English Vocabulary and Grammar Cheat Sheet

Vocabulary: Describing Personality

Ambitious: ambitious

Arrogant: arrogant

Bossy: bossy

Capable: capable

Clever/Intelligent/Smart: intelligent

Coldhearted: coldhearted

Creative: creative

Cruel/Mean: cruel/mean

Dishonest: dishonest

Easy-Going: easy-going

Funny: funny

Generous: generous

Greedy: greedy

Hard-Working: hard-working

Honest: honest

Ignorant: ignorant

Impatient: impatient

Kind: kind

Lazy: lazy

Moody: moody

Narrow-Minded: narrow-minded

Outgoing: outgoing

Picky: picky

Polite: polite

Punctual: punctual

Reliable: reliable

Romantic: romantic

Rude: rude

Selfish: selfish

Shallow: shallow

Shy: shy

Sociable: sociable

Stingy: stingy

Strict: strict

Stubborn: stubborn

Talkative: talkative

Thoughtful: thoughtful

Unreliable: unreliable

Warm-Hearted: warm-hearted

Well-Educated/Well-Read: well-educated/well-read

Well-Traveled: well-traveled

Phrasal Verbs

Wear out: to tire, to wear down

Run into: to meet unexpectedly

Pick up: to take something

Put up with: to tolerate

Go through: to experience

Turn out: to result in

Hang out with: to spend time with

Bring about: to cause, to produce

Come about: to happen

Idioms

Go-getter: ambitious person

Know-it-all: someone who acts as if they know everything

Smart ass: someone who is overly confident in their intelligence

Wise guy: a smart aleck

Man of his word: someone who keeps their promises

Moaner/Whinger: someone who complains a lot

Fast talker: someone who speaks quickly and persuasively

Half-wit: a foolish person

Big mouth: someone who talks too much and reveals secrets

Creep: a strange or unsettling person

Eager beaver: a hard worker

Goody two shoes: someone who is always well-behaved

Busybody: someone who is overly interested in other people's lives

Cheapskate: someone who is unwilling to spend money

Couch potato: someone who spends a lot of time watching TV

Down to earth: practical and sensible

Slimeball: a disgusting or despicable person

Social butterfly: someone who is very sociable

Stickler for the rules: someone who insists on following rules

Wet blanket: someone who spoils other people's fun

Relative Pronouns

Who: people

Which: things

That: people and things

Whom: objects

Where: places

When: time

Relative Clauses

Defining: Give essential information, never go between commas.

Non-defining: Give extra information, always separated by commas.

Quantifiers

Uncountable: much, a bit (of), a great deal of, a large quantity of, a little, very little, a large amount of

Countable: a majority of, a great number of, several, many, a large number of, a number of, few, a few, very few

Both: all, enough, none, some, more, most, lots of, less, any, plenty of

Verb Tenses

Past Simple: I played

Past Continuous: I was playing

Past Perfect: I had played

Past Perfect Continuous: I had been playing

Adverbs

Time: recently, etc.

Place: at home, etc.

Manner: quickly, slowly, etc.

Certainty: probably, definitely, etc.

Modal Verbs

Could/May/Might: possibility

May/Can/Could: asking for permission

Should/Ought to: recommendation

Must: obligation or prohibition

Would: hypothetical situation