Giving something to someone for free
Spare chairs, seeds or books can find a new home. Explain a free gift and place its object naturally in the sentence.
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Drop off: taking people or parcels to a destination
Give someone a lift or deliver a parcel with drop off. Practise drop me off and dropped, and distinguish collection from leaving someone at their destination.
Read and practiseExamining things carefully one by one
A stack of receipts or a list of answers deserves a careful look. Describe checking each part and using the object correctly.
Read and practiseSubmitting work or documents
A finished essay or application needs to reach its recipient: practise the English phrasal verb for submitting work, with noun and pronoun objects.
Read and practiseDistributing things to a group
Maps at the entrance and water at a break: express distribution to several people and practise noun and pronoun placement.
Read and practisePull over: stopping at the side of the road
Recognise a driver pulling over and an officer pulling someone over. Practise pulled, pull him over and the difference between stopping and passing.
Read and practiseStaying at the same pace
Cyclists on a hill or a changing schedule: describe keeping pace with people and progress using a fixed three-word expression.
Read and practiseDisappointing someone who relies on you
A missed promise of help can disappoint a team: express letting someone down and practise noun and pronoun placement.
Read and practiseBreak down: machine failure and smaller parts
Distinguish a vehicle breaking down from breaking a task down into steps. Practise broke, broken, break it down and the pattern into smaller parts.
Read and practiseAnticipating something with pleasure
A concert, a visit or a quiet walk can be something you await with pleasure; practise the fixed expression and its gerund pattern.
Read and practiseInventing a story or excuse
A dragon story or a false excuse can be invented on the spot. Practise this common verb and the position of its object.
Read and practiseRun out of: when a supply is gone
Talk about running out of fuel, paper or time. Practise ran, run out of it, supply subjects and the difference between running low and having none left.
Read and practiseFainting and losing consciousness briefly
Heat or dizziness can lead to a brief loss of consciousness. Practise the everyday expression for fainting and its past form.
Read and practiseDrawing attention to a detail
A missing page or a bird in a tree might escape notice. Practise drawing attention to a detail, including the position of pronouns.
Read and practiseHold up: delaying people and progress
Explain delays with hold up, held us up and was held up by traffic. Practise object placement, the irregular form held and causes in passive sentences.
Read and practisePostponing an activity
A picnic can move to Sunday: describe postponing plans and practise where to place nouns, pronouns and an action after this common expression.
Read and practiseTolerating an unpleasant situation
Noise, delays and rude remarks can be hard to tolerate. Describe enduring them with a common everyday expression and its correct word order.
Read and practiseMeeting someone unexpectedly
A chance meeting at a station or café is easy to describe once you know this everyday expression and its object order.
Read and practiseEstablishing groups and arranging equipment
A new club can begin and a microphone can be made ready with the same everyday verb. Practise its object position and past form.
Read and practiseArriving at an event
An empty room can fill when guests arrive: describe who appears at a place or event, including late arrivals and absences.
Read and practiseOrganising things and resolving problems
A pile of papers or a disagreement needs attention: describe putting things in order and finding a solution in everyday English.
Read and practiseSpeaking louder or expressing an opinion
A noisy fan can make voices hard to hear; an unfair rule may call for an opinion. Practise both uses of this everyday expression.
Read and practiseExplaining what an abbreviation represents
Letters on a map or units on a label can stand for longer words. Ask what an abbreviation means and explain its full form.
Read and practiseResembling an older relative
Family traits can pass between generations: describe a resemblance in appearance or character with this everyday expression.
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