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You know what tag questions are, _________ ?
don't you
Another way to say Break up.
Split up
Person you have never met.
Stranger
Go
gone
What tense is used for habits or routines?
Please provide an example.
Simple present / Present simple
I go online everyday. My sister goes to soccer practice once a week.
You can't go out, _______?
can you
Have a friendly relationship with someone.
Get on (with)
BFF
Best friend (forever)
Be
Been
Used to talk about something that happened at a specific time.
Please provide an example.
Simple past / Past simple
My mom forgot her keys yesterday. We went to the movies in December.
She won't be able to go, _______ ?
will she
Invite someone for a drink, to the movies or any other activity currently not permitted :(
Ask out
Someone you have seen and perhaps say hello to, but might not really know their name or consider a friend.
Acquaintance
Shake
shaken
Something happening at the time of speaking, something temporary, changing or developing. To describe an annoying habit.
Please give an example.
Present continuous.
I am playing Jeopardy. We are reading more during the lockdown. My friend is always eating with her mouth open.
They have seen the house, ________?
haven't they
Arrive, appear.
I waited and waited but they never ______ ______.
Turn (ed) up.
If you are a lawyer, other lawyers are this to you.
Colleague
Read
Read (pronounced red)
To talk about something that happened at an indefinite time, or something that started in the past and has relevance in the present.
Please provide an example.
Present Perfect.
I have been to Mexico city many times. We have never visited the Antartica.
The Mexican government could just help people during this quarantine, _____?
couldn't it
Meet by accident.
Run into.
Someone whom you share rent with.
Flatmate / Roommate
Hang
hung and hanged (only when used for death).
To explain why the Past (simple) happened, to give background information.
Please provide an example.
Past Perfect
I was tired because I hadn't slept the night before. She was arrested because she had damaged the monument the week before.