REVISION materials

Golden phrases to remember

Saw red
fished out
as mad as a hornet
as wise as an owl
as slow as a snail
darted
sprinted
suddenly
they came very quickly
cried bitterly
sobbed uncontrollably
smiled from ear to ear
as happy as a lark
worn a big smile on her face
extremely happy
burly burglar
muscular man
frail looking lady
weak looking elderly
as fast as lightning
in a flash
as fast as my legs could carry me


A crop of disappointments
A flood of pride rose in him
A glittering infectious smile
A reputation that swelled like a sponge
An albatross around my neck
An apple of his eye
Break one’s heart
By word of mouth
Crowed about
Despite bleeding profusely, she endured the pain
Eddie chickened out when the bully challenged him to a fight.
Everyone was whispering to another about the scene
felt a shiver down my spine
fished out my handphone and dialled triple nine
Flames leaped in his eyes
He was on cloud nine when he won the prize
her laughter moves like a bat through silent haunted woods
Her scream cut like a knife as the snatch thief ran off with her handbag.
His face turned red like a tomato

hollered, exclaimed, yelled, whispered, warned, advised, hissed, cried, screamed, scolded, warned, advised, replied, repeated...etc.

horsed around
I felt a shiver down my spine when I heard the bad news.
I was all thumbs with the dialling as I was feeling nervous
In the twinkling of an eye
Lend a helping hand
lightning glare
Made a beeline
mathematical precision
My friends horsed around in class when the teacher was away
My mother nagged, "Wake up, you will be late for school."
Paramedics rushed over to attend to the wounded
Passersby stood rooted not knowing what to do next.
Pay through one’s nose
Put one’s foot down
She was elated over her results
She was so embarrassed that she weeped bitterly
stung like a scorpion
The beating of her heart was like a drum
The place swarmed like a hive
the pupils roared in laughters
turned a deaf ear
When Andrew saw his results, a bitterness crept into his face.
Words as soft as rain

adjectives & Adverbs

Luckily
fortunately
immediately
unfortunately
unluckily

fierce
handsome
strong
wise
pretty
weak looking lady
frail looking lady
burly robber
kind
gentle
joval
good-looking

quickly
slowly
carefully
correctly
eagerly
easily
fast
loudly
patiently
quickly
quietly
well

Aabnormally
absentmindedly
accidentally
acidly
actually
adventurously
afterwards
almost
always
angrily
annually
anxiously
arrogantly
awkwardly


Badly
bashfully
beautifully
bitterly
bleakly
blindly
blissfully
boastfully
boldly
bravely
briefly
brightly
briskly
broadly
busily


Calmly
carefully
carelessly
cautiously
certainly
cheerfully
clearly
cleverly
closely
coaxingly
colorfully
commonly
continually
coolly
correctly
courageously
crossly
cruelly
curiously


fairly
faithfully
famously
far
fast
fatally
ferociously
fervently
fiercely
fondly
foolishly
fortunately
frankly
frantically
freely
frenetically
frightfully




reproachfully
restfully
righteously
rightfully
rigidly
roughly
rudely

Sadly
safely
scarcely
scarily
searchingly
sedately
seemingly
seldom
selfishly
separately
seriously
shakily
sharply
sheepishly
shrilly
shyly
silently
sleepily
slowly
smoothly
softly
solemnly



warmly
weakly
wearily
well

wildly
willfully
wisely
woefully
wonderfully
worriedly
wrongly


Dialogues (Know how to write dialogues correctly)

eg.

The police officer commanded, " Hands up in the air!"

"Keep quiet if not, I will kill you," the robber warned.

"Shut-up!" the gangster shouted.

The evil looking burglar hissed," I will kill you if you don't tell me where you have kept your jewellery."