Vocabulary
Record
What was your best record in a distance race?
Brilliant
Miguel Alcubierre is a brilliant Mexican physicist with a huge online fan club.
Talented
Stephen King must be extremely talented
Training
Playing beisball as well as Roger does requires a lifetime of training
Compete
Some people compete in chess tournaments against computers
Sequential Linkers in the Past
At first or To begin with
At first, the two girls didn´t get along. / To begin with, I didn´t even know his name.
After that, then or later on
I watched TV, after that, I finished my homework. / Lisa read the book, then she decided to watch the movie. / We had dinner; later on, my Dad helped me with my homework.
Before
We finished unit 1 before we even noticed it.
Until or Till
She didn´t leave until her husband arrived from work. / I was very happy till I noticed that my cell phone was gone.
Finally or In the end
Finally, I managed to pass the next level of the game. / In the end, all that mattered was our friendship.
Superlatives in Noun Phrases
Best
Stephen King is one of the best horror storywriters.
Most
All of the most famous scientist are present in this book.
Combining Adjectives
The order is: Opinion, Fact
An interesting new project.
The order is: Size, Age, Shape, Color, Origin, Material, Purpose
A big round red table