Words

catch - caught - caught v.

I saw a policeman catching a thief when I was walking on the street yesterday.

Have you ever caught a fish?

There is no taxi. I might as well catch a bus.

fisherman n.

A fisherman is sitting on a boat and catching fish.

When I saw that fisherman, I hurried to him at once.

It was raining. In spite of this, that fisherman still caught a great number of fish.

The boat broke when the fisherman was fishing, but at least he had caught a lot of fish before that happened.

boot n.

a pair of boots

I bought a pair of boots yesterday.

I’ve just requested a pair of boots.

She can’t have cleaned her boots.

I might as well keep these boots.

It must be terrible to wear a pair of broken boots on a raining day.

rubbish n.

She can’t have thrown away all the rubbish.

I caught a lot of rubbish during the fishing time. I might as well keep them.

Why don’t you throw away your rubbish?

I didn’t catch any fish, but at least I’ve caught some rubbish.

waste n. v.

It’s a waste of time/money.

You are wasting your time.

You must stop wasting your time right now.

I realized that I was wasting time, so I stopped to learn English.

realize v.

They realized that she might be sleeping.

I realized that I couldn’t have thrown away that rubbish.

Did you realize what you did wrong?

Expressions

instead of doing sth.

Instead of asking for a lift, she caught a bus.

Instead of buying food, I usually cook by myself.

Instead of sleeping on time, he played games all night.

spend st. sw.

We spent all week in his room playing games.

I spent the whole summer in my room.

She spent all her life studying a subject in that building.

give up doing sth.

They’ve already give up keeping order.

She can’t have given up learning English.

Why did you give up learning English?

be interested in doing sth.

I’m only interested in learning English.

I’m not interested in learning English.

She is not interested in taking part in that new play.