Present & Past
Complete: "Water ___ (boil) at 100°C."
boils – Present Simple for general truths
"I left my glasses upstairs!" – "Don't worry, I ___ (get) them."
I'll get them – will for an instant decision
What does BRB mean in a text message?
Be right back
Proper or common noun: "Easter"? How do we write it?
Proper noun – always with a capital letter
On which platform did Jessii Vee become famous?
YouTube
Complete (annoyance!): "He ___ always ___ (ask) silly questions!"
is always asking – Present Continuous with always for annoyance
Zero conditional: "If you heat ice, it ___."
melts
A person who writes mean, negative comments online is a…
hater
Complete with a reflexive pronoun: "Ouch! I've cut ___."
myself
Complete Murphy's Law: "If something can go wrong, …"
…it will.
Present Perfect or Past Simple? "She ___ (go) to Madrid last year."
went – Past Simple with a finished time (last year)
Future Perfect: "By 2050, cash ___ (become) obsolete."
will have become
What does "to have a chip on your shoulder" mean?
To seem angry all the time because you feel you were treated unfairly
Adjective or adverb? "She sang the song beautiful / beautifully."
beautifully – an adverb describes the verb
Name THREE poor listening habits from the 'Socialising' lesson.
Any 3: distracting yourself, interrupting, topping the story, problem-finding, becoming defensive
Past Perfect: "When I got to class, the lesson ___ already ___ (begin)."
had already begun
Second conditional: "If I ___ (be) you, I ___ (think) more carefully."
were … would think
Give a word meaning 'old-fashioned and no longer used' – the opposite of cutting-edge.
obsolete (also: outdated)
Which modal means 'it is not necessary': mustn't or needn't?
needn't (mustn't = it is not allowed)
Who wrote the poem "If—" for his son John?
Rudyard Kipling
Past Perfect Continuous: "Her fingers ached because she ___ (play) the guitar all day."
had been playing
Which conditional? "If I had listened to my parents, I wouldn't be in trouble now."
Mixed conditional – past condition, present result
A word for a dark, unfair imaginary society of the future (adjective).
dystopian
Find and fix the mistake: "The soup is tasting delicious."
The soup tastes delicious – taste (= have a flavour) is a stative verb
Who turned Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson's life around when he was a teenager?
His high-school football coach, Jody Cwik