Grammar
Recognise the tense:
"I'm only doing this to upset my father."
Present continuous
"A rose by any other name would smell as sweet. "
William Shakespeare
earth
dirt, land, clay, terrain, turf...
stupid
smart, intelligent, bright, sensible...
YOLO
You Only Live Once
Use passive voice to rephrase this sentence:
"Albert has punched the hamster."
"The hamster has been punched by Albert."
"I'm gonna make him an offer he can't refuse."
Vito Corleone
reply
answer, retort, feedback, reaction...
pause
continue, go, start, advance...
BBC
British Broadcasting Corporation
Use reported speech to rephrase this sentence:
"Have you seen my handcuffs, Daddy?"
"They asked their daddy if he had seen their handcuffs."
"Not all those who wander are lost."
J. R. R. Tolkien
bemuse
confuse, bewilder, amaze, perplex, puzzle...
lavish
destitute, barren, lacking, mean, sparse...
Intelligence Quotient
Define past perfect tense
The grammatical form used for an action that had already finished when another action happened. It is made with "had" and a past participle.
"Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country."
John F. Kennedy
bedazzled
charmed, captivated, delighted, mesmerised...
homeless
settled, inhabited
NASA
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
If I'm the zero conditional, the third conditional must look different. But what does it look like?
If + past perfect, would + have + past participle
"If I had done cocaine, I wouldn't have turned out this pretty."
"If you want something said, ask a man; if you want something done, ask a woman."
Margaret Thatcher
ere
before, prior
beckon
repel, repulse, deter, push...
SCUBA
Self-Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus