Word formation
Adjective: resilient
Noun: ________
Resilience
She ______ (not / finish) the report yet, even though the deadline is approaching.
hasn't finished
Present Perfect
'Yet' indicates an unfinished situation up to now.
Neither the project manager nor the developers ______ (is/are) aware of the last-minute changes.
are
With 'neither ... nor', the verb normally agrees with the nearer subject
She's working from home this week.
Correct
Present continuous can describe a temporary situation
Verb: vary
Noun: _________
variation / variety
He ______ (not / believe) everything he reads online.
doesn't believe
We use the present Simple tense for habits, repeated actions and general attitudes
The revised proposal must reach the client ______ (by,until) Friday at the latest.
by
we use "by" to talk about a specific date/ point in the future. It identifies a deadline
'Until Friday' refers to something continuing up to Friday.
I've already sent the email yesterday.
Incorrect
I sent the email yesterday.
We use the past simple with a specific finished past time, such as 'yesterday'.
We use the present perfect (have+ past participle) with a past action that doesn't have a specific date (once, before, several times)
Verb: Imply
Noun: ____________
Implication
He usually ______ (avoid) conflict, but lately he ______ (become) more outspoken.
avoids / has become
Usually indicates a habit (present simple tense), lately indicates an action started and still continuous (present perfect tense) incomplete action
We expect the system to be fully operational ______ (within, during) the next 48 hours.
within
'Within' establishes a maximum period from now. 'During' describes when something happens within a period
He went to the gym, so he isn't home
Incorrect
He has gone to the gym, so he isn't home.
'Has gone to' implies he went and has not yet returned
We use the present perfect (have + past participle) tense to talk about an action that has started but it's not over yet. Incomplete action
Verb: Justify
Adjective: _____________
justifiable
Don't call me at 9 tomorrow morning. I ______ (attend) an important meeting.
will be attending
Future Continuous
An activity will be in progress at a specified future time.
a, an, the or no articles
Despite having years of experience, she still lacks ______ confidence to challenge senior management.
no article
"confidence" is an uncountable word. We're discussing confidence as a general quality
We cannot use "a, an" for uncountable words.
We do not use "the" for generalization
If I will have time tomorrow, I'll call you.
Incorrect
If I have time tomorrow, I'll call you.
when we "if" to talk about a possibility of an action that could happen we use the present simple + future simple tense
Verb: Persuade
Noun: _______
Adjective: ________
Persuasion / Persuasive
When I finally opened the document, I realized someone ______ (delete) the entire section.
had deleted
We use the past perfect (had+ past participle) to talk about 2 actions happened in the past one before the other. The first one takes the past perfect and the second past simple.
Very ______ (few, little) progress has been made since the last meeting.
little
'Progress' is uncountable, so we use 'little'
We use "few" for countable nouns
I'm used to working under pressure.
Correct
'Be used to' means be accustomed to something, and is followed by a noun or -ing form.