Grammar 1
By the time Nigel was arriving/arrived at the party, everyone ate/had eaten and
was dancing/danced.
arrived, had eaten, was dancing
Although she ’s always loved/always loved reading, she only started/has started trying to write her first novel last month.
's always loved, started
Jessie’s always looked ______ his father, Walter, and is keen to follow in his footsteps and become an officer in the navy.
a) up to b) out of c) away d) up in
:)
Explain the words: down-to-earth, a people person
Make nouns out of the words:
disappoint, worried, argue
If only he______(tell) us the truth! I wonder why
he didn’t?
told
She’s never been/was never one for sorting things out around the house and up to now, didn’t even learnt/hasn’t even learnt how to change a lightbulb!
’s never been, hasn't even learnt
Tomás has got such a talent for languages! He only has to spend a few months in a country to pick_____ enough of the language to speak fluently to native speakers.
up
Explain the words: keep yourself to yourself, be over the moon, a computer geek
:)
Make adj out of these words:
stun, delight, except, signify
stunning, delightful, exceptional, significant
The boys had been playing/played in the garden for hours and when I went/was going to check on them, they had kicked/were kicking a football around and laughing/laughed.
had been playing, went, were kicking, laughing
How much did you have to pay for your car?
I’d be interested to know _________________
.
how much you had to pay for your car
Explain the ph.verbs and make sentences with them:
sign up, run out of
:)
Explain the words: a good laugh, witty, be scared out of my wits
:)
Make nouns out of the words:
anxious, embarrassed, frustrated
Ellen was thinking/had been thinking about going to Hawaii to visit her sister for some time, so when she had lost/lost her job and was given
a generous redundancy package, she immediately called/had called her sister to let her know and then was booking/booked her flight.
had been thinking, lost, called, booked
1. Mum’s always forgetting/’d always forget to collect me from school. It’s so annoying.
2. People who park their cars here without a permit usually get/are usually getting fined.
's always forgetting, usually get
Explain the ph.verbs and make sentences with them:
settle down, be brought up, pass away
:)
Explain the words: make my stomach turn, shake like a leaf, I wish the Earth would swallow me up
Make nouns out of the words:
spontaneous, permit, nervous
1. I wish I _____ never _____ to help you move house. I had no idea you had so many books! (offer)
2. If only I_________ that job in France. Now I have to decide if I want to start a new life there or not. (not/offer)
1) had never offered
2) hadn't been offered
Oh no! I don’t believe it! My mobile phone
’s been/was/is stolen!
2 Police say that the bank’s been/was/was being robbed in the early hours this morning.
3 Jim’s too scared to leave the house. He’s convinced he is/was being/’s being watched.
's been
was
is being
Explain the ph.verbs and make sentences with them:
give up, take up, drop out of
:)
Explain the words:
outrageous, unappealing, cool-headed and every cloud has a silver lining
:)
make negative adj out of the words:
disturb, respond, ethics