Vocabulary
What is an optimist?
Someone who is hopeful about the future.
What is a pessimist?
Someone who looks with hopelessness and negativity towards the future.
Correct the following sentence:
I have going to the gym for 3 weeks.
I have been going to the gym for 3 weeks.
Which future tense sentence is more certain?
1. I will probably go to the baseball game tomorrow.
2. I will definitely go to the baseball game tomorrow.
What is the conditional in the following sentence:
I have already finished my homework, so now I can relax for the rest of the evening.
Is this sentence correct?
Lebron James is an amateur basketball player who has been playing professionally for 20 years.
No.
Amateur: Someone who is new at doing something; not a professional.
What vocab word matches this definition:
Something that makes you believes something is true
Evidence
Respond to the question with a present perfect continuous sentence:
How long have you been living in Seattle?
Example: I have been living in Seattle for 3 months.
Change this sentence to future tense.
I think the weather tomorrow going to be wonderful.
I think the weather tomorrow will be wonderful.
True or False:
Class starts at 8:30. If I got to class by 8:15, I just got to class on time.
False.
Just = very recently or immediately
Give an example of genetic engineering.
Examples: seedless watermelons, dog breeds, Covid-19 vaccine
Is the following sentence correct?
My university works in citizen science and constantly shares its data with other organizations.
Correct
Why is the following sentence not Present Perfect Continuous?
Do you want to go watch Despicable Me 4?
No, thank you. I have already seen it.
It is Present Perfect Simple.
Write a question that matches the future tense answer.
Q.
A. I believe there will be flying cars in 15 years.
Example: What new inventions do you think will come out in 15 years?
Write a question that matches the following sentence:
Q.
A. No, I am still driving my 2005 Honda Accord.
Example:
Did you buy a new car?
Is sweating an advantage or a disadvantage for human beings?
Advantage: allows humans to cool down when it is hot
Disadvantage: become wet, sticky, and smelly
True or False:
Jupiter is enormous.
True
Make a Present Perfect Continuous sentence about the following:
Subject: Brandon
Action: Riding his bicycle
Time: 3 months
Brandon has been riding his bike for 3 months.
Brandon has been biking for 3 months.
Change the following future tense sentence to one with high certainty:
I might go shopping next weekend with my friends.
Example: I will definitely go shopping next weekend with my friends.
I have yet to complete my homework assignment.
Did you complete the homework assignment?
No.
What is the missing vocab word?
Wikipedia is not always a source of information because anyone can change it.
Give an example of a scientific discovery.
Example: Albert Einstein discovered the Theory of Relativity.
Write a question that matches the following Present Perfect Continuous sentence:
Q.
A. She has been visiting her family in another state.
Example: Why was she not at work this week?
True or False: the following sentence is future tense
Danielle planned what cities she will visit during her trip next summer.
True:
Danielle planned = past tense
She will visit = future tense
What conditional word belongs in the following sentence?
She knew the answer to the question before the teacher asked it.
Already