Unit 1
Use the Present Simple for routine/habit + an adverb of frequency
What did you do last weekend?
Use the Past Simple for a completed action in the past
Have you ever traveled to another country?
Use the Present Perfect for life experience without a specific time
You like taking photos, don’t you?
Use the Present Simple + Question Tag for checking information
Have you ever met someone who speaks more than three languages?
Use the Present Perfect for experience in life
What did you use to do when you were younger that you don’t do now?
Use Used to for a past habit no longer true
What’s the most exciting thing you did last year?
Use the Past Simple for a completed event with a specific time in the past
What do you think this person in the photo might be feeling?
Use the Modal verb "might" – speculation/possibility
Use the Present Simple for facts/opinions
What were you doing yesterday at this time?
Use the Past Continuous for an action in progress at a specific past time
How many times did you look at your phone today? How many times was it necessary?
Use Past Simple for completed past action
If you saw a photo of a man wearing a uniform, what job could he have?
Use the Modal verb "could" – guessing possibilities
Can you describe a person who/that has influenced your life?
Use the Present Perfect for life experience + Relative Claus
What had you already learned about history before you started this school year?
Use the Past Perfect for a past event that happened before another past even
Had you ever tried something difficult before you succeeded at it?
Use the Past Perfect for an earlier past experience before another past action
This photo must have been taken in a city, right? Why do you think so?
Use the Modal verb "must have been" – strong deduction about the past
How has technology changed the way people communicate over the past 10 years?
Use the Present Perfect for change over time
How do you think life was different for teenagers 50 years ago compared to now?
Use Used to + Past Simple – talking about past habits and situations
Tell a story about a time when something unexpected happened to you.
Use the Past Simple & Past Continuous for narration of past events, actions in progress when something happened
Imagine you find a very old photo in your house. How could it have ended up there?
Use the Modal verb "could have" – past possibility