Simple Present
Write in the correct order:
drink / morning / I / every / coffee
I drink coffee every morning.
What is the correct order?
on / I / pizza / ate / Friday.
I ate pizza on Friday.
built / in/ ships / most / in / 2018 / were / China
In 2018, most ships were built in China. OR
Most ships were built in China in 2018.
(passive - simple past -> were built)
is / his / he / doing / homework /
He is doing his homework.
Question tag:
late / I / am / not / I / am
I'm not late, am I?
(quesion tag)
Put in the correct order:
books / you / kind of / what / read / do / ?
What kind of books do you read?
Which is correct?
a. She not wake up on time.
b. She not woke up on time.
c. She didn't woke up on time.
d. She didn't wake up on time.
d. She didn't wake up on time.
accidents / drivers / by / most / bad / are / caused
Most accidents are caused by bad drivers.
(passive - simple present -> are caused)
down - / too / you / driving / are / fast / slow
Slow down - you're driving too fast!
Reported Speech: simple present -> simple past
Mary said, "Jamaican people are so friendly!"
Change to simple past using reported speech
She said that Jamaican people were so friendly.
('are' changes to 'were')
What is the correct order?
students / so / my / are / smart
My students are so smart. ;-)
Write in the correct order:
your / finish / yesterday / you / homework / ?
Did you finish your homework yesterday?
first / was / electric / the / 1835 / vehicle / built / in / USA / in / the /
The first electric vehicle was built in the USA in 1835.
(passive - simple past -> was built)
an / he / actress / the / time / was / at / dating
He was dating an actress at the time.
Past Perfect (had + past participle) :
We weren't hungry.
We / just / have / lunch
We'd just had lunch.
(We had just had lunch)
1st had is to form the past perfect.
2nd had is the past participle of have.
Write in the correct order:
They are vegan -- ...
any / they / products / eat / anymore / animal / not
Put in the correct order:
only / driverless / in / James Bond / saw / films / in / we / the / cars / past /
In the past, we only saw driverless cars in James Bond films. OR
We only saw driverless cars in James Bond films in the past.
*BONUS* passive with modals: will future
more and more / think / future / the / built / I / cars / electric / will be / in
I think more and more electric cars will be built in the future.
(passive - will + be + built)
you / afternoon / what / called / when / were / yesterday / doing / I / you
What were you doing when I called you yesterday afternoon?
Question tag: (negative, simple past)
You ask your partner,
you / did / lock / the / not / you / door, / ?
"No, I forgot."
"You didn't lock the door, did you?"
Put in the correct order:
she / like / to / but / watch / to / books / not / TV / read / like
She likes to watch TV but doesn't like to read books.
OR
She likes to read books but doesn't like to watch TV.
Put in the correct order:
missed / they / not / since / train / leave / the / time / they / on
Since they didn't leave on time, they missed the train. OR
They missed the train since they didn't leave on time.
*BONUS* passive with modals (ex.: could, would)
public / could / if / used / more / be / transport / congestion / reduced / people
Congestion could be reduced if more people used public transport.
(passive - could -> could be reduced)
while / she / a / not / major / driving / was / paying / and / caused / attention / accident
She wasn't paying attention while driving and caused a major accident!
Past Perfect:
The house was dirty.
clean / it / they / not / weeks / for