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Thanawiya Amma English Core Vocabulary & Grammar

Essential grammar structures, phrasal verbs, idioms, and vocabulary for the Egyptian Thanawiya Amma.

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Zero Conditional Form & Use
If + present simple, present simple: expresses universal scientific truths and facts (If you heat ice, it melts).
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First Conditional Form & Use
If + present simple, will + base form: expresses real future possibilities (If she studies hard, she will pass).
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Second Conditional Form & Use
If + past simple, would + base form: expresses hypothetical or imaginary situations in the present/future (If I had a million pounds, I would travel).
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Third Conditional Form & Use
If + past perfect, would have + past participle: expresses unreal situations in the past (If they had caught the early train, they would not have been late).
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'Wish' for Present Situations
Takes past simple: I wish I knew the answer (expresses regret about present reality).
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'Wish' for Past Regrets
Takes past perfect: I wish I had prepared earlier (expresses regret about past actions).
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Passive Voice: Present Continuous
am/is/are + being + past participle: The new metro line is being constructed.
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Passive Voice: Past Continuous
was/were + being + past participle: The ancient monument was being restored when tourists arrived.
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Passive Voice: Present Perfect
has/have + been + past participle: All research papers have been reviewed.
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Negative Inversion with 'Hardly... when'
Hardly had + subject + past participle + when...: Hardly had the teacher arrived when the bell rang.
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Negative Inversion with 'No sooner... than'
No sooner had + subject + past participle + than...: No sooner had the match started than it began to rain.
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Phrasal Verb: 'Look forward to'
Takes a gerund or noun: look forward to seeing you (not see).
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Phrasal Verb: 'Put up with'
Tolerate or endure: She cannot put up with the loud traffic noise anymore.
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Phrasal Verb: 'Give up'
Cease or surrender: Never give up on your academic ambitions.
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Idiom: 'Piece of cake'
Something very simple or effortless to achieve: The chemistry exam was a piece of cake.
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Idiom: 'Hit the nail on the head'
Describe exactly what is causing a situation or state an accurate truth.
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Vocabulary: 'Sustainable'
Able to be maintained at a certain rate without depleting natural ecological resources.
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Vocabulary: 'Biodiversity'
The variety of plant and animal life in a particular habitat or ecosystem.
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Vocabulary: 'Afforestation'
The establishment of a forest or stand of trees in an area where there was no previous tree cover.
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Rhetorical Device: Personification
Giving human qualities, feelings, or actions to non-human or inanimate objects.
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Rhetorical Device: Alliteration
The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.
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Modal Verb: 'Must have + V3'
High logical deduction about the past: She scored 100%, she must have studied very hard.
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Modal Verb: 'Cannot have + V3'
Impossibility deduction about the past: He cannot have stolen the phone; he was in Luxor.
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Relative Clause: 'Which' vs 'Where'
Where is used for locations when an action occurs (the city where I was born); which is used when describing a feature (the city which is famous for temples).
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Dependent Preposition: 'Accused of'
Accuse someone of (not with): The suspect was accused of fraud.

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