Past and Present Tenses
Fill in the blank: I ________ (never/see) such a beautiful sunset before!
Answer: have never seen
What’s the difference between "will" and "be going to" for future predictions?
"Will" is for spontaneous decisions; "be going to" is for planned intentions or predictions based on evidence.
Name three types of houses.
Answer: Apartment, bungalow, cottage (or other valid types).
Name a smart city.
Answer: Zurich, Oslo, Copenhagen, Singapore, London, Amsterdam, Helsinki, Canberra, Geneva, and Stockholm, etc.
What’s the difference between "meal" and "dish"?
Answer: A meal is an occasion when you eat (e.g., breakfast), and a dish is a specific type of food (e.g., spaghetti carbonara).
Which sentence is correct?
A) Did you ever visit Paris?
B) Have you ever visited Paris?
Answer: B) Have you ever visited Paris?
Choose the correct sentence:
A) I will meet my friend at 5:00 (arranged plan).
B) I am meeting my friend at 5:00 (arranged plan).
Answer: B) I am meeting my friend at 5:00.
What’s the difference between "suburb" and "city center"?
Answer: A suburb is a residential area outside the city, while the city center is the central, often busiest part.
Which adjective is extreme?
A) Very cold
B) Freezing
Answer: B) Freezing
Give two adjectives to describe tacos.
Answer: spicy, tasty, fresh, juicy.
Rearrange the words to make a correct sentence: yet / seen / the / Have / movie / you / ?
Answer: Have you seen the movie yet?
Change this sentence to the future continuous: She eats lunch at 1 p.m.
She will be eating lunch at 1 p.m.
Give three places you would find in a city.
Answer: Library, museum, park (or other valid answers).
Describe a city using one positive and one negative adjective.
Answer: Ex: vibrant but crowded, picturesque but expensive, etc.)
What prefix can be added to "use" to mean "use again"?
Answer: reuse
What’s the difference in meaning? She has just left vs. She just left
"She has just left" (Present Perfect) means she left very recently. "She just left" (Past Simple) is used in American English for the same meaning
Explain when to use the future perfect tense and give an example sentence.
Answer: Used for an action that will be completed before a specific time in the future. Example: By next year, I will have graduated.
Describe a house using at least three adjectives.
Answer: (e.g., spacious, modern, cozy, luxurious, etc.)
What’s the difference between "historic" and "run-down"?
Answer: Historic: famous or important in history, or potentially so. Run-down: neglected or in poor condition.
Find the mistake: "This pasta is very horrible."
Remove "very" because "horrible" is an extreme adjective.
Give an example sentence using "already" correctly in Present Perfect Simple.
Answer: Ex: I have already finished my homework.
Rewrite this sentence using "by the time": She will finish the project before Friday.
Answer: By the time Friday comes, she will have finished the project.
What’s the meaning of "cottage" and "bungalow" in terms of housing?
Cottage: a small, simple house, typically in the countryside.
Bungalow: a house that usually has only one storey (= level), sometimes with a smaller upper storey set in the roof and windows that come out from the roof:
Use "busy" in a sentence about a city.
Answer: (e.g., The busy streets of New York are always filled with people.)
Name three prefixes that mean "opposite of" and give an example for each.
Answer: Un-, Dis-, In-, Mis-