CHANGES
INFORMATION + RESEARCH
TALKING ABOUT THE PAST
CONDITIONALS
UK and USA
100

When someone switches allegiance from one team or side to another.

CHANGE SIDES

100

False or misleading information spread widely online.

misinformation

100

I ___ (play) football every Saturday when I was a child.

used to/would play

100

If it ___ (rain), we’ll stay inside.

RAINS

100

Which British city is home to the Beatles?

Liverpool
200

What verb do we use when changing money from one currency to another?

convert

200

To suggest an idea or theory for consideration.

put forward a theory

200

Which tense is used for an action that happened before another past action? By the time he arrived, I ___already___ (LEAVE)

Past perfect. Had already left

200

If you had studied, you ___ (pass) the test.

WOULD HAVE PASSED

200

What is the national sport or "national pastime" of the United States?

Baseball

300

If someone changes their opinion, they do this.

Change your tune

300

To collect and organize information from different sources.

compile

300

When I arrived, they ___ (eat) dinner.

were eating

300

Which conditional describes an impossible past situation? GIVE AN EXAMPLE

3rd conditional. If I had known you were coming, I would have prepared more food.

300

Which British monarch ruled for 70 years until 2022?

Queen Elizabeth II

400

To make major alterations across a system or organization. MAKE sw________ CHANGES

SWEEPING

400

Evidence that supports a hypothesis is called this.

findings

400

Rewrite this sentence using past perfect continuous: “She was tired because she worked all day.”

She was tired because she had been working all day

400

Transform: “I’d rather you bought that” → Express regret about the past.

I'd rather you'd bought that

400

American holiday celebrated on the fourth Thursday of November.

Thanksgiving

500

This phrase means to completely alter your habits or behaviour for the better.

change your ways

500

In academic writing, we always have to cite the _____

SOURCES

500

Complete the sentence:
She looks exhausted because she ___ (work) all day.

has been working

500

Create a sentence using “sooner” in a hypothetical past context.

I’d sooner you had told me the truth yesterday

500

Which British university is older: Oxford or Cambridge?

Oxford

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