PREPOSITION/ ADJECTIVE/ ADVERBCollocation/ comparative form/ phrasal verb

Preposition

Function : Indicate position, movement, direction, time, and relationship

Position of preposition : before noun, after verb, noun

Preposition of position and direction

Preposition of Time:

At, on, in, before, after, during, by, for, since, until, between….. and….., within

Other preposition

With, without, from, of, about, via, except(for), like, and as

At, in, of , for, during

1 - She wasn't short, she wasn't tall; she was ______ average height.

2 - What are you going to buy Hania _______ her birthday?

3 - The police are looking ______ a tall, black man who was seen standing outside the bank just before the robbery took place.

4 - The teacher asked the class to do the exercise_______  the bottom of page 12.

5 - As a child I was always ashamed_________  my parents because they were uneducated.

6 - I was always very good ________ Geography when I was at school.

At, in, of , for, during

7 - My uncle specializes_______ sociolinguistics.8 - We arrived  _______ Gorzów at 3.30 in the

morning.9 - I didn't see you________  the party on

Saturday.10 - There was a lot of coughing ________ the

performance of Moniusko's 'Fairy Tale' symphony.

11 - He saw her as the most attractive woman ______ the world.

12 - Simon is completely useless _______ sports.

1. Inseparable Verbs with no objects

set off         ออกเดิ�นทาง Speed up เร่�งความเร่�วWake up            ตื่��นนอน Stand up ยื�นขึ้��นCome in           เขึ้�ามาถึ�ง Get on ขึ้��น (ร่ถึ) / เขึ้�าก�นไดิ�Carry on           ท�าตื่�อไป Find out เร่�ยืนร่� �Grow up             เตื่�บโตื่ Turn up ปร่ากฏตื่�ว

2. Inseparable Verbs with objects 

Look after                               เลี้��ยืงดิ� Look into สอบถึาม ตื่ร่วจสอบ  Run into                                ปร่ะสบ Come across พบโดิยืบ�งเอ�ญ   Take after                  ม�ลี้�กษณะเหม�อน Deal with ตื่�ดิตื่�อ เก��ยืวขึ้�อง ร่�บม�อ

3. Separable verbs 

Turn on เป+ดิ(ไฟ)           Turn off ป+ดิ (ไฟ)   Turn down หร่�� (เส�ยืง)     Switch off ป+ดิ   Look up             มองหา Take off ถึอดิ ออกดิ�นทาง

4. Three-Word Phrasal Verbs

Get on with                ท�าตื่�อไป ไม�หยื-ดิ Cut down on ลี้ดิปร่�มาณลี้ง   Look out for                      เตื่ร่�ยืมพร่�อม Catch up with ตื่ามท�น   Run out of                                   หมดิ Get down to เอาจร่�งเอาจ�ง

Phrasal verb

Put off Put up with Put down Put on Put up Put across Put out Put back 

Take after(somebody)Take apartTake backTake downTake inTake offTake onTake outTake over

Take upLook afterLook awayLook forLook intoLook outLook throughLook upLook up to

Break away Break down Break into Break off  Break out of Break

through Break up

Common phrasal verbs

Run across Run after Run against Run alongRun away Run away from Run into Run off Run out of 

Run out on Run over Run through Run to Run with 

Get offGet inGet onGet outGet overGet awayGet up

Common phrasal verbs

The business forecasts a proft margin of ______________ 10 and 15 per cent for this financial year. A.aroundB.approximatelyC.betweenD.just

Is there a major difference _________ the old model and the new one?

 A. betweenB. throughC. ofD. than

We were very grateful _____ the present.

 

A.toB.forC.onD.with

Are you familiar _____ this software package?

 

A.onB.toC.withD.for

Although the shipment arrived on time, it was ________ at customs.

 

A.delayB.delaysC.held upD.held down

They were forced to apologize _____ their error.

A.toB.onC.forD.with

The company has shown a profit _____ the last 12 years.

 A.duringB.forC.sinceD.from

Customer assistance promised me that they would ____________ the problem and get back to me.

 

A. look upB. look downC. look intoD. look onto

The new executive is looking forward to __________ the new role and its increased responsibilities.

 

A.taking upB.taking onC.take upD.have taken on

We have lived in Madrid ____________ seven years.

 

A.forB.sinceC.duringD.over

I have been waiting for an answer _____________ last Friday.

 

A.sinceB.forC.untilD.before

We have been looking forward ____ the vacations for months.

 

A.onB.forC.atD.to

Adjective

Describe noun(color, quantity, size, origin, material, taste, touch, feature, shape, characteristic, purpose, opinion, etc.)

Appear after verb to be, linking verb, adverb

Appear before noun

Adj. from verb (Participle Adj.)

- Effect performerThe trip to Nepal sounds exciting for me.

- HappeningI see blowing plastic bags.

- Action performerAn alarming sound interrupts my sleep.

- Effect receiverI’m excited to

travel to Nepal.- Be happened

Blown plastic bags make our street dirty.

- Action receiverAn alarmed

employee got up from his cat nap quickly.

