Essential English Language Exercises and Glossary

Vocabulary and Grammar Exercises

Section 1: Word Associations

• 1 Thunder, lightning
• 2 Arteries, skin
• 3 Lips, colourless
• 4 Disgusted, horrified
• 5 Trial, guilty
• 6 Fright, terrifying

Section 2: Phrasal Verbs

• 1 Give up
• 2 Takes place
• 3 Burst into
• 4 Broke off
• 5 Made up
• 6 Looking forward to
• 7 Bring up
• 8 Set off
• 9 Kept going
• 10 Set to

Section 3: Verb Tenses

• 1 Had been sailing
• 2 Were travelling
• 3 Had died
• 4 Introduced
• 5 Have not written
• 6 Looked
• 7 Have been crying
• 8 Had reached

Section 4: Contextual Choices

• 1 Wondered
• 2 Aimed, shot
• 3 Howled, whispered
• 4 Rage, grief
• 5 Bury, grave

Section 5: Phrase Practice

Burst into tears - carry out experiments - change his mind - pluck up the courage - blow the boat off course - draw his last breath

Blew the boat off course - plucked up the courage - carrying out our experiments - drew his last breath - changed his mind

At, by, to, by, by

To let him go - he had destroyed his work and he was breaking his promise - if he could believe him - he had to explain the death of the previous night

Section 6: English-Catalan Glossary

• Act out: Representar
• Anguish: Angoixa
• Ashore: A la costa
• Awful: Horrible
• Barn: Graner
• Bear: Soportar
• Begged: Va pregar
• Berries: Baies
• Blames herself: Seva culpa
• Broke off: Va interrompre
• Clapped: Vaig aplaudir
• Cloak: Capa
• Crew: Tripulació
• Cursed: Vaig maldir
• Deep down inside: En el fons
• Dreadful: Espantós
• Dull: Apagat
• Duty: Obligació
• Eagerly: Anxosament
• Evil: Mal
• Exhaustion: Esgotament
• Fainted: Es va desmaiar
• Fingerprints: Empremtes dactilars
• Gaiety: Alegria
• Grasp: Abast
• Grief: Pena
• Guilty: Culpable
• Hide-and-seek: Amagatall
• Howling: Bramant
• Hut: Cabana
• I had mastered: Havia dominat
• In spite of: Malgrat
• Leapt out: Va saltar de
• Longed: Desitjava
• Look forward to: Esperar amb ànsies
• Mocking: Burló
• Mood: Humor
• Naive: Ingenu
• Oak: Roble
• Overjoyed: Molt content
• Plucked up courage: Armar-se de valor
• Pour down: Córrer per
• Rage: Ràbia
• Request: Petició
• Revenge: Venjança
• Scarlet fever: Escarlatina
• Seized me: M'agafava
• Set off: Sortir
• Settled: Ens vam instal·lar
• Shelter: Refugi
• Shiver: Esgarrifança
• Sledge: Trineu
• Soaked: Xop
• Spot: Lloc
• Straw: Palla
• Struggled: Vaig lluitar
• Swear: Jurar
• Sweating: Suant
• Task: Tasca
• Threats: Amenaces
• Tracks: Pistes
• Vanished: Va desaparèixer
• Was delayed: Es va ajornar
• Was hanged: Fou penjada
• Watchful: Alerta
• Wept: Vaig plorar
• Wickedness: Perversitat
• Witnesses: Testimonis
• Wound: Ferida