Grammar miss guada

Collocations, word formation, commas, and more...

IELTS
PART 2
 miss guada

Phrasal Verbs
verb with a preposition or adverb or both, the
meaning of which is different from the meaning of
its separate parts:
 Phrasal Verbs

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miss guada
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miss guada

Phrasal Verbs
1. I ______________with her really well. We are best friends.
2. I have a heart problem so I have to_________________ my cholesterol
intake.
3. _________________with friends is really important to me in the evenings.
4. I hope to __________________with my brother this weekend. I've not
seen him for ages.
5. This is very bad - I've ____________________with my manager at work.
6. The kitchen is in a right mess. I'll have to ____________________.
7. I __________________last week that I'm getting a promotion at work.
8. I _______________ an old photo of my father yesterday. I hadn't seen it
for years.
9. I've completely ___________________ meat from my diet. I'm now a
vegetarian.
10. I _______________with the crossword in the end. It was too difficult.
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Phrasal Verbs
What do you normally do at the weekends?
I usually just hang out with my friends. We’ll go to the cinema or something. Unfortunately I don’t
get the chance to catch up with them often as we are all so busy with work.
Do you have a healthy lifestyle?
I don’t think I really do. Something I definitely need to do is cut down on the amount I smoke, or
even give it up completely. I would also like to cut out red meat from my diet. I’ve read that both of
those are unhealthy. I found out recently that my father has cancer, and he smoked a lot when he
was younger.
Do you like the place where you live?
Yes, I live with some college friends. There are several of us in the house so it is crowded, but we get
along well so we have not had any serious problems. I fell out with one guy who lived there
because he played his music too loud, but he has moved out now.
Do you like to collect things?
Not anymore, but the other day I was cleaning up my room when I came across an old album of
football stickers. I used to collect them when I was younger.
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Phrasal Verbs
Catching Up After a Long Time (Family Member)

You should spend about 20 minutes on this task.

You have not seen or spoken to a family member for a long time.
Write an email to your family member. In your email:
• Ask how they have been and what they have been up to.
• Share updates about your own life.
• Suggest meeting up or staying in touch more often.
Write at least 150 words.
You do not need to write any addresses.
Begin your email as follows:

Hi [Family Member’s Name],

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Phrasal Verbs
1. Get something across / over 1. To have mobility
2. Get around 2. Get out of bed
3. Get away 3. Recover from something, like an illness or a problem
4. Get back at someone 4. To survive something
5. Get back into 5. To find time to do something
6. Get by 6. To go on holiday
7. Get down on 7. Start smth seriously or with a lot of effort
8. To have jusr enough of smth such as money or knowledge
8. Get over something
9. Become interested in something again
9. Get round to something
10. To get revenge
10. Get through
11. Make understandable or communicate
11. Get together
12. Social meeting
12. Get up
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Phrasal Verbs
1. I think it's important to_________at least once a year.
Holidays give you a chance to relax from work.
2. When you are a student you must _______studying
during exam time. If you don't concentrate hard you
will fail.
3. _____________6am every day is important for me as I
need to walk the dog and read the paper before work.
4. I never did _________ applying for the job. I was just
too busy.
5. I and my friends usually have a ________ every
Sunday. We'll just meet for some food and have a chat.
6. It's really easy to __________ my town as it has great
public transport.
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Phrasal Verbs
7. The company never did ______it's massive drop in
the share price. It closed down soon after.
8. I stopped listening to jazz music for many years, but
I've ___________it again recently.
9. My family never had much money to live on when
we grew up, but we always managed to ___________ .
10. When you do a presentation it's always important
to _____ your message _________ clearly.
11. I never liked it when my parents told me what to
do, so I used to _______at them by staying out late with
my friends.
12. Developing countries _________the last recession
because their banks still had money.
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Phrasal Verbs
to come about: to happen, especially in a way that was not
planned
to come across sth: to find something by accident
to come round: to become conscious again after an operation
to come down with the flu: to get an illness
to come into money: to inherit money
to come out in: to develop spots on your skin
to come up with: to think of an idea, plan or solution
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Phrasal Verbs
Take up: To start a new hobby or activity. Get into: To become interested or involved in a hobby or
Example: "I've decided to take up painting." activity.
Pick up: To learn or acquire a new skill or Example: "He's been getting into photography lately."
knowledge informally and often without much Keep at: To continue doing something despite
effort. difficulties or setbacks.
Example: "She picked up Spanish while traveling Example: "Don't give up, just keep at it!"
in South America, just by chatting with locals." Work on: To spend time improving a skill or ability.
Brush up on: To improve one's knowledge or skills Example: "I'm working on my cooking skills."
in a particular area.
Example: "I need to brush up on my Spanish
before the trip."
Hobbies and new skills
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Phrasal Verbs Hobbies and new skills

