QB 20 August 20

Vocabulary: to scrap (something)

means

a. to copy b. to hate

c. to abandon

Idiom: Get your act together.

means

a. Be more organised.

b. Call participants to the meeting.

c. Invite people to your party.

Grammar: Which is correct?

a. By the end of this year, we have experienced unimaginable events. b. By the end of this year, we will have experienced unimaginable events.

c. By the end of this year, we are experiencing unimaginable events.

Vocabulary: to scrap (something) - often used with "idea" or "plan" (to not continue with an idea or plan) / you can scrap old machines, cars or anything that is rubbish

means

c: to abandon / to trash / to dispose of / to get rid of / to ditch / to discard / to throw away

Examples

• Let's scrap this idea; it's not going anywhere. We'll have to think of a new plan.

• The project was scrapped, because it was too expensive and would take too much time and energy.

• Hundreds of old cars have been scrapped at the scrap yard. Perhaps the metal will be recycled.

Idiom: Get your act together.

means

a. Get yourself organised (so you can do things properly and in an effective way.)

Examples:

• Pamela needs to get her act together before she loses her client.

• Matt, I wish you'd get your act together; you are so disorganised!

• The team lost every game until the players finally got their act together and started playing well. Now, they have won 2 matches.

• Right; I'm going to get my act together. I'm going to clean out all my drawers and cupboards. I have been procrastinating for far too long.

Grammar:

b. By the end of this year, we will have experienced unimaginable events.

the future perfect - will have + past participle (negative - won't have [informal] / will not have [formal])

a future action

- something will occur before another action or before a specific time in the future

- used with future expressions "by the time", "by next Tuesday", "by this time next month" ...

Examples:

• You will have spoken with John by the time I see him.

• By the time you are 50, you will have seen so many countries.

• I won't have finished this test by the end of the session.

What will you have done by the end of this year?

Who will have been elected President by mid November this year?

Will this virus have disappeared by autumn?