Read the following article on the recent bushfires in Australia and then mtach the key-words to their meanings:
'She's got a short fuse'
As February is the shortest month of the year we thought we'd give you some idioms that use the word 'short':
To have a sudden need to go to the toilet:
'I went to the toilet before we left because I didn't want to be caught short on the journey.'
To not have enough money:
Hi,
does it exist the adverb "costlily"?To be honest it looks to me a bit strange!Actually I haven't ever heard of it.
I looked up at the dictionary but I only found the adjective "costly". Maybe it's not in my dictionary but anyway this gave rise to the question I am going to ask you.
Is it always obtainable an adverb per each adjective by adding "ly" at the end of it or sometimes you can make a mistake using unscrupulously this "-ly" rule?
Bye 
EL
Hello,
Could you give me some words concerning a crime. I'm interested.
I know a plot, a firearm, a detective, an inspector.. But I'm lacking of vocabulary.
Thank you in advance,
Marie.
A past participle indicates past or completed action or time. It is often called the 'ed' form as it is formed by adding d or ed, to the base form of regular verbs, however it is also formed in various other ways for irregular verbs. Here we review your knowledge of irregular past participle verbs.
An example of an irregular past participle verb is sung:
Take a look at the following five sentences. Each sentence has one mistake - can you find them? Click on Show Answers for an explaination on each sentence. If you like this, you can try a similar lesson here!
"They started life at zero and aged to 500 hours"
"Go diving" or "go to diving'?
When learning English it's important to learn collocations. Collocations are groups of words that appear together in a sentence. Take a look at the following verb collocations. Each verb goes with a word or phrase:
