CS 2 INVENTORIES
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Grammar Inventory
verb tenses (simple past, past continuous, simple future will/going
to
modals: may (formal permission)
may, could, will, would (polite request
ought to (advice)
have to (necessity)
don’t have to (lack of necessity)
would (polite request, invitation)
present real conditionals and “hope”
comparative, superlative, equative adjectives
sequencing words (before, after, then)
prepositions of direction, non-locational
word use
too/very/enough
most/almost
say/tell
Phrasal Verbs Inventory
blow up
bring up
call back
call off
cut out
do over
drop by
figure out
get back
get over
give back
give up
leave out
look over
look up
pass out
put back
run into
run out of
take back
take off
throw away
throw up
turn in
use up
Irregular Verbs Inventory
beat
begin
bend
bet
bite
bleed
blow
build
catch
creep
dig
draw
drink
feed
fight
fit
freeze
grow
hide
hurt
lead
leave
lend
lie
lose
mean
mistake
pay
rise
shake
shut
spend
spin
spit
spread
stand
steal
stick
sting
swear
sweep
swing
tear
throw
upset
wake
weave
win
wind
withdraw
Idiom Inventory
at the tip of one’s tongue
bend over backwards
black and blue
blow off steam
blow one’s top
bring home the bacon
close call
cold feet
dirt cheap
do time
eat one’s words
get a kick out of
get cold feet
get on one’s nerves
get under one’s skin
go bananas
hard hearted
have a crush on
have butterflies in one’s stomach
hold your horses
in a pickle
in cold blood
in the pink
in the same boat
keep an eye on
let the cat out of the bag
on edge
on the warpath
on thin ice
once in a blue moon
out of this world
piece of cake
pig headed
play hookey
put one’s foot in one’s mouth
red carpet
right-hand man
see eye to eye
shake a leg
shot in the dark
silver lining
slip of the tongue
smell a rat
steal the show
tongue tied
turn one’s back on
turn over a new leaf
under the gun
under the weather
with open arms