Present Tenses
What is the Present Simple?
This tense is used for habits and permanent situations, like "Kangaroos live in Australia."
What is the Past Simple? Give an example
This tense is used for completed actions in the past, like "I cycled to school yesterday."
The person who tells the actors what to do
director
The type of book that is about real facts and events
non-fiction
This expression means "to try something". "I've never blogged before, but I'll ___________.
give it a shot
What is the Present Continuous?
This tense is used for actions happening now or around now, like "I am meeting my friends tonight."
What is the Past Continuous? Give an example
This tense describes an action that was in progress at a specific time in the past.
This time yesterday I was doing my homework
The good main character in a story
hero or heroine
A person who writes poems
poet
This expression means you have successfully finished organizing something
Sorted!
Complete the sentence: "Look! The chef ___ the soup." (taste)
is tasting
What is the Past Perfect? Give an example
This tense is used for an action that finished before another past action.
When I arrived, they had already left
The place where actors perform a play
stage
A book genre with suspense, crime, and a puzzle to solve
mystery novel
This phrasal verb means to think of or produce a new idea
come up with
Choose the correct alternative: "I'm telling the truth, but my dad doesn't believe / isn't believing me."
doesn't believe
Choose the correct option: "Rosie was tired because she ... a very busy day."
A) has been having B) had had C) had
B) had had
The practice sessions actors have before a performance to learn their lines
rehearsal
A word for a very successful and popular film that makes a lot of money
blockbuster
This expression means you did something perfectly or exceptionally well
smashed it
Complete the dialogue:
"What time (start) your class?"
"It (start) at 9, but this month I (help) the teacher, so I go early."
"does your class start", "starts", and "am helping"
Complete the sentence with the correct tense: "I (call) Ethan five times, but he isn’t answering."
have called (Present Perfect Simple)
The evil or criminal character in a story that the hero fights against
villain
A short, famous sentence or phrase taken from a book, film, or speech
quotation
This is what you say when you are very surprised and think someone might be joking
You're kidding, right?