English Exercises: Vocabulary and Grammar Practice
English Exercises
Exercise 1
- Blink
- Catalogued
- Fund
- Neat
- b
- d
- c
- c
- b
- b
- b
- a
- d
- a
Exercise 2
- Accumulated
- Anthology
- Privileged
- Biography
- Best sellers
- Audio books
- Bibliography
Exercise 3
- Inconsistencies: Something that contradicts
- Painstaking: Discover something that is difficult to see
- Beam: To smile
- Blink: To open and close your eyes quickly
- Dishevelled: Untidy, disordered
- Engraved: Carved into wood or stone
- Stagnation: To stop and not develop
- Flourished: To develop correctly
- Bookworm: A person who likes reading very much
- Acknowledgements:
Unit 12: Vacation Activities and Extreme Sports
Unit 12
Vocabulary: Vacation Activities
- Buy handicrafts (comprar artesanato)
- Go to clubs (ir para festas)
- Listen to live music (ouvir música ao vivo)
- See wildlife (ver animais selvagens)
- Speak a foreign language (falar língua estrangeira)
- Try local food (experimentar comida local)
- Visit landmarks (visitar locais turísticos)
- Volunteer (ser voluntário)
Grammar: Gerunds
A gerund is an -ing word that acts like a noun. Gerunds may be the subject of a sentence, or they may appear after some verbs or prepositions.
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- Dave would have been more successful if he had worked harder.
- Mary would have stayed on the internet all night if her mother hadn’t made her go to bed.
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