Adj/noun collocation

Numbers Amount Range Noise Importance

fair considerable wide loud huge
large huge good terrible considerable
huge tremendous great tremendous tremendous
small amazing great
limited huge

Traffic Experience Percentage Progress Variaty

terrible amazing good considerable huge
heavy valuable huge great great
great large amazin tremendous
good good amazing
tremendous huge wide
huge satisfactory considerable
tremendous endless

Past Continious

was + vb ing

Actions in progress in the past

2 actions, 1 long action wich is interrupted by a short action

Past simple

Action that has finished

Past perfect

Had + past participle

The action has taken place before another past action.

When, already, after, just, before, as soon as, since

Present perfect simple

Have/has + past participle

Present perfect continuous

Have + being + vb ing

Modal Verbs

Ability

Could, can

Possibility

Could, may, might, be able to, managed to

Obligation

Strong: have to, must

Weak (advice): should, ought to

Lack of obligation: didn’t have to, needn’t

1st: choose the modal verb according to what you want to say (obligation, possibility)

2nd: is it present? Modal + Inf --- is It past? Modal + have + past participle

Collocations

Occasion: memorable, rare, solemn, special, unique

Opportunity to + inf: have, loses, miss, size, take, wqual, wxcelent, golden, perfect.

Possibility of + ing: definite, distinct, real, remote, serious, slight, strong

To: face, accept, reorganize, ignore

Chance: TO + INF, OF + ING good, ideal, last, second, unexpected.

At face value: for what something appears to be

At a glance: a quick look to sth

At short notice: suddenly

At random: randomly

At times: for moments

Puts me at a disadvantage: my weak point

At the expense of : the price others have to par for your actions

Grammar

USED TO + INF: To refer to habitual actions in the past

BE USE TO + ING: present and past. Im used to reading any form of science fiction.
WORD FORMATION

Suffixes
Verb Noun Adjective Adverb
EN SHIP LESS
ISE HOOD FUL
MENT ABLE
LY
ION LY
ITY AL
OUS

EN: broken, shorten, harden, proven

ISE: rise, specialize, organize, realize

SHIP: relationship, friendship, cousinship, championship, parentship

HOOD: neighborhood, childhood, brotherhood

MENT: environment, engagement, reinforcement, payment, improvement

TION: attention, superstition, application, situation, anelation

ITY: unity, variety, ability, possibility, activity

LESS: useless, careless, harmless, homeless, friendless

FUL: useful, careful, helpful, thankful, successful

ABLE: disable, unable, governable, acceptable, available

LY: rapidly, thickly, universally, carefully, quietly

AL: generical, racional, problematical, institutional, critical

OUS: obvious, genious, previous, anxious, dangerous

LY: beautifully, carefully, harmfully, dangerously