Vocabulary Unit 6: Intelligence & Ability - Prof. Rión Tetas, Apuntes de Idioma Inglés

¡Descarga Vocabulary Unit 6: Intelligence & Ability - Prof. Rión Tetas y más Apuntes en PDF de Idioma Inglés solo en Docsity! Unit 6 Vocabulary Intelligence & ability 1. Adjective and noun collocations Accomplished dancer/pianist/singer Born artist/teacher/writer Competent driver/lawyer Experienced journalist/manager Expert cook/gardener Gifted musician/sportswoman/student Proficient pilot/typist Promising athlete/player/student Skilful card player/diplomat/footballer Strong swimmer Art / Computer / Wine expert Be brilliant / good / weak / terrible / hopeless ar a subject, a sport, or a skill A brainy / brilliant / bright / gifted child A whizzkid A child prodigy 2. Further expressions Be an ace at Be good with your hands Be a dab hand at painting/with a paintbrush Have a natural flair for languages/design/improvisation Have a natural gift for languages/music/writing Have an ear for accents/language/music Have an eye for detail Have a head for figures Have a nose for a good news story Have a good/poor memory 3. Adverbs and adjectives Academically Enormously Exceptionally Exceptionally Highly gifted Highly talented Intellectually Hugely Musically Outstandingly Naturally Highly Extremely Incredibly intelligent Highly promising Remarkably Very 4. Adjectives for reviews Hypothetical situations in the past I wish + past perfect Imaginary situations: • If I had seen the play I would have enjoyed it. • I wish I had seen the play. To express regret: • I wish I had visited Turkey when I had the chance. • If I had known you were worried I would have come to see you. • Formal alternative: