Intro

Words

1. Humorous

2. Immediate

3. Independent

4. Judgement

5. Knowledge

6. Liaise

7. Library

8. Manoeuvre

9. Noticeable

10. Occasionally

11. Questionnaire

12.  Restaurant

13. Secretary

14. Necessary

15. Occasion

16. Parallel

17. Religious

18. Separate

19. Scissors

20. Twelfth

Discuss

Intro

Words

1. Accessory

2. Accommodate

3. Address

4. Argument

5. Acquire

6. Beautiful

7. Belief

8. Business

9. Changeable

10. Committee

11. Calendar

12. Definite

13. Desperate

14. Eighth

15. Embarrass

16. Extraordinary

17. Friend

18. Foreign

19. Grateful

20. Guarantee

Discuss

Intro

Words

1. Tense

2. Pronoun

3. Superlative

4. Synonym

5. Gerund

6. Relative Clause

7. Adjective

8. Adverb

9. Infinitive 

10. Modal verb

11. Auxiliary verb

12. Conditionals

13. Preposition

14. Conjunction

15. Clause

16. Negative

17. Uncountable

18. Passive

19. Short form

20. Article

Discuss

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Words

1. accountant

2. actor

3. athlete

4. author

5. barber

6. beautician

7. broker

8. butcher

9. carpenter

10. chauffeur

11. dentist

12. editor

13. engineer

14. farmer

15. fire fighter

16. judge

17. lawyer

18. mechanic

19. pharmacist

20. veterinarian

Discuss

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Words

1. a few times

2. all the time

3. almost always

4. almost never

5. at times

6. constantly

7. every hour

8. every now and then

9. every third day

10. four times

11. frequently

12. hardly ever

13. nearly always

14. now and then

15. off and on

16. on the fifteenth of every month

17. once in a blue moon

18. once in a while

19. three times a week

20. twice a month

Discuss

Can you make any sentences about yourself using these expressions?

For example, I'm nearly always late for class.

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Words

1. athletic

2. charming

3. confident

4. creative

5. dependable

6. easygoing

7. forgetful

8. humble

9. humorous

10. inconsiderate

11. likable

12. outgoing

13. overweight

14. popular

15. practical

16. responsible

17. talkative

18. selfish

19. skinny

20. stingy

Discuss

Adjectives often have a positive or negative connotation. For example, charming is positive whereas stingy is negative.

How about the other adjectives? Leave a comment telling us whether you think the other adjectives have a positive or negative connotation.

Intro

Words

1. agenda

2. authorization

3. brand

4. budget

5. competitor

6. confirmation

7. creditor

8. deadline

9. deficit

10. distribution

11. employee

12. inventory

13. invoice

14. production

15. profit

16. promotion

17. purchase

18. reduction

19. refund

20. reminder

Discuss

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Words

1. Accommodation

2. Gloomy

3. Apostrophe

4. Bloody

5. Bump

6. Lonely

7. Exposure

8. Monumental

9. Obscene

10. Critical

11. Dwindle

12. Eventful

13. Generous

14. Misplaced

15. Submerge

16. Suspicious

17. Road

18. Majestic

19. Assassination

20. Dishearten

Discuss

There are also many expressions used today that were first used by Shakespeare, for example:

catch a cold

hotblooded

longhaired

all that glitters is not gold

heart of gold

Intro

Words

1. Ecstatic

2. Over the moon

3. Overjoyed

4. Pleased

5. Content

6. Bright

7. Cheerful

8. Festive

9. Glad

10. Joyful

11. Merry

12. Tickled (pink)

13. Delighted

14. Convivial

15. Jubilant

16. Upbeat

17. Elated

18. Flying high

19. Merry

20. Thrilled

Discuss

The expression over the moon comes from the children's rhyme Hey Diddle Diddle.

Hey diddle diddle,

The cat and the fiddle,

The cow jumped over the moon

The little dog laughed to see such fun,

And the dish ran away with spoon.

How many synonyms do you know for sad? Leave a comment below.

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Words

1. Child – children

2. Man – men

3. Datum – data

4. Criterion – criteria

5. Medium – media

6. Foot –feet

7. Tooth – teeth

8. Mouse – mice

9. Sheep – sheep

10. Crisis – crises

11. Stimulus – stimuli

12. Thief – thieves

13. Wolf – wolves

14. Leaf – leaves

15. Person – people

16. Life – lives

17. Goose – geese

18. Thesis - theses

19. Potato – potatoes

20. Cactus – cacti

Discuss

As we all know the plural of mouse is mice, but is that true when we are talking about a computer mouse?

The answer is yes and no. Some people say computer mice and some say computer mouses. Which one is correct? It's anybody's guess!