Grammar
“I ___ (live) in Guadalajara for five years.”
have been living
Which singer broke streaming records in early 2025 with “Fortnight”?
🎤 Taylor Swift (feat. Post Malone)
Complete: “I ___ (finish) my homework before I went out.”
had finished
I’m tall when I’m young and short when I’m old. What am I?
🕯 A candle
Is “fast” an adjective or an adverb?
"She drives fast"
Adverb
What’s the difference between “I have studied English in Manchester” and “I have been studying for my English test the whole week”?
“Have studied” focuses on the result; “have been studying” focuses on the duration or ongoing action.
What movie won the 2025 Oscar for Best Picture?
🎥 Oppenheimer
Which sentence is correct? A) I had been studied for two hours. B) I had been studying for two hours.
✅ B is correct
What has keys but can’t open locks?
A Piano
Choose the correct form:
“She sings ___ (beautiful / beautifully).”
beautifully
“She ___ (work) here since 2018, but she might quit soon.”
has been working
Which K-pop group announced their world tour comeback in 2025?
💜 BTS (post-military service return)
What’s the main difference between “had worked” and “had been working”?
✨ “Had worked” = completed action; “had been working” = continuous or ongoing before another past event.
I'm a tree that you carry in your hand
A Palm
Identify the error: “He drives very careful.”
❌ “Careful” → should be “carefully.”
Explain why: “He’s been reading that book for hours” ≠ “He has read that book.”
The first means he’s still reading (unfinished); the second means he finished it.
Who performed at the 2025 Super Bowl Halftime Show?
🎶 Dua Lipa
Explain: “She was tired because she had been running.” — why not “had run”?
Because the focus is on the ongoing activity that caused tiredness, not completion.
What word is spelled incorrectly in every dictionary?
✏️ “Incorrectly”
What’s the difference between “hard” and “hardly”?
“Hard” = with effort; “hardly” = almost not.
In: “I’ve finished my work” vs “I’ve been working all day”).
Which tense emphasizes result and which emphasizes duration?
Present Perfect → result (“I’ve finished my work”);
Present Perfect Progressive → duration (“I’ve been working all day”).
The celebrity with the most followers on Instagram
Cristiano Ronaldo, with about 663 million followers
Create a sentence showing contrast between a completed and and ongoing past action using "but"
(Example: I had finished dinner, but my sister had been cooking for hours.
What do you break the moment you name it?
Silence
Correct this sentence and explain: “She feels happily today.”
✅ “She feels happy.” → verbs like feel, seem, look use adjectives, not adverbs.