Past tenses
I_____________________ (drive) home when I saw a UFO in the sky
was driving
Peter ______________ (not like) pop music
doesn't like
It's important _______________ (study) before an exam
to study
If the temperature _______________ (go) below zero, it _______________ (freeze)
goes freezes
Cockney Rhyming slang:
Dog and bone
What do you think it means?
Example:
Give me ring on the dog and bone when you get some news.
Dog and bone = phone
Charlies _____________________ (not go) to the party yesterday because he was ill
didn't go
We_______________________ (study) Classical Art this semester
are studying
They carried on __________________- (work) until late yesterday
working
If tomorrow it_______________ (rain), we _________________ (not go) to the park
rains won't go
Cockney rhyming slang:
What are the apples and pears?
Example:
Go up the apples and pears and it's the 2nd room on your right.
apples and pears = stairs
When I arrived at school, I realised that I ___________________ (forget) about the exam
had forgotten
Martin and Lilian ___________________ (be) to Mexico three times
have been
to have
She _________________(buy) a Ferrari if she _________________ (have) a lot of money
would buy had
Cockney rhyming slang:
What are tea leafs
Example:
In some parts of London you have to be careful, there are a lot of tea leafs about.
tea leaf = thief
My grandfather _______________________________ (work) for 40 years before he retired in 2010
had been working
I _______________________(go) to the same gym for a year and I still like it.
have been going
I am getting used to _______________ (wake) up early at work
waking
Dinosaurs ____________________ (eat) humans if they ________________ (not become) extinct
would have eaten hadn't become
Idiom:
a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush
What do you think it means?
It's better to hold onto something you have rather than take the risk of getting something better which may come to nothing.
I _______________ (meet) Kate yesterday when I ________________(walk) down the Rambla. She told me that she ______________ (find) a job in July before she _____________________- (look for) for six months.
met was walking had found had been looking
She usually ______________ (not work) on Saturdays but today she _______________ (replace) a colleague. She ________________ (work) for the same company for 10 years and she ______________ (never miss) a day of work!
doesn't work is replacing has been working has never missed
Charles admitted________________ (steal) the watch but he refused _______________- (go) the police. __________________ (tell) the truth is always good but he should also _____________ (do) the right thing.
stealing to go telling do
Rewrite the sentence using a conditional
We went to that restaurant because you recommended it
We wouldn't have gone to that restaurant if you hadn't recommended it
Idiom:
Out of the frying pan into the fire
What do you think it means?
When you go from a bad situation into an even worse one.