EFE - Getting Started Flashcards
Nation: United Kingdom
Nationality: __________________
British
Nation: Switzerland
Nationality: ________________
Swiss
Nation: Netherlands
Nationality: ________________
Dutch
Nation: Afghanistan
Nationality: _____________
Afghan
Nation: Denmark
Nationality: _______________
Danish / Dane
Nation: Finland
Nationality: _______________
Finn / Finnish
Nation: Haiti
Nationality: ______________
Haitian
Nation: Iceland
Nationality: _______________
Icelander
Nation: New Zealand
Nationality: _________________
New Zealander / Kiwi
Nation: Philippines
Nationality: ________________
Filipino
Read the number in English:
1,500
One thousand five hundred / fifteen hundred
Read the number in English:
1/8
One-eighth / an eighth
Read the number in English:
2,402
Two thousand four hundred (and) two / twenty-four oh two (especially as an address)
Read the number in English:
100,000th
One hundred thousandth
Read the number in English:
0.85
(Zero) point eight five / point eighty-five
Read the number in English:
99.7%
Ninety-nine point seven percent
Explain your morning routine. Use some or all of the following vocab:
Alarm goes off, wake up, get up, take a shower, wash my hair, brush my teeth, wash my face, put on make-up, dry my hair, brush/comb my hair, get dressed, have breakfast, have coffee, have tea, make the bed
Ex: My alarm goes off at 5:30 am…
Use frequency vocab (always, sometimes, never, twice a week, etc.) to make a sentence using one of the following:
Cook dinner, call my family, buy groceries, watch TV
Ex: I always watch TV when I cook dinner.
Tell me about something you think is magnificent.
Tell me about something you think is strange or odd.
What is something in the U.S. that you found shocking?
Is there any food that you think is disgusting?
What job do you think is especially tiring?
Use some good adjectives to tell me about some experiences:
Remarkable, extraordinary, breathtaking, wonderful, fantastic, incredible, brilliant, superb, great, amazing, outstanding
Use some bad adjectives to tell me about some experiences:
Awful, mediocre, terrible, disappointing, annoying, disastrous
Make a sentence using the idiom:
To get cold feet
Meaning: to have a sudden loss of confidence (especially in the context of a wedding/marriage)
Make a sentence using the idiom:
To lend a hand
Meaning: to help someone with something
Make a sentence using the idiom:
To feel under the weather
Meaning: to feel unwell, sick, or ill
Make a sentence using the idiom:
On the ball
Meaning: alert, knowledgeable, or competent
Make a sentence using the idiom:
To keep an eye on
Meaning: to take care of or watch carefully
Make a sentence using the idiom:
A teacher’s pet
Meaning: someone who seeks and gets approval from a person in a position of authority
Make a sentence using the idiom:
To take something with a pinch / grain of salt
Meaning: to not completely believe something or someone
Make a sentence using the idiom:
To cut corners
Meaning: to do something the easiest or shortest way, at the expense of high standards
Make a sentence using the idiom:
To let the cat out of the bag / To spill the beans
Meaning: to tell a secret to someone who shouldn’t know about it
