Essential English Vocabulary and Grammar Mastery

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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

QualitySizeColourDesignOrigin
InterestingLongRedFloweryItalian
NiceSmallBlueStripedSpanish

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

InfinitivePast SimplePast Participle
Eat/Take/DoAte/Took/DidEaten/Taken/Done
Break/Feed/DrinkBroke/Fed/DrankBroken/Fed/Drunk
See/Go/FeelSaw/Went/FeltSeen/Gone/Felt
Write/Buy/FindWrote/Bought/FoundWritten/Bought/Found
Lose/Have/MakeLost/Had/MadeLost/Had/Made
Ride/Read/GiveRode/Read/GaveRidden/Read/Given
Speak/TellSpoke/ToldSpoken/Told
Meet/Get/SwimMet/Got/SwamMet/Got/Swum
Come/Sleep/SendCame/Slept/SentCome/Slept/Sent

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