Past Simple vs. Past Perfect
When I _______ (get) home, I ______(realise) that I _________ (leave) my phone at work.
When I got home, I realised that I had left my phone at work.
"My dad was a teacher."
She told me that her dad _____ a teacher.
had been
What is the noun form of protectively?
Protection or Protector
Which verb tense would you use with the time reference soon?
Will (future)
Which conditional do we use to talk about something that is always true or a scientific fact?
Zero conditional
I ________(be) sorry when I ______(hear) about Jim's problems, though I _______(never like) him very much.
I was sorry when I heard about Jim’s problems, though I had never liked him very much.
From direct to reported speech, we change past simple to ________ and will + verb to __________.
Past perfect
Would + verb
What is the noun form of healthily?
Health
What is the time reference and verb tense?
This technology was first used mainly in taxis.
Verb tense- past simple passive
Time reference- first
Which conditional do we use to talk about a strong possibility or something that is likely to happen?
First conditional
When my mum ______(come) to visit us in Hong Kong last year, she ______(never be) on an aeroplane before.
When my mum came to visit us in Hong Kong last year, she had never been on an aeroplane before.
"We've been waiting for hours."
He said that ______________ for hours.
Had been waiting (there)
What is the noun form of interactively?
Interaction
What is the time reference and verb tense?
These first mobile phones used analogue technology, which was much less reliable than the technology we use today.
Verb tense- present simple
Time reference- today
Which conditional do we use to give instruction?
Zero conditional
When the lorry driver _____ (fall) asleep at 2.13 a.m., he _______(drive) non-stop for nearly 20 hours.
When the lorry driver fell asleep at 2:13 am, he had been driving non-stop for nearly 20 hours.
She said they’d always been very kind to her. (change to direct speech)
“They have always been very kind to me”
What is the noun form of differently?
difference
What is the time reference and verb tense?
After a few years, they became mobile and users could take phones with them outside of the car.
Verb tense- past simple
Time reference- After a few years
Which conditional do we use to talk about something we regret, or to criticise?
third conditional
When I _____ (see) the film everyone was talking about, I _____(think) it (be) one of the most boring films I ____________(ever see).
When I saw the film everyone was talking about, I thought it was one of the most boring films I had ever seen.
He said they’d already eaten when he’d arrived. (change to direct speech)
“They had already eaten when I arrived”
What is the noun form of curiously?
curiosity
What is the time reference and verb tense?
Although mobile phones have been affordable for the masses only for the last 20 years or so, they have, in fact, been around since the 1960s.
Verb tense- present perfect
Time references- only for the last 20 years or so and since the 1960s.
Which conditional do we use to talk about something that is unlikely, or not very probable? Write this sentence in that conditional.
If I _______(win), I ________(buy) a car.
Second conditional
If I won the lottery, I would buy a car.