V.ing V.3

Participle Adj. Practice

1. I always feel very frustrating/frustrated when I have to speak with my crush.

2. The rides at Dream World are so thrilling/thrilled that I can’t stand playing them.

3. Our staff training/trained session is going to start next month.

4. Don’t forget to submit your completing/completed project to your boss.

5. His disgusting/disgusted behavior seems unacceptable to everyone in our office.

6. The show went really well, all of the audiences are impressing/impressed.

Participle Adj. Practice

7. The interview for my job went pretty terribly, so I’m very depressing/depressed now.

8. The sound of exploding/exploded bomb interrupts my sleep time.

9. The new operating/operated system makes our task easier than the old one did.

10. All of the providing/provided costumes are from RVCA, which is the main providing/provided supporter.

11. Thai massages is extremely relaxing/relaxed, the masseurs know how to make customer relaxing/ relaxed.

12. Jane feels irritating/irritated because of her new irritating/irritated partner.

Adjective collocation example

addicted to

afraid of anxious

about capable

of committe

d to Concerne

d about

content with

dedicated to

devoted to

discouraged by

excited about

famous

for frightene

d of guilty of happy

about involved

in known

for opposed

to

remembered for

scared of terrified

of worried

about

Adverb

Describe adjective, sentence, verb, or adverb

Can describe manner, time, degree, place, and frequency

Position and appearance

Describe Adj. : Before adj.Describe V. : At the beginning/end of the sentence, before/after V.Describe Sen. : At the beginning of the sentenceDescribe Adv. : before adv.

Mostly ended with –ly

The English test was easy. (adj.) I easily finished the English test in 45 minutes.

(adv.)

Confusing adverb

late / lately hard / hardly most / most of /

mostly

Costly

In a friendly way In a very silly

manner Fast Loud Late Hard Early Daily/monthly/

yearly/weekly

Straight

Common adverb

Accidentally Angrily Dramatically Occasionally Typically Generally Correctly Accurately Carefully Suddenly Abruptly

Eventually Fortunately Hopelessly Regularly Seriously Technically Warmly Innocently Honestly Faithfully Exactly

Crazily Approximately Repeatedly Simultaneousl

y Randomly Mainly Significantly Recognizably Responsibly Easily

Adj. or Adv.

 Before embarking on this project, I imagined Italy as ______. This story seemed to fall through the cracks of ______ attention. It was covered _______ in ______ media when Carmine Schiavone, a member of a Mafia family in the Campania region, went to authorities and told them about “millions of tons” of _____ waste buried deep in the earth in what once was some of the most fertile farmland in Italy.

Adj. or Adv.

The proposed rules come _____ a month after a sweeping ______ climate assessment that catalogued a range of impacts _____ occurring as a result of climate change.Reducing greenhouse gases is a key way to address climate change, but it also has implications for _____ health, a point Obama stressed in his ______ adresses Saturday promoting the pending standard. 

Comparative form of Adj. & Adv.

Adj.longer (than) ยืาวกว�าmore beautiful (than) สวยืกว�าmore (than) มากกว�าless (than) น�อยืกว�า (ใช้�ก�บนามน�บไม�ไดิ�)fewer (than) น�อยืกว�า (ใช้�ก�บนามน�บไดิ�)

Adv.more quickly (than) อยื�างเร่�วกว�าmore easily (than) อยื�างง�ายืกว�า

Superlative form Adj. & Adv.

Adj. ( the ) longest ยืาวท��ส-ดิ ( the ) most beautiful สวยืท��ส-ดิ( the ) most มากท��ส-ดิ( the ) least น�อยืท��ส-ดิ (นามน�บไม�ไดิ�)( the ) fewest น�อยืท��ส-ดิ (นามน�บไดิ�)

Adv.( the ) most quickly อยื�างเร่�วท��ส-ดิ( the ) most easily อยื�างง�ายืท��ส-ดิ

Adj. and Adv. With Irregular comparative form

Good/well better bestดิ�

bad, badly worse worstเลี้ว

much, many more mostมาก

Little less least น�อยืFar farther farthest ไกลี้

further furthest    

Thomas has __________ completed the report.

A. StillB. EverC. alreadyD. closely

The results of the tests were too ________ to change the scientists' opinions.

A.inconclusiveB.conclusive C.unpredictable D.obvious

Customers these days are _______ demanding than in the past

 

A.tooB.muchC.moreD.so

We have all been very ________ in the results of the investigation. 

A. concernedB. interestC. interestedD. interesting

Everyone on the team felt that it was a _______________ meeting.

 

A.productiveB.effectiveC.usualD.quick

The management of City Cable is ______ sorry for the interruption of services on Saturday.

 

 a) quickly b) gladly c) deeply d) lately

A strong dollar was ______________ in driving first quarter profits.

 A. playing a big roleB. instrumentalC. responsibleD. important

_______ than 20 people responded to the invitation.

A. LessB. FewerC. OverD. Lesser

Tim made a decision that ended up costing the company a ____________ large sum of money.

A.fairly B.over C.totally D.completely

Higher oil prices have led to an ________ demand for electric cars.

 

A.great B.greaterC.increased D.improved

The contract for the new leasing agreement is _____ ready for you to sign. 

  a) onceb) soonc) nowd) forever

Staff filing travel expense accounts are reminded to fill out their applications as _____ as possible.

 

 a) long b) timely c) inaccurately d) loud