Words

fast adv.

fast asleep

I was going to visit my friend the next day. When I went to his house and rang the doorbell, no one answered, so I called out to him. He must had been fast asleep at that time. A short time after, he opened the door, and we had a great dinner.

When we went upstairs five minutes later, she was fast asleep.

I was fast asleep when she called out to me at the door.

ladder

There was a thick layer of dust on my windows, so I got a ladder from the shed and put it against the wall. I climbed up to the windows with a rag and some water. A few hours later, all my windows were very clean.

The ladder is 10 meters in length.

She put a ladder into the chimney and climbed down into the house.

How did she go into our house? She used a ladder to get into our house.

shed n.

I built a shed that is used to put my tools in my courtyard yesterday.

I built a shed in my courtyard yesterday to store my tools.

She managed to build a shed by herself.

What do you store in your shed?

sarcastic adj.

Are you being sarcastic?
“If you could speak English fluently, I could fly”, he said in a sarcastic tone.

Why did he say that to you in a sarcastic tone?

Why are you always being so sarcastic?

tone n.

He replied to me in a friendly tone.

I like the tone you spoke in.

I like the tone you used.

I don’t like the tone you spoke in.

Expressions

hate to do sth.

I hate to stay here.

I used to hate to go to school.

I hate to see them laughing at you.