Correct, or incorrect?
The soup is tasting delicious.
Incorrect.
Correct version: The soup tastes delicious.
Taste is a non-action verb. Unit 1
When can you use the present simple for future events? Explain and give an example.
Timetables and schedules (trains, planes, websites, etc.)
The pottery class starts at 8 pm. (it says so on the website)
They (be) ...............in Mexico in 2016.
They were in Mexico in 2016.
If I am hungry, I...............(get) angry. That's usually the case.
If I am hungry, I am angry. That's usually the case.
Zero conditional: rules or facts
They are repairing your car.
Your car is being repaired.
She is doing it for ten years.
Incorrect.
Correct version: She has been doing it for ten years.
Present perfect continuous used with for and since, actions that start in the past and continue to the present. Unit 2
Which is correct?
a) I am calling you tonight. I promise.
b) I'm going to call you tonight. I promise.
c) I'll call you tonight. I promise.
c) I'll call you tonight. I promise.
For promises, suggestions, future facts, instant decisions, predictions and offers, we use 'will'
What (do)..............................yesterday at 6 pm?
What were you doing yesterday at 6 pm?
If I (be) ..... you, I (find)............another job.
If I were you, I woudl find another job.
Second conditional
Filmmakers shoot many films on location.
Many films are shot on location.
By the time we arrived in the cinema, the film already started.
Incorrect.
Correct version: By the time we arrived in the cinema, the film had already started.
Past perfect - an action before the past event. Unit 5
Which is correct?
a) Richard and Ann are getting married on October 10.
b) Richard and Ann are going to get married on October 10.
a) Richard and Ann are getting married on October 10.
It is arranged for the date, set in stone. The invitations are probably sent.
I couldn't board my plane to Argentina, because I (forgot)...........my passport.
I couldn't board my plane to Argentina, because I had forgotten my passport.
If you (win)..... a lottery, what (you do)............?
If you won a lottery, what would you do?
Second conditional. Unclear if the person buys lottery tickets, so we prefer the 'daydreaming' conditional. Unreal present. Speculation about something unlikely or impossible.
The King will open the new concert hall.
The new concert hall will be opened by the King.
If he had trained more, he would have won the Olympic games.
Correct.
Third conditional. Unreal situations in the past. Unit 9
Which is correct?
a) I think it is going to be hot in July.
b) I think it will be hot in July.
b) I think it will be hot in July.
Prediction.
I never (like).................strawberries when I was little. But now I love them!
Past habit
I never used to like strawberries when I was little. But now I love them!
If my Dad (not go) ...... to study in Canada 20 years ago, he (not meet)..............my mum.
If my Dad hadn't gone to study in Canada 20 years ago, he wouldn't have met my mum.
Third conditional. Unreal past.
Someone has stolen Andy's bike.
Andy's bike has been stolen.
See you the next week.
Correct version: See you next week.
Articles. Unit 3
We don't use 'the' before next, last + day, week
Look at those clouds. It.......................rain!
a) is going to
b) will
a) is going to
Prediction based on an observable fact.
I (watch) ...............................TV in the living room when I (hear) ...............a knock on the door. I opened the door and there was noone. The person (disappear)..........!
I was watching TV in the living room when I heard a knock on the door. I opened the door and there was noone. The person had disappeared!
When he (get).............a pay rise next year, he (buy) ....... a new car. His boss has already spoken to him.
When he gets a pay rise next year, he will buy a new car. His boss has already spoken to him.
We heat the water to 100 degrees.
The water is heated to 100 degrees.