Essential English Vocabulary and Grammar Mastery
Literary and Creative Terms
- Playwright: A person who writes plays.
- Poet: A person who writes poetry.
- Novelist: A person who writes novels.
- Tale: A magic or adventure story.
- Biography: An account of someone's life.
- Tragedy: A serious play or novel.
- Comedy: A film that makes people laugh.
- Novel: A long story about people.
- Play: A story performed in a theatre.
- Poem: Writing in lines with rhyme.
Professions and Definitions
- Doctor: A person who studies medicine.
- Musician: A person who plays instruments.
- Programmer: Writes programs for computers.
- Artist: Paints wonderful paintings.
- Architect: Builds fantastic houses.
- Actor: Famous for his films.
- Fairytale: A traditional story for children.
- Teenager: A synonym for adolescent.
- Buckingham Palace: The palace where the Queen lives.
English Grammar Rules
- Will: Used for promises (e.g., "I promise I will study hard") and predictions (e.g., "In 10 years' time, the city will look different").
- Going to: Used for predictions based on evidence (e.g., "Look at those dark clouds, it's going to rain"), plans (e.g., "When I finish school, I'm going to study medicine"), and intentions (e.g., "I am going to study hard because I want to pass geography").
- Present Continuous: Used for fixed arrangements (e.g., "I'm visiting my friends next week").
- First Conditional: Uses IF (e.g., "If he wins the lottery, he will travel to Las Vegas").
Adjective Order
| Quality | Size | Colour | Design | Origin |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Interesting | Long | Red | Flowery | Italian |
| Nice | Small | Blue | Striped | Spanish |
Transportation and Music Vocabulary
- Transport: Speakers, DVD player, coach, double-decker bus, lorry, underground, underground station, train, taxi rank, airport.
- Music: Guitar, violin, drums, trumpet, flute, piano, bass, conductor, choir, music stand, orchestra, score, sheet music.
Irregular Verbs Table
| Infinitive | Past Simple | Past Participle |
|---|---|---|
| Eat/Take/Do | Ate/Took/Did | Eaten/Taken/Done |
| Break/Feed/Drink | Broke/Fed/Drank | Broken/Fed/Drunk |
| See/Go/Feel | Saw/Went/Felt | Seen/Gone/Felt |
| Write/Buy/Find | Wrote/Bought/Found | Written/Bought/Found |
| Lose/Have/Make | Lost/Had/Made | Lost/Had/Made |
| Ride/Read/Give | Rode/Read/Gave | Ridden/Read/Given |
| Speak/Tell | Spoke/Told | Spoken/Told |
| Meet/Get/Swim | Met/Got/Swam | Met/Got/Swum |
| Come/Sleep/Send | Came/Slept/Sent | Come/Slept/Sent |