Grammar Master
Fill in the blank: "I _______ (work) here for five years, and I still love it."
have been working (or have worked)
What is the extreme (strong) equivalent of the adjective "very tired"?
Exhausted
Which future form is used for a fixed timetable or schedule? (e.g., "The train _______ at 6 PM").
Present Simple (leaves)
Complete the 2nd Conditional sentence: "If I _______ (have) more free time, I would travel the world."
had
What do we call a person who is too eager to work and tries to please the boss? (Idiom: a eager _______).
eager beaver
Why is this sentence incorrect? "She is knowing the answer."
"Know" is a state verb (describes a state of mind), so it is not normally used in continuous tenses
Can you say "It is very freezing outside"? Why or why not?
No. "Freezing" is an ungradable (extreme) adjective, so it cannot take "very". You must use "absolutely" or "completely".
Complete the phrasal verb meaning "to accept a new job or responsibility": "She decided to _______ on more work."
take (take on)
Rewrite the sentence using "I wish": "I didn't study hard for the exam, and now I regret it."
"I wish I had studied harder for the exam."
Correct the preposition: "She is responsible for manage the project."
responsible for managing (prepositions are followed by the -ing form).
Correct the sentence: "When I arrived at the party, everybody already went home."
"When I arrived at the party, everybody had already gone home." (Past Perfect for an action before another past action).
What extreme adjective means "extremely angry"? (Starts with f)
Furious
Choose the correct future form: "By this time next year, I _______ (graduate) from university."
will have graduated (Future Perfect for an action completed before a point in the future).
Complete the 3rd Conditional: "If you _______ (tell) me about the traffic, I wouldn't have been late."
had told
What is the meaning of the idiom "to burn the midnight oil"?
To work or study late into the night.
What is the difference in meaning between: "I remember meeting him" and "I remember to meet him"?
"Remember + -ing" refers to a memory of a past event. "Remember + infinitive" means remembering to do a task before doing it.
Fill in the missing modifier: "The view from the top of the mountain was _______ breathtaking."
absolutely (or utterly / truly)
What does the phrasal verb "to step down" mean in a career context?
To resign or leave a position/job voluntarily.
Fix the mixed conditional error: "If I won the lottery last year, I would buy a house now."
If I had won the lottery last year, I would buy a house now." (Past condition affecting present result).
Fill in the blank with a modal verb for past deduction: "Mark didn't show up to the meeting. He _______ (forget) about it."
must have forgotten (strong certainty about a past action).
Choose the correct form and explain: "This soup _______ (taste) delicious. What did you put in it?" vs "She _______ (taste) the soup to check the salt."
1) tastes (state verb meaning 'has a flavor'); 2) is tasting (action verb meaning 'testing the flavor').
Pair the gradable adjectives with their correct extreme counterparts: 1) bad, 2) small, 3) crowded. Options: packed, atrocious, tiny.
Bad -atrocious, Small ' tiny, Crowded-packed.
Explain the difference in nuance: "I'll meet you at 5" vs "I'll be meeting the client at 5".
"I'll meet" is a spontaneous decision or promise. "I'll be meeting" refers to an action that will happen as part of a regular routine or pre-arranged schedule.
Create a sentence using "If only" to complain about a persistent annoying habit of a friend (e.g., talking too loudly).
"If only you would stop talking so loudly!" (or didn't talk so loudly).
Explain the subtle difference between "remember to do" and "remember doing" in a workplace context.
"Remember to send the email" means you need to do it as a task. "Remember sending the email" means you recall the past action of hitting send.