APPENDIX B: twon- and three-part verbs PDF_578 P_566 EXERCISE B1He's been smoking too much. He really needs to cut down. The company had to cut off the electricity because the bill was unpaid. He kept teasing me, so finally i told him to cut it out. He is working hard because he really wants to get ahead in his career. She is such a nice person that she is easily able to get along with everyone. Could explain a little more clearly? I really don't understand what you are trying to get at. When he stold some money from her,she really wanted to do something to get back at him. When have enough money to get by for a few months; we won't have a lot of extras, but we will survive. She was sick for several weeks, but now she has started to get over it. There are too many clothes in my closet. I need to get rid of some of them. PDF_578 P_566 EXERCISE B2He read the untrue story about himself. He tried not to react but to brush it off. I will brush up on the rule before we paly the game. We were lucky enough to come across a waterfall when we walking in the mountains. She is not feeling well and thinks she is about to come down with the flu. While i'm on my trip, do you think you could look after my cats? The police detective decide to look into the crime further. Here is my application. Could you take a few moments to look it over? The brotehr always used to pick on his younger sister. You have tried on three dresses. You'll have to pick out just one. Could you pick me up after school today? PDF_579 P_567 EXERCISE B3We have some neighbors. I think I'll call on them later this afternoon. The principal had to call off the class on Tuesday because the teacher was sick. The politician should call for a decrease in taxes. Why don't you call me up about 9:00? I'll be waiting by the phone. I don't need this bicycle any more and I'll just give it away. Here is the book I borrowed from you, and now I think I should give it back. I just can't do anything more. I give up. The teacher has to put off the exam until next week. She has to put on her coat before she goes out. He's such a mean man that it's difficult to put up with him. PDF_580 P_568 EXERCISE B4I was scared last night because someone tried to break into my house. He and she have been friends for more than two years, but now they've decided to break off their relationship. I've never done this before, but I am really going to try to carry it off. After her husband was killed in an accident, she tried hard to carry on with her life. I am going to hold off taking my vacation. My boss told me that my work had been very good recently and that she wanted me to keep it up. The employees of the company are worried because the company is going to lay off a number of employees. I was surprised to run into a friend I hadn't seen in years. If I ddin't buy milk at the store, we would run out off it at breakfast in the morning. That boy has playing baseball all day. I know he's going to wear out soon. PDF_581 P_569 EXERCISE B5The newspaapers tend to play up sensational stories if they want to improve their circulation. He knew that it would be difficult to win the tournament, but he worked hard to pull it off. She is very beautiful and tends to show off a lot. He was supposed to come at 9:00, but he didn't show up until 10:00. Do you know when the wedding will take place? I heard that it would be next June. Neither my roommate nor I like to do the dishes, so we take turns. I don't know how to play golf, but it's a sport that I would like to take up. He applied for the job, but the maanger turned down his application because he was not really qualified. The student must turn in their papaer on Thursday. Because I swim so many hours every day, I somwtimes feel that I'm going to turn into a fish.
cut down decrease it cut off stop the supply of cut it out stop it get ahead advance get along be friendly get at imply get back at get revenge against get by manage get over recover from get rid of throw away brush it off not let it have an effect brush up on review/relearn come across unexpectedly find come down withget sick with look after take care of look into investigate look it over look at it brifely pick on bother pick out choose pick me up come and get call on visit call off cancel call for request/suggest call me up telephone give it away donate give it back return give up surrender put off delay put on dress in put up with tolerate break into unlawfully enter break off end carry it off succeed carry on continue hold off postpone keep it up continue lay off fire run into unexpectedly meet run out off completely use the supply of wear out tire play up increase the significance of pull it off succeed show off try to attract attention show up arrive take place happen take turns alternate take up begin(a hobby) turn down refuse turn in submit turn into become
