Grammar 1
Choose the correct tense:
“Shh! The baby ______ (sleep). He usually ______ (wake) up at 6.”
“The baby is sleeping. He usually wakes up at 6.”
Complete with a future tense:
“Watch out! That glass ______ (fall)!”
“Watch out! That glass is going to fall!”
It's a prediction with evidence (going to + verb)
Make a sentence with just.
Free answer.
(You need a perfect tense because you have just)
“When I arrived, the lesson ______ already ______ (start).”
Why have you chosen these tenses?
“When I arrived, the lesson had already started.”
Fill the gap:
“I ______ (meet) her yesterday, but I ______ (not see) her since.”
I met her yesterday, but I haven’t seen her since.
past simple (yesterday) + present perfect (since)
Choose the correct tense:
“While we ______ (walk) home, it ______ (start) to snow.”
“While we were walking home, it started to snow.”
Rewrite as a second conditional and explain when do we need the second conditional.
“I don’t have a car, so I can’t drive to work.”
If I had a car, I would drive to work.
We use the second conditional when we talk about unreal / unlikely situations in the present or future and their imagined results.
Fix the mistakes:
“While I cooked, my brother had watched TV.”
“While I was cooking, my brother was watching TV.”
“While I am cooking, my brother is watching TV.”
Two actions happening at the same time.
Rewrite as a third conditional and explain when do we need the third conditional.
“I didn’t study, so I failed the test.”
If I had studied, I would have passed the test.
We use the third conditional to talk about a past situation that didn’t happen and its imagined past result.
Report this question:
“Do you want this book today?” she asked me.
She asked me if I wanted that book that day.
Complete:
“This time tomorrow, I ______ (fly) to London.”
“This time tomorrow, I will be flying to London.”
Use present perfect continuous: Describe an action that started in the past and continues now: (study / English).
What's the structure of this tense?
I’ve been studying English for/since...
have/has + been + past participle
Change to passive:
“They have finished the project.”
The project has been finished.
Change to passive:
“You must wear a helmet.”
A helmet must be worn.
Rewrite the sentence in the passive
They might not have told you the whole truth.
You might not have been told the whole truth.
Report this:
“I can’t come tonight because I’m working,” he said to you.
He told you (that) he couldn’t come that night because he was working.
Explain the difference with examples: past simple vs past perfect in a story about arriving late.
Free answer
Rewrite the sentence in the passive:
"The manager will have approved the budget by Friday."
The budget will have been approved by Friday.
Choose the best tense:
“By 8 p.m., I ______ (finish) my homework, so I can go out.”
AND
“At 8 p.m., I ______ (do) my homework, so don’t call me.”
“By 8 p.m., I will have finished my homework, so I can go out.” (future perfect)
“At 8 p.m., I will be doing my homework, so don’t call me.” (future continuous)
Write a short 2–3 sentence mini-story using present perfect, past simple, and past perfect correctly.
Free answer.