English Language Essentials: Idioms, Compound Adjectives, Suffixes and Prefixes, Phrasal Verbs, and Writing Sentences

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• Subtopic: Idioms Corner Teens 5 Idioms Corner: - On the ball - Don't give up your day job - The early bird gets the worm - Fortune favors the bold Definitions: - ON THE BALL: BE QUICK, ALERT - THE EARLY BIRD GETS THE WORM: BE THE FIRST - DON'T GIVE UP YOUR DAY JOB: KEEP YOUR JOB, WORK WITH YOUR TALENT - FORTUNE FAVORS THE BOLD: TRY ENOUGH, PEOPLE WHO ARE COURAGEOUS Connect each expression to its definition: 1. Take risks 2. To happen in a particular way 3. Not very good at this 4. Improve or develop 5. The one who arrives first has the best chance for success Expressions: - Don't give up your day job - The early bird gets the worm - Fortune favors the bold • Subtopic: Grammar Point - Compound Adjectives Unit 8 Grammar Point - Compound Adjectives: Compound adjectives, also called hyphenated adjectives, are formed when two or more words are joined together with a hyphen to modify a noun. Examples: - A five-year-old boy - A recently-constructed house - A world-famous writer - A six-hundred-member audience Your turn! 1. FIVE-YEAR car from my dad 2. SEVEN-YEAR boy is my house Additional examples: - A low-fat diet - A well-placed picture - A six-page essay - A blue-eyed girl • Subtopic...