Tenses
To use this tense, you always need a specific time reference.
Past simple
To barely manage to survive
Get by
To ask somebody for money
Borrow
If we _______ (have) money to go to Africa, we _______ (see) a lot of lions
had / would see
I have _______ money to spen at the mall
little
I ____________ (never/read) the Harry Potter saga.
have never read
To be raised by somebody
Bring up
Adjective related to a country's economy
Economic
Conditional used for hypothetical situations
Conditional Type 2
Quantifier for countable nouns, in negative sentences and questions
Many
I'm afraid the company is going bankrupt. It ___________ (have) big problems lately.
has been having / has had
To inherit a lot of money
Come into
A really good sale
Bargain
Our teacher __________ (be) happy if we _________ (learn) the poem by heart.
will be / learn
There have been _______ changes in this area since the new shopping centre opened
Many
I _________ (realise) I ___________ (work) too hard so I _________ (decide) to have a holiday.
realised / had been working / decided
The train ___________ as we left the station.
Speeded up
Money that is returned to you because you don't want a product anymore
Refund
Conditional used for general truths or laws of nature
Conditional Type 0
Quantifier for countable nouns to express that there is not enough
Few
I think astronauts ___________ (land) on Mars by the year 2020.
will have landed
To investigate something
Money that your parents give you for doing the house chores
Pocket money
I'll lend you some money _________ you pay me back tomorrow
as long as / provided that
Some, not none
A little