4. uncivilized
5.disbelief
6. inconclusive
7. discovery
8. absence
9. creativity
10 unbeatable