Phrasal Verbs # Food

Phrasal verb is a mix of a verb with a preposition. Today we will learn phrasal verbs related to food.

  1. Pick At – Pick at means you don’t eat a lot or you eat very little . Example- I am sick so I pick my food.
  2. Snack On – When you snack on something, you don’t eat a lot of something. For instance, you might snack on your burgers or other fast food. The food you snack on is not your dinner. Example – I am going to the theater and I think I will snack on some popcorn.
  3. Pig Out- Pig out means to eat a lot. Example- Yesterday, I went to a restaurant and pigged out.
  4. Polish Off- Polish off is when you have eaten everything. It is more than pigged out. Example – Anish polished off his Maggie.
  5. Live On- Live on means you eat a lot of something i.e you actually live on it. For instance, poor people don’t have much money, so they live on onion and chapatti.
  6. Cut Down – When you cut down on something it means you have reduced the amount of its consumption. Example – After the pleura effusion, he cut down on his alcohol.
  7. Order In- Order in means you order something i.e. you order people outside to get food from outside. Example- I ordered in the pizza yesterday.
  8. Eat Out- It means you go out to eat something. Example- Let us eat out, I am feeling lazy today.
  9. Dig In- Dig in means to eat. So, if you have ordered the food and everybody is still talking, you can say, dig in.

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Types Of Modal Verbs

We have already talked about modal verbs. You can go through it here.
Let us have a look at the types of modal verbs.

Probability
Probability verbs are used when we want to say how sure we are that something happened / is happening / will happen. These are also called ‘modals of deduction’ or ‘speculation’ or ‘certainty’ or ‘probability’.
Example – 1. They should be there by now.
2. Prices can be high in London.
Ability
Modal verbs such as can and could to talk about skill and ability.
Example – 1. She can speak English.
2. I couldn’t open the window.
Obligation And Advice
We use modal verbs such as ‘must’ or ‘should’ to say when something is necessary or unnecessary, or to give advice.
Example – 1. I had to wear a school uniform when I was a child.
2. You shouldn’t smoke so much.
Permission
Modal verbs such as can, could and may to ask for and give permission. They are also used to say, something is not allowed. Example – 1. You may not use the laptop today.
2. Can I leave early today?
Habits
You can talk about will and would to talk about habits that have been a part of you since a very long time or you will be doing them in near future.
Example – 1. She will always be late.
2. We would often go out for party on Saturdays.

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Modal Verbs # Grammar For IELTS

Showing a varied range of grammar in IELTS helps in scoring high band in IELTS. For today, let us have a look at one of the most used topic in IELTS, modal verbs.
Examples of modal verbs –

can could
may might
shall should

Modal verbs are used to show that you are certain about something, sure that it will happen.We also use modals to do things like talking about ability, asking permission making requests and offers.
Modal verbs behave very differently from the normal verbs. Let us have a look at some of its distinguishing factors –
1. Modal verbs do not take ‘s’ in the third form.
Example- He can speak english.
2. You use not to make the modal verbs negative, even in simple past or simple present.
Example – He should not be late
3. Modal verbs cannot used with past or future tense.
Example – He will can come with us.
4. They make questions by inversion.
5. They are followed directly by the infinitive of another verb.

QUESTION TIME

Fill in the blank with modal verbs.
1. He ________ be exhausted after a long journey.
a.must
b.can
c. had better
2. There are many things people will ask you to do. But you _________ do it if you don’t like.
a. must not
b. can not
c. will not.
3. The lamp ________ be broken. Maybe the light bulb just burned out.
a. could not
b. must not
c. might not
4. _____________ you please bring me my notebook?
a. will
b. may
c. should
5. To score high in IELTS, you ______ study lot.
a. must
b. should
c. can

ANSWERS

1. a
2.a
3.c
4.a
5.a
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Collocations # Grammar For IELTS

Collocations Grammar For IELTS

Collocations are one of the most important thing you must aim at learning if you want to score high in IELTS. But, what are they?
Collocations are two or more words that go together or are used together in a way that sound correct to the native speaker. Let us look at some examples –

Collocations
early days
even numbers
evenly matched
take a break
take a look
travel light
turn a corner

Learning something when you don’t know its importance is weird and difficult. So, let us find out why should you learn collocations?
Collocations make your language more understandable to understand making you more fluent at what you speak. It also makes you sound more natural. Collocations provide you with alternative and better ways to express yourself, resulting in a high score band in IELTS or for that matter of fact any english testing exam. And the most important part is Learning vocabulary becomes easier with collocations. This is because it is more easier for our brain to learn chunks of words rather than single words.

KINDS OF COLLOCATIONS

Collocations are of the following type-
adverb + adjective: completely satisfied
adjective + noun: excruciating pain
noun + noun: a surge of anger
noun + verb: lions roar
verb + noun: commit suicide ‘
verb + expression with preposition: burst into tears
verb + adverb: wave frantically
So, don’t just learn words, learn chunks of words, so that you not only know the word but also have a good command over how to use the word.

IMPORTANT THINGS ABOUT COLLOCATIONS

1. Try to notice collocations whenever you read something.
2. Make sure you regard the collocation as one single block. For example -top priority is one single word, it is not top + priority.
3. There are two ways of learning collocations. Either you learn them topic wise or word wise. Like, either leara collocations related to weather( or any other topic) together or you can go for all the collocations with “take” together.
So, if you want to improve your vocabulary or spoken english, the first thing you must aim for is learning collocations. Go, get a good grasp over them and score high in IELTS.
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