EFE - Getting Started Flashcards

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Nation: United Kingdom
Nationality: __________________

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British

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2
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Nation: Switzerland
Nationality: ________________

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Swiss

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Nation: Netherlands
Nationality: ________________

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Dutch

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Nation: Afghanistan
Nationality: _____________

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Afghan

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Nation: Denmark
Nationality: _______________

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Danish / Dane

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Nation: Finland
Nationality: _______________

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Finn / Finnish

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Nation: Haiti
Nationality: ______________

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Haitian

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Nation: Iceland
Nationality: _______________

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Icelander

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Nation: New Zealand
Nationality: _________________

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New Zealander / Kiwi

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Nation: Philippines
Nationality: ________________

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Filipino

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11
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Read the number in English:
1,500

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One thousand five hundred / fifteen hundred

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12
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Read the number in English:
1/8

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One-eighth / an eighth

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13
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Read the number in English:
2,402

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Two thousand four hundred (and) two / twenty-four oh two (especially as an address)

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14
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Read the number in English:
100,000th

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One hundred thousandth

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15
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Read the number in English:
0.85

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(Zero) point eight five / point eighty-five

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16
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Read the number in English:
99.7%

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Ninety-nine point seven percent

17
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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

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Ex: My alarm goes off at 5:30 am…

18
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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

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Ex: I always watch TV when I cook dinner.

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Tell me about something you think is magnificent.

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20
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Tell me about something you think is strange or odd.

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21
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What is something in the U.S. that you found shocking?

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22
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Is there any food that you think is disgusting?

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23
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What job do you think is especially tiring?

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24
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Use some good adjectives to tell me about some experiences:
Remarkable, extraordinary, breathtaking, wonderful, fantastic, incredible, brilliant, superb, great, amazing, outstanding

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25
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Use some bad adjectives to tell me about some experiences:
Awful, mediocre, terrible, disappointing, annoying, disastrous

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26
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Make a sentence using the idiom:
To get cold feet

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Meaning: to have a sudden loss of confidence (especially in the context of a wedding/marriage)

27
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Make a sentence using the idiom:
To lend a hand

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Meaning: to help someone with something

28
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Make a sentence using the idiom:
To feel under the weather

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Meaning: to feel unwell, sick, or ill

29
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Make a sentence using the idiom:
On the ball

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Meaning: alert, knowledgeable, or competent

30
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Make a sentence using the idiom:
To keep an eye on

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Meaning: to take care of or watch carefully

31
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Make a sentence using the idiom:
A teacher’s pet

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Meaning: someone who seeks and gets approval from a person in a position of authority

32
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Make a sentence using the idiom:
To take something with a pinch / grain of salt

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Meaning: to not completely believe something or someone

33
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Make a sentence using the idiom:
To cut corners

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Meaning: to do something the easiest or shortest way, at the expense of high standards

34
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Make a sentence using the idiom:
To let the cat out of the bag / To spill the beans

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Meaning: to tell a secret to someone who shouldn’t know about it