Modals and Conditionals
Identify the conditional type:
If it rains, we will cancel the trip.
the first conditional / real situations in the future
Choose the correct option:
We don’t have (much / many) time.
much
Identify the clause type:
I don’t know where he went.
a noun clause
Choose the correct tense:
I (have lived / lived) in Japan since 2020.
have lived
Change to passive:
They built the bridge in 1990.
The bridge was built in 1990.
Form a second conditional:
You / win the lottery / travel the world
If I won the lottery, I would travel the world.
Fill in the blank:
There are ______ reasons to believe she improved.
several/many/ a lot of
Combine sentences using an adjective clause:
I met a woman. She speaks four languages.
I met a woman who speaks four languages.
Which tense describes an action in progress at a specific time in the past?
the past progressive
Identify the agent:
The cake was eaten by the children.
the children
SURPRISE! PARTS OF SPEECH
Which part of speech can function as the subject, object, and object of a preposition?
a noun
Which quantifier can be used with both countable and uncountable nouns? E.g. any/some/few/little, etc.
some or a lot of
Identify the connector type:
She left early BECAUSE she felt sick.
an adverb clause of reason
Rewrite the following sentence using the Present Perfect:
She started studying English three years ago. She still studies it.
She has studied English for three years.
SURPRISE! PARTS OF SPEECH
Identify the function of the word that in the sentence:
The book THAT you lent me was excellent.
a relative pronoun
Complete the third conditional:
If they had left earlier, they ______ (arrive) on time.
would have arrived
Correct the sentence:
She has very few money.
She has very little money.
Correct the error in the noun clause:
I don’t know that is she coming.
I don’t know if she is coming.
Identify the error:
I have seen him yesterday.
I saw him yesterday.
Change to passive with a modal:
You must finish the project today.
The project must be finished today.
Make a sentence using an unreal situation in the present
If + simple past, would + bare infinitive
Explain the difference between few and a few.
few = almost none (negative); a few = some (positive)
Reduce the adjective clause:
Students who live on campus have many activities available.
Students living on campus have many activities available.
Explain the difference:
I have finished my homework. vs. I finished my homework.
present relevance vs. past event with no present relevance.
Fix the error:
The problem was solved by itself.
inappropriate agent; rewrite logically (e.g., The problem solved itself or The problem was solved).