Questions
These types of questions ask for specific information.
What are information questions?
These are used to help form tenses of other verbs and to show forms such as questions and negative sentences.
What are auxiliary verbs?
It is used to talk about habits and facts.
What is the present simple?
It is used to talk about a finished action.
What is the past simple?
This modal verb expresses mild obligation, suggestions, or advice.
What is should?
These are the main uses of the present perfect.
What is an unfinished past, experience, and present result?
This question word asks about ownership.
What is whose?
These also 'help' other verbs but unlike auxiliary verbs, they have their own meaning. Must, can, should, and would are examples of these.
What are modal verbs?
It is used to talk about an activity that is happening right now.
What is the present continuous?
These verbs end in -ed in their past form.
What are regular verbs?
What modal verb is used to express permission and ability?
What is can?
It is not expressed when we use the present perfect.
This question word asks about the present condition of something.
What is how?
This auxiliary verb is used in continuous forms and the passive voice.
What is the verb be?
These verbs describe emotions, feelings, opinions, or conditions, not activities.
What are state verbs?
It is used to express activities in progress before, and probably after, a particular time in the past. It is also used to talk about interrupted past activities or incomplete activities.
What is the past continuous?
What is the difference between don't have to and mustn't?
Don't have to expresses an absence of obligation (you can do something but it's not necessary) and mustn't represents negative obligation (it is important NOT to do it).
It's the form used in the present perfect.
What is have/has + past participle?
Use only one question:
Do you like pasta? Hamburgers? Chinese food? Healthy food? Spicy food?
What type of food do you like?
Complete the question and answer:
___ you have a nice birthday?
- Yes, I ____, thanks. We went out for dinner.
Did you have a nice birthday?
- Yes, I did, thanks. We went out for dinner.
People speak English all over the world.
English is spoken all over the world.
It is used to make clear that one action in the past happened before another action in the past.
What is the past perfect?
Complete the sentences.
1) Children _____ follow the school rules.
2) Children __________ pay for museum tickets. They are free for them.
3) Children ________ talk with strangers.
1) Children must follow the school rules.
2) Children don't have to pay for museum tickets. They are free for them.
3) Children mustn't talk with strangers.
What is the present perfect continuous?
Ask the question:
My older brother is great. He helps me when I'm in trouble and gives me many presents.
What's your brother like?
Complete the question and answer:
____ Fiona been working here long?
- No, she ______. She started about a month ago.
Has Fiona been working here long?
- No, she hasn't. She started about a month ago.
Analyze the sentences and say what is the meaning behind them:
1) I have three sisters.
2) I'm having second thoughts about it.
Sentence 1: Possession
Sentence 2: Activity
Analyze the sentences and explain the difference in meaning between them.
1) When the teacher arrived, we were finishing the homework.
2) When the teacher arrived, we finished the homework.
3) When the teacher arrived, we had finished the homework.
1) The two actions happened at the same time.
2) The teacher arrived first and then we finished the homework.
3) We all had finished the homework by the time the teacher arrived.
Give advice:
I have two important events on the same day that I can't miss. What should I do?
Free answer
Decide the correct verb form (present perfect and present perfect passive).
My dad ________ (resign) from his job in the company and a new employee __________ (hire) in his place.
My dad has resigned from his job in the company and a new employee has been hired in his place.