Life plans & resolutions
make a resolution
Ask strongly or emotionally for something.
beg
For timetables and schedules.
PRESENT SIMPLE
“I ___ (watch) TV when she called.”
was watching (Past Continuous)
retire
Stop working because of age.
Stop doing something (like eating sweets).
give up
Make someone do something they don’t want to do.
force
For predictions or spontaneous decisions.
WILL (FUTURE SIMPLE)
“I ___ (study) before dinner.”
HAD STUDIED (past perfect simple)
get a degree
Get a qualification from university.
Do something successfully.
do well
Destroy a building or structure.
demolish
For future plans or intentions.
“They ___ (work) for 10 years when they moved.”
had been working (past perfect continuous)
start a career
Begin your professional life.
Have difficulties doing something.
struggle with
To make someone feel surprised, impressed, or have a particular opinion.
strike
For arrangements already made.
Present continuous
“It ___ (rain) when the accident happened.”
was raining (past continuous)
start a family
Decide to have children.
Decide to improve your lifestyle completely.
change your ways
To make someone extremely angry.
enrage
Explain the difference between be going to and will.
Be going to = planned / intention; Will = prediction / instant decision.
Explain the difference between past perfect simple and past perfect continuous.
Past Perfect Simple = completed action before another; Past Perfect Continuous = ongoing action before another.
leave school
Stop studying after finishing compulsory education.