Past & Perfect Tense
Talk for a minute about…
Passive Voice
Conditional
Misc.
100

What were you doing at this time yesterday?

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100

What is your favourite genre of film? What is your favourite movie? Why do you like it?

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100
Change this sentence to passive voice:

“He left the computer on the table.”

What is “The computer was left on the table (by him)”?

100

Put this in zero conditional:

Be raining/get wet

What is “If it is raining, I get wet”?

100

Name 5 countries that start with ‘A.’

What is Argentina, Australia, Andorra, Austria, Albania, Afghanistan … ?

200

Put this sentence in the present perfect:

I/swim across the lake many times

What is “I have swum across the lake many times”? 

200

Who is your best friend? How did you meet? How long have you been friends? What do you like to do together?

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200

Put this sentence in passive voice: 

The airplane flew over the lake. 

What is “The airplane was flown over the lake?”

200

My friends and I are trying to decide what to do tomorrow. We want to have a picnic, but it might rain tomorrow. Ask what we’re doing tomorrow and answer in 1st conditional using “unless,” “it depends,” etc. 

What is “What are you doing tomorrow? It depends on the weather. We will have a picnic unless it rains.”

200

What is the opposite of consistent?

What is varied?

300

What tense is this sentence in?

“I had been drinking coffee all day, so I couldn’t sleep.”

What is past perfect?

300

If you could change one thing about Madrid, what would you change?

Ex: If I could change one thing about Madrid, I would add a beach. 

300

Is this sentence in active or passive voice? How would you say it in the opposite voice? (ie if it’s passive, say it in active, & vice versa)

“John’s mother raised him in a small town.”

What is active voice?

“John was raised by his mother in a small town.”

300

Put this sentence in second conditional:

Grace/arrive on time/not miss the presentation

What is “If Grace arrived on time, she would not have missed the presentation.”

300

What preposition would match this word?

Responsible _____

What is “responsible for”?

400

Put this sentence in past perfect: 

Mark/(not) go to Paris/this year

What is “Mark had never been to Paris until this year.”

400

If you could have dinner with anyone (living or dead), who would you have dinner with? What would you talk about?

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400

Create a sentence in passive voice:

Before they arrive/(their friends) eat all the pizza 

What is “The pizza had already been eaten (by their friends) by the time they arrived.”

400

Put this sentence in 3rd conditional:

Peter/call (his) mom/forget (her) birthday

What is “If Peter had called his mom, he would not have forgotten that it was her birthday.”

400

Share your opinion on public transportation. Do you prefer cars or public transportation?What are the pros and cons of each? 

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500

Put this sentence in past perfect continuous:

Liza/live in Korea for 3 years/we go to visit her

What is “Liza had been living in Korea for three years when we went to visit her”?

500

What is something that has changed in your life? How would things have been different if it had not changed? 

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500

Talk about a time when you were embarrassed by someone else.

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500

What two kinds of conditional can you use to talk about future career plans? What would context clue would help you choose which one to use?

What is first or second conditional? You would use 1st conditional if you have picked a specific career path, and you would use 2nd if you are still choosing a single career path. 

500

Give advice to someone in this situation:

I had a dinner party last weekend. One of my friends is a vegetarian, and I accidentally gave her meat lasagna instead of veggie lasagna. What should I do?

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