Present & Past Tenses
Choose (and name) the correct form:
"I ______ TV when my friend called."
A) watched
B) was watching
C) have watched
B) was watching
Choose the correct word:
I was ______ when I forgot my teacher's name.
A) embarrassing
B) embarrassed
B) embarrassed
Complete:
"I ______ never ______ (visit) Germany."
"have" "visited"
What does "call off" mean?
To cancel
Fill the gap:
"The woman ______ works at the bank is my aunt."
"who"
Correct the mistake:
"While I did my homework, my sister listened to music."
"While I was doing my homework, my sister listened to music."
What's the difference?
- annoyed
- annoying
Annoyed = how a person feels.
Annoying = causes the feeling.
Choose:
"By the time we arrived, the film _____."
A) started
B) had started
C) has started
B) had started
Complete:
My friend tried to ______ me out of quitting the team.
"talk"
Combine:
"I bought a laptop. It was very expensive."
"I bought a laptop which/that was very expensive."
Complete the sentence:
"At 8 p.m. yesterday, I ______ dinner."
was eating/having
Choose the best answer:
The instructions were so complicated that I couldn't ______ them.
A) tell the difference
B) get my head round
C) have a chat
B) get my head round
Present perfect simple or continuous?
"I __________ (study) for three hours."
have been studying
Choose:
Which expression means "mention a topic"?
A) put aside
B) bring up
C) show up
B) bring up
Choose:
"The restaurant, _____ opened last month, is already famous."
A) that
B) who
C) which
C) which
Find and correct the mistake:
"While the teacher explained the exercise, some students used their phones."
While the teacher was explaining the exercise, some students were using their phones.
Complete with ONE word:
The teacher ______ me off for arriving late.
"told"
Choose the sentence with the correct meaning:
A) I've worked here since 2023.
B) I worked here since 2023.
A) I've worked here since 2023.
What does "come out with it" mean?
say something directly / finally reveal something
Correct:
"My brother, that lives in Berlin, is an architect."
My brother, who lives in Berlin, is an architect.
Explain the difference:
"I used to play tennis."
vs.
"I am used to playing tennis."
Used to = past habit no longer true.
Be used to = accustomed to/familiar with something.
Find the incorrect word:
The speech was so astonished that the audience remained silent.
astonished → astonishing
Correct the sentence:
"When she had arrived home, she has realized that somebody had been taking her wallet."
"When she arrived home, she realized that somebody had taken her wallet."
Complete:
She finally ______ out with the truth after hiding it for months.
"came"
Rewrite using a relative clause:
"The man was arrested. His fingerprints were found at the scene."
The man whose fingerprints were found at the scene was arrested.