APPENDIX C: Idioms PDF_582 P_570 EXERCISE C1He's holding down jobs and attending school. He's really burning the candle at both ends. She's buying a lot of furniture before she even has a job. She is putting the cart before the horse. Every time he opens his mouth, he immediately regrets what he said. He's always putting his foot in his mouth. He's not telling me exactly what happened. He's beating around the bush. What she did was like looking for a needle in a haystack. He's (He has) always driven the car too fast and I think he is playing with fire. She's (She is) barking up the wrong tree. He's (He is) just looking out for number one. I don't think she's (she is) ever going to finish it. She's taking forever and a day. Whilte she is out she will go to the bank and visit her friend. She's killing two birds with one stone. He was admitted to Harvard but he forgot to send in the appropriate from in time. He has really missed the boat. You are jumping out of the frying pan and into the fire. PDF_583 P_571 EXERCISE C2He doesn't like either choice he has. He's between a rock and a hard place. He is head and shoulders above the rest in his class. Every day he fixes meals, cleans the apartment, and goes to the market. It's all in a day's work. She is a jack-of-all-trades. Keeping the house clean and tidy when the children are there is like trying to swim upstream. Experts pointed out that the probability of the occurrence of this phenomenon is one in a million. His brother paid all his bills and he was off the hook. When the steel plant shut down, the town's people were all in the same boat. The twin boys are like two peas in a pod. Young Charlie is a chip off the old block; he had blond hair like his father's. The company was on its last legs after the manager retired. I have his name on the tip of my tongue. it's good to work together. PDF_584 P_572 EXERCISE C3Two head are better than one. It was really quiet. You could have heard a pin drop. It doesn't matter. Six of one, half dozen of the other. Everyone has a different opinion. To each his own. I'm not so fortunate. Just my luck. It will be done immediately. No sooner said than done. His words are worse than his actions. His bark is worse than his bite. If you want something, you can do it. Where there's will, there's a way. It's been going well up to now. So far, so good. Bad things are accompanied by good. Every cloud has a silver lining. Everything takes time. Rome wasn't built in a day. You always want what you don't have. The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence. start over again. PDF_585 P_573 EXERCISE C4turn over a new leaf. depend on something you don't have. Don't count your children before they're hatched. do it myself. stand on my own two feet. take advantage of a good opportunity. strike while the iron is hot. were exactly right. hit the nail right on the head. think before you act. look before you leap. get really involved in. sink her teth into. pay attention to every detail. dot all the i's and cross all the t's. act overly nervous and excited. run around like a chicken with its head cut off. be extremely easy. a piece of cake leave somthing alone. let sleeping dogs lie. be spoiled. have been born with a silver spoon in his mouth.
doing too much doing things in the wrong order saying embarrassing things speaking indirectly doing something difficult doing something dangerous making a mistake thinking only about himself taking a really long time accomplishing two things at once missed an opportunity going from bad to worse without any good options the best nothing special, part of the routine accomplished at many things really difficult or frustrating really wonderful not responsible any longer in the same situation exactly alike just like his father very tired/goinf to end almost said it/almost occur to me
APPENDIX D: Prepositions PDF_586 P_574
about Tell me all about it. above The glider was soaring above the valley. across A big tree fell across the ditch. after After dinner we paired off and went to dance. against There are 26 votes for him and 8 against him. along We walked along the road. among I live among the mountains. around He runs around the playground. as As a cub reporter he would learn the facts of life in the newspaper world. at I'm sorry to obtrude on you at such a time. behind Who is the girl standing behind Richard? below His income is well below the average. beneath They found the body buried beneath a pile of leaves. beside I set a chair beside him and sat down. between Children must attend school between 5 and 16. beyond The level of inflation has gone beyond 8%. by The house by the lake is a restaurant. despite Despite old age, she is still learning to drive. down He is walking down the seaside. during He swims every day during the summer. except They all went to sleep except me. for A party was held for them. from He descended from a good family. in The telephone was in the little study on the ground floor. inside He parked his car inside the gate. into An idea popped into his mind like a flash. like At a distance he looks a bit like James Bond. near His clinic is near the newly-built railway station. of I have heard of him. off The singer was led off the stage by the maestro. on The book is on the table. onto He grafted the branch onto the apple tree. outside He stood outside the house before going in. over The lamp hung over the table. past It is past my power. since She's so easily fatigued since her illness. through The ball went through the window. throughout The disease spread throughout the country. to This will be a great boost to the economy. toward He ran for dear life toward his house. under The watch cannot be sold for under 100 yuan. underneath She found a lot of dust underneath the carpet. unlike His new novel is unlike all his previous ones. until The heat did not relax until midnight. up They went up the stairs. The cat is up the tree. upon All our hopes rested upon this venture. versus That's a matter of outs versus ins. with They muffled up her head with a blanket. within I'll be coming within an hour. without Without the sun, nothing would grow.
