Vocabulary List
Places: Specific area or region
Foreigners: A person not that does not originally come from a particular location
Kinds: Groups of things or people that have similar characteristics
Cruise: A large ship used to sail to different vacation spots
Country: A specific geographic region with it's own government
Attended: Past tense of attend (present at a particular place and time)
Excited: Very eager and animated, usually about a particular thing/idea
Beaches: Pebbly or sandy shore, usually where an ocean or body of water meets land
Important: Significant
Plan: Something decided or arranged in advance
Sights: Pertaining to seeing and observing
Eagerly: Wanting something or someone very much
Visit: To go and see and spend time with someone, and/or in a particular place
Especially: To show importance to something in particular
Exotic: From a distant and largely unknown foreign country
Vocabulary Exercise
Directions: Complete the sentences with the correct vocabulary word from the list above.
1. There are many __________ countries I would like to ________ when I retire.
2. I think playing a sport is ______________. What ________ of sports do you like to play?
3. Brazil is an __________ place, with beautiful ___________ to explore.
4. In New York, there are many ___________ from countries all over the world. It's sometimes called the "melting pot" of nations.
5. Susan was ________ to call her mother and tell her the news of her recent engagement to Brian.
6. My family and I __________ a family reunion that took years to ________.
7. When I go to the Museum of Natural History I like seeing all exhibits, but __________ the Hall of Mammals room.
8. Many people do not like to board a _______ ship because they are afraid of bad weather and rough seas.
9. Since I was a little girl, I have set my _______ on getting a Chanel bag for my 30th birthday.
10. Last year when I visited El Salvador, my family ________ waited for me at the airport.
Grammar Point - The verb "to be"
The verb "to be" in English is a commonly used verb. It is an irregular verb because it has many different forms. It shows the state of being or characteristic of something or someone.
Directions: Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the verb "to be".
Present Simple
1. Leila and Janine ______ very good swimmers.
2. The magazine ____ not cheap.
3. My friends and I _____ in high school, we finished middle school last year.
Past Simple
1. We _____ very tired after a long day at the Bronx zoo.
2. He _____ not proud of the bad grades he got for his midterm exams.
3. You _____ watching us play softball.
Present Perfect
1. Tony and Marie _____________ digging holes all day to plant the rose bushes.
2. My son and I ____________ waiting on line for a long time to ride the roller coaster.
3. She ___________ traveling across America for the past two years.
Past Perfect
1. We __________ frightened by all the people in costumes in the haunted house.
2. I ___________ anxiously waiting the results of my sonogram.
Present Continuos
1. I _________ silly right now. ____ it bothering you?
2. They __________ disrespectful to the substitute teacher all day.
Let's watch a YouTube video to help understand the verb "To be"!
Excellent entry!
ReplyDeleteI have been to England, Scotland, France, Germany, Austria, Russia, Ukraine, Belorus, Estonia, Latvia, Georgia, Armenia, Palestine, Israel, and Canada (Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia, and British Columbia). I have never been to the Caribbean. I dream about visiting Australia and New Zealand.
Of those places, I love Scotland best.
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