Phrasal verbs
Check in
Register in at hotel, airport, or event.
Hit the roof.
Be very angry.
For what do we use simple past?
Finish actions in the past.
What do we use for permission?
_______ I borrow your pen?
“May” can be used to ask for permission.
Complete the tag and explain why:
She has a car, ______?
Doesn't she?
Check up on.
"The teacher checked up on the students during the exam".
Find out if someone is ok/doing what they should.
What does it mean "get the wind of"?
Hear a rumor of secret.
Question:
When I arrived, she ______ dinner.
A) cooked
B) was cooking
C) has cooked
And why?
B.
“Because the action was in progress when another action happened.”
Sarah has been studying all day. She looks exhausted.
She ______ be tired.
A) must
B) can't
C) shouldn't
A.
“I chose must because we are making a strong deduction based on evidence.”
If you don't water a plant, it ______.
A) will die
B) dies
C) would die
B.
“It's a general truth, so we use the zero conditional: present simple + present simple.”
Call off.
"I had to call off the meeting."
cancel something.
Do something until your blue in the face.
To try as hard as you like, but it won't make any difference.
Correct the sentence and explain the mistake:
I have seen him yesterday.
Answer: I saw him yesterday.
Expected explanation: The present perfect isn't normally used with a specific finished time such as “yesterday.” We use the past simple.
Mustn't vs don't have to
Mustn't: Prohibition.
Don't have to: not necessary.
If I have enough money tomorrow, I _______ a new phone.
(buy)
Will buy
Build up.
"She used the extra money to build up her savings."
increase gradually.
Back on one's feet.
Healthy again. Recover.
What do we use to express past habits or past routines?
Used to/would
What modal verb do we use for little possibility.
Might.
Choose the correct sentence and explain why:
A) I am understanding the answer.
B) I undertand the answer.
Answer: B) I understand the answer.
Expected explanation: “Understand” is a stative verb and is not normally used in the continuous form.
Carry through.
"He carried through his plan".
Finish something succesfully.
Under the weather
feeling bad or sad.
Choose the best answer and explain the difference:
When I got home, my brother _______ for three hours.
A) studied
B) was studying
C) had been studying
Answer: C) had been studying
The action began before another past moment and continued for a period of time, so we use the past perfect continuous.
Get carried away.
be too excited or lose control.
What's the difference between conditional type 1 & 0?
Type 1: future probability.
Type 0: Facts.