English Grammar and Vocabulary Review

Vocabulary flashcards reviewing English grammar tenses, stative verbs, question structures, phrasal verbs, and key expressions from the lecture notes.

Present Simple

A verb tense used for repeated habitual actions, general truths, and permanent situations.

Present Progressive

A verb tense used for actions happening now, temporary situations or experiences, and future arrangements.

Stative Verbs

Verbs expressing senses, emotions, perception, opinions, or state (such as own, belong, cost) that are not used in progressive tenses.

Think (Progressive Meaning)

When used in continuous/progressive tenses (e.g., "I'm thinking about buying a car"), this stative verb changes meaning to "to consider".

Have (Progressive Meaning)

When used in continuous/progressive tenses (e.g., "Tom is having coffee at cafeteria right now"), this stative verb refers to consuming food or drink, or having an experience.

Phrasal Verbs

Combinations of a verb plus an adverb or preposition (e.g., "check in") that stay together and have a changed meaning.

Subject Question

A question that asks for the subject using "Who / What" followed by the verb in its correct form without using auxiliary "do/did" (e.g., "Who saw the accident?").

Object Question

A question that asks for the object using standard question word order with auxiliary verbs (e.g., "Who did u see in restaurant?").

Indirect Questions

Questions made to sound more polite using introductory phrases (such as "Can / Could you tell me…?", "Do u know…?", or "I would like to know…?") followed by positive sentence word order.

Indirect Questions without a Question Word

Polite indirect questions that do not begin with a question word and instead use "if" or "whether" (e.g., "Can you tell me if/whether John is at home today?").

Live out of a suitcase

An idiom listed in the lecture notes under home and living expressions.

Make yourself at home

An expression listed in the notes welcoming someone to feel comfortable in a residence.

There's no place like home

An expression included in the lecture notes about home.

Drop me a line

A phrasal expression from the notes meaning to email or write to someone when you get the chance.

Get back to me soon

An expression listed in the notes requesting a reply or response soon.

Suburb / Suburban / Urban

Vocabulary terms listed in the notes referring to residential districts outside a city, their attributes, and city environments.

Drizzle

A weather verb included in the lecture vocabulary list.

Foggy

A weather adjective included in the lecture vocabulary list.

Icy

A weather/temperature descriptor listed in the lecture notes.