Mixed
PRESENT SIMPLE
She said: “David snores very loudly”
PAST SIMPLE
She said that David snored very loudly
What is the correct structure for present continous form?
A) To be + subject + complement
B) subject + to be + ING + complement
C) subject + to be + not + complement
B) Subject + to be + ING + complement
rewrite the sentence using the passive
A nineteen-year-old girl called Mary Shelley wrote Frankenstein
frankenstein was written by a nineteen year old girl
Order the sentence
had / the / We / before / our / started / bar / class / left
We had left the bar before our class started
PRESENT CONTINUOUS
‘Ale is feeding her dog’ I said
PAST CONTINUOUS
I said that Ale was feeding her dog
We use the present continous to talk about:
A) actions that are happening now or around now
B) facts and general truths
C) background descriptions
A) actions that are happening now or around now
What do we use the passive for?
We use the passive when we want the sentence to focus on the object rather than the subject
What do we use the past perfect for?
To talk about an action that happened before another action in the past/
PRESENT PERFECT
‘Students have done a nice activity’ she said
PAST PERFECT
She said that students had done a nice activity
What is the estructure for question present continous form?
To be + subject + ING
Complete the sentence with the correct form of verb in brackets
The french _________ people using the guillotine as late as 1977 (still execute)
Still Executed
The train had leave when I arrived
The train had left when I arrived
The teachers said: ‘We’ll have a meeting’
WOULD
The teachers said that they would have a meeting
Choose the correct word for the sentence:
Luis ____________ a new car.
A) needing
B) needs
C) is needing
B) needs
There are some verbs which we don't use to use in present continous form, such as need, belong, like, etc.
Choose the correct answer
The word gadget ________ in the 1850s, by sailors
a)was already being used b)used already
c)has already been used
a)was already being used
Give the structure of past perfect
Pronoun +had +vb past participle
CAN
‘You can try again’ he said.
COULD
He said that I could try again
Mention question, affirmative and negative structure of present continous form.
To be + subject + ING
Subject + to be + ING
Subject + to be + not + ING
What is active voice?
the active voice gives greater emphasis to the subject and moves to second place to the object
Why is this sentence not correct?
My Dad had gone to the supermarket this morning to buy some milk.
If we are using past perfect we should include the action that came after going to the supermarket.
The correct way to express this action would be:
"My dad went to the supermarket this morning to buy some milk"