CS 3 INVENTORIES
Grammar Inventory
verb tenses (perfect of past and future continuous)
passive (simple present, past)
reported speech
modals: could, might (suggestion)
............had better (strong
advice)
adjective clauses (restrictive and non-restrictive)
conditionals (present unreal) and “wish”
gerunds and infinitives
word use
so . . . that/ such . . . that
Phrasal Verbs Inventory
blow out
call in
check out
cheer up
come across
drop in on
get out of
keep out
keep up
keep up with
kick out
let down
look after
look like
look out for
make up
put off
put out
take out
take up
think over
try out
turn down
turn out
turn up
Idiom Inventory
a stone’s throw
all thumbs
baker’s dozen
beat around the bush
burn the midnight oil
bury the hatchet
clam up
close shave
cream of the crop
crocodile tears
cry wolf
double talk
down to earth
eat one’s heart out
first hand
flat broke
for keeps
get away with murder
get the axe
give up the ghost
go fly a kite
go to pieces
go up in smoke
half-baked
half hearted
heart to heart
hit the sack
in a nutshell
in the red
jump the gun
let one’s hair down
make head or tail of
nuts and bolts
open a can of worms
out on a limb
pull someone’s leg
read between the lines
red tape
right off the bat
ringleader
snake in the grass
stiff upper lip
straight from the horse’s mouth
sweet tooth
talk turkey
tall story
twist one’s arm
up and around
walk on air
waste one’s breath