ENGPTQ3

• Unnerving


  Make (someone) lose courage or confidence
• Scythe


  • A tool used for cutting crops such as grass or wheat, with a long-curved blade at the end of a long pole attached to which are one or two short handles
• Precipice


  A very steep rock face or cliff, especially a tall one
• Unfazed


  Not surprised or worried
• Betraying


  Expose (one's country, a group, or a person) to danger by treacherously giving information to an enemy
• Accomplished


  Skilled or polished through practice or training
• Pine


  • An evergreen coniferous tree that has clusters of long needle-shaped leaves. Many kinds are grown for their soft timber, which is widely used for furniture and pulp, or tar and turpentine
• Rebuke


  Express sharp disapproval or criticism of (someone) because of their behavior or actions
• Heir


  A person legally entitled to the property or rank of another on that person's death
• Resplendent


  Attractive and impressive through being richly colorful or sumptuous
• Active Voice - the subject is performing an action
• Passive Voice - used when we want to emphasize the action (the verb) and the object of a sentence rather than the subject
• Logical Connector


  Used to join or connect two ideas that have a particular relationship (Ex. until, in summary, after, finally, although, so that, if and, lastly, first, next, etc.)
• Coordinating Conjunctions


  A word that connects two or more elements of the same grammatical type. (FANBOYS)
• Direct Speech


  A sentence in which the exact words spoken are reproduced in speech marks (also known as quotation marks or inverted commas)
• Reported Speech


  When we tell someone what another person said. To do this, we can use direct speech or indirect speech
• Past Tense


  Tense expressing an action that has happened or a state that previously existed
• Past Perfect Tense


  We use the past perfect simple (had + past participle) to talk about time up to a certain point in the past
• Reality


  Refer to real things
• Fantasy


  A pleasant situation or event
• Fact


  A statement that can be verified
• Opinion


  Belief or attitude about something
• Shades of Meaning


  Distinguishes the small, subtle differences between words