APPENDIX E: Word Endings PDF_588 P_576 EXERCISE E1 noun_thing_endings ism nce ness ion ment ty age ship PDF_589 P_577 EXERCISE E2 noun_person_endings er or ist cian PDF_589 P_577 EXERCISE E3 adjective_endings ent ant ful ic less ive ous al able ible PDF_590 P_578 EXERCISE E4 verb_endings en ate ize ify PDF_590 P_578 EXERCISE E5 adverb_endings ly APPENDIX F: Irregular Verb Forms PDF_594 P_582 EXERCISE F1 verb beat become begin bet bite blow break bring build buy catch choose come cost cut
socialism excellence sadness infromation government beauty marriage friendship employer actor tourist musician excellent important careful economic careless expensive dangerous natural capable possible soften populate memorize notify really
past beat became began bet/betted bit blew broke brought built bought caught chose come cost cut
participle beat/beaten become begun bet/betted bit/bitten blown broken brought built bought caught chosen come cost cut
verb eat fall feed feel fight find fit fly forget forgive freeze get give go grow
past ate fell fed felt fought found fit/fitted flew forgot forgave froze got gave went grew
participle eaten fallen fed felt fought found fitted flown forgot/forgotten forgiven frozen got/gotten given gone grown
dig do draw drink drive
dug did drew drank drove
dug done drawn drunk driven
hurt keep know lead leave lend let lose make mean meet pay prove put quit read ride ring rise run
hurt hurt kept kept knew known led led left left lent lent let let lost lost made made meant meant met met paid paid proved/provenproved/proven put put quit/quitted quit/quitted read read rode ridden rang/ringed rung/ringed rose risen ran run
think thought thought throw threw thrown understand understood understood wear wore worn win won won write wrote written APPENDIX G: Formation of the Passive PDF_596 P_584 EXERCISE G1active He writes many letters. He wrote many letters. He has written many letters. He had written many letters. He would write many letters. He would have written many letters. He is writing many letters. He was writing many letters. He will write many letters. He will have written many letters. He is going to write many letters. He should write many letters.
have hear hide hit hold
had heard hid hit held
had heard hid/hidden hit held
say see sell send shoot show shut sing sink sit sleep speak spend stand steal swim take teach tear tell
said said saw seen sold sold sent sent shot shot showed shown/showed shut shut sang/sung sung sank/sunk sunk sat sat slept slept spoke spoken spent spent stood stood stole stolen swam swum took taken taught taught tore torn told told
passive Many letters are written by him. Many letters were written by him. Many letters have been written by him. Many letters had been written by him. Many letters would be written by him. Many letters would have been written by him. Many letters are being written by him. Many letters were being written by him. Many letters will be written by him. Many letters will have been written by him. Many letters are going to be written by him. Many letters should be written by him.
APPENDIX H: Irregular Plurals PDF_598 P_586 EXERCISE H1Singular man datum hypothesis fungus criterion mouse syllabus deer child analysis alumnus tooth cactus thesis axis sheep
H2 Singular Plural curriculumcurricula foot feet bacterium bacteria crisis crises salmon salmon stimuli stimuli ox oxen woman women fish fish radius radii synthesis syntheses
Plural men data hypotheses funguses fungi criteria mice syllabi deer children analyses alumni teeth cacti theses axes sheep
APPENDIX I: Word Parts PDF_599 P_587 EXERCISE I1 What you do part meaning cede/ceed go cred believe graph write ject throw mit/miss send mute change port carry PDF_600 P_588 EXERCISE I2 Where part meaning cir around ex out in in re back sub under tele far trans across PDF_601 P_589 EXERCISE I3 Universe part meaning geo earth terr earth hydr water aqua water astr star pyr fire PDF_602 P_590 EXERCISE I4 Human States part meaning am love
example proceed credit autograph eject emit commute deport example circulate exit include return subway telephone transatlantic example geology territory hydroplane aquatic astronaut pyrotechnics
example amiable
H3 Singular goose bacillus phenomenon aquarium diagnosis nucleus trout parenthesis
What you do part meaning rupt break scrib/scrip write sect cut ven come ver turn viv live
example erupt describe bisect intervene divert survive
When part ante fore fin pre post
example anterior foretell finish previous postpone
meaning before before end before after
Body part meaning corp body card heart derm skin man hand dent teeth ped/pod feet cap head Human States part meaning path feeling
example corporation cardiology dermatologist manual dentist pedestrian captain example sympathy
Plural geese bacilli phenomena aquariums diagnoses nuclei trout parentheses
phil eu mal dys
love good bad bad
PDF_603 P_591 EXERCISE I5 People part meaning pater father mater mother frater brother domin master jud judge anthro people demo people PDF_604 P_592 EXERCISE I6 Size part meaning min small micro small macro large mega large magn large PDF_605 P_593 EXERCISE I7 Number part meaning sol one uni one mono one bi two du two tri three PDF_606 P_594 EXERCISE I8 Opposites part meaning anti against contra against mis eror un not dis not
Phildelphia euphemism malcontent dysfunction
example patriarch maternity fraternal domination judgement anthropology democracy example minimum microphone macroeconomics megaphone magnify example solo unique monologue bicycle duet triple example antiwar contrast misspell untrue dislike
mania crazy phobia fear psycho mind bio life mor death Senses part meaning spec see vis/vid see scope see phon hear aud hear dic say loc/loq speak Amount part meaning ambi both multi many poly many omni all auto self Number part meaning quad four oct eight dec ten cent hundred mil thousand semi half Opposites part meaning im not il not in not ir not
maniac claustrophobia psychology biology mortal example spectator visit/video telescope telephone audience dictate eloquent example ambivalent multiple polygon omnipotent automatic example quadruplets octopus decade century millimeter semi/final example imperfect illegal incorrect irregular