[Link] years of avoiding physical activity, she finally decided to ____________

Get into swimming as a way to stay healthy.
Keep at [Link] had never studied Japanese formally, but he managed to ____________ a lot
while living in Tokyo.
Work on 3.I used to be fluent in German, but I need to ____________ it before the business
Take up trip.
Pick up [Link] you really want to master piano, you’ll need to ____________ it every day, even
when it gets frustrating.
Brush up on
[Link] didn’t expect to enjoy economics, but once she started reading about
it, she really began to ____________ it.
[Link] director told the actor he needed to ____________ his accent before the
next rehearsal.
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Phrasal Verbs
1. Hand (smth) in 1. To stop being part of something
2. Get away with 2. Continue at the same rate
3. Keep up with 3. Do smth without being noticed or punished
4. End up 4. To fail to keep up a pace lag behind
5. Fall behind 5. To become eventually, turn out to be
6. Think about smth that happened in the past
6. Drop out
7. quit a class
7. Look back on
8. Reach the same level
8. Put forward
9. Suggest or state the case for smth
9. Catch up with 10. Submit
10. Pull out of
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Phrasal Verbs
1. The bus took so long to arrive that we ____________taking a taxi instead.
2. ___________the events of yesterday, I realize what a great day it was and
what fun everyone had.
3. If he works hard, he should _____________the other students in the
class. He is not too far behind them.
4. She decided to __________________ the weight lifting competition
because she sprained her wrist.
5. The Prime Minister ____________a new plan to reduce the budget
deficit.
6. She _________________of university in the second year because it was too
stressful.
7. He didn't_____________________ his assignment on time so he failed.
8. He is struggling to ________________fall behind his rental payments on
his flat. He is currently unemployed.
 Collocations
miss guada

Refers to words that go together or that are found

together in language.
 Collocations
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miss guada

ADJECTIVE VERB
NOUN
+ + Special ones
+
PREPOSITION PREPOSITION
NOUN/VERB
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Collocations
Adjectives and prepositions: followed by -ing verbs

I’m interested in +ing

I’m fond of +ing
I’m passionate about +ing
I’m keen on +ing
I’m devoted to +ing
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Collocations
adjectives and Complete the sentences with the correct collocation
prepositions (use the right preposition).
good/bad at a) Maria is really good ___ playing the piano.
afraid of b) I’m afraid ___ spiders.
interested in c) Are you interested ___ learning a new language?
worried about d) He’s worried ___ his upcoming exams.
different from e) This soup tastes different ___ what we had yesterday.
famous for f) Paris is famous ___ its beautiful landmarks.
allergic to g) I’m allergic ___ peanuts, so I can’t eat that.
shocked by h) She was shocked ___ the news of the accident.
bored with i) I’m getting bored ___ this movie. Can we watch something else?
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Verb + preposition
This category is different from phrasal verbs, where the meaning changes depending on the
preposition
.With VERBS + Prepositions, the meaning of the verb is clear.
discuss sth with sb offer to
dream of/about pay for
escape from promise to
focus on
recover from
forget about
hope for rely on
invest in respond to
laugh about/at/with result in
lead to
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Verb + preposition
apologise to sb for sth comment on
argue with sb about sth communicate with
believe in compete against/with
belong to complain to/about/of
benefit from concentrate on
blame sb for consist of
borrow sth from sb decide about/between/on
care about/for depend on
choose between die for/from/in/of
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Pivotal

Exacerbate
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Exacerbate
Transitive verb: it means to make a problem, bad situation, or negative feeling worse or
more severe.

Structure:
Subject + exacerbate + (problem or negative condition)

Common Collocations: Examples:

exacerbate the problem “The lack of access to quality education and healthcare
exacerbate the crisis continues to exacerbate economic inequality across
exacerbate symptoms regions.”
exacerbate tensions “Excessive government spending without structural reform
exacerbate inequality could exacerbate the national debt crisis in the coming
exacerbate conflict decade”
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Pivotal
Adjective: it means something crucial, essential or of central importance. It refers to
something that plays a key or turning role in a situation or development.

Structure:
BE + PIVOTAL + to / for / in ( noun / gerund )
Pivotal + noun

Collocations:
pivotal role pivotal factor
pivotal moment pivotal contribution
pivotal development pivotal milestone
pivotal shift pivotal importance
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Collocations
Can be fixed, where it
is difficult to replace
one of the words with
an alternative, or
freer, allowing for
more choice of
words.