Verb Tenses
I ________ (study) for my Maths exam for hours. I am exhausted!
I have been studying for my Maths exam for hours. I am exhausted!
If the weather _________(not/improve) , we ________ (not/have) a picnic.
If the weather doesn't improve, we won't have a picnic.
That woman _______ be a doctor! She looks far too young!
CAN'T
We both like pizza more than chicken.
We both prefer pizza _______ chicken.
If you are over the moon, you are ___________.
Make a sentence with this idiom.
VERY HAPPY
Tonight I ___________ (meet) my best friend Paul for dinner.
Tonight I am meeting my best friend Paul for dinner.
If you ______ (heat) ice, it _______ (melt).
If you heat ice, it melts.
What a lot of lovely flowers you have! You really_______ like gardening.
MUST
It usually takes me two hours to wash my car.
I usually spend two hours _______ my car.
WASHING
To hit the books means _______
Make a sentence with this idiom.
STUDY A LOT
What time_______ the train to London _______ tomorrow? (leave)
What time does the train to London leave tomorrow?
If we ______ (win) the lottery, we______ (travel) the world.
If we won the lottery, we would travel the world.
You ______ smoke in public places such as schools, banks, restaurants etc.
MUSTN'T
I went to the old gym every month.
I used _____ to the old gym every month.
TO GO
Transform the following sentence using an idiom.
I don't like Lisa because I disagree with her on any topic.
I _________ (know) Julie for three years- we still meet once a month.
I have known Julie for three years- we still meet once a month.
If I _____ (be) born in a different country, I _______ (learn) to speak a different language
If I had been born in a different country, I would have learnt to speak a different language.
I ______ drive a car until I was 34. Then I moved to the countryside, so I had to learn.
COULD NOT
Only girls can use this changing room.
You can only use this changing room _______ you are a girl
IF
If you cut corners it means ....
a) you do something badly or cheaply
b) you avoid telling the truth
c) you do something very quickly
A) YOU DO SOMETHING BADLY OR CHEAPLY
When I ______ (get) to the airport, I discovered I ________ (forget) my passport
When I got to the airport, I discovered I had forgotten my passport.
We_____ (not/meet) them if we _______ (not/go) to the party,
We wouldn't have met them if we hadn't gone to the party.
Julian _______ play excellent golf when he was only ten.
COULD
The book was very boring.
It was not ________ book.
AN INTERESTING
Give an example of a sentence using 'call it a day' idiom.
- Are you coming with us to the cinema?
- I am a bit tired, I think I will call it a day!