Grammar - Tenses
Which usage does NOT belong to Present Simple?
1. regular /repeated actions
2. a current (unfinished) project
3. permanent situations
4. state verbs
5. timetables
(Lesson 3)
2. a current (unfinished) project - which is one of the usages of Present Continuous.
What is the word order in an Indirect Question after the introductory phrase?
Examples for Introductory phrases:
Can you tell me...?
Do you know...?
I was wondering...
(Lesson 7)
Subject + Verb = Straight Order / Positive order
(Like a statement, not a question)
Complete the sentence with the correct form of a word:
Have you ever _______ an instant dislike to someone after you first met him?
(Lesson 2)
taken
When would you use the following sentences?
(Lesson 35)
When you want to state your opinion at a discussion.
List at least 3 topics that you need to avoid while making small talk.
(Lesson 6)
politics, health, private life, money, gossip...etc.
Your friend asks you if you could meet for lunch. But you have a meeting scheduled with your boss for 12 pm.
Which tense can you use to say that you're busy, because...?
(Lesson 3 or 15)
Present Continuous
We can't meet because I'm having lunch with my boss at 12.
Create the Reported Speech version of this sentence:
"I've forgotten to bring my lunch with me."
Put the reporting verb into Past Simple.
(Lesson 33&34)
She/He said s(he) had forgotten to bring his/her lunch with him/her.
Find the verbs for the following expressions in 2 minutes:
1. _____________ up with an idea (=to produce an idea)
2. _____________ round a problem (=solve)
3. _____________ about a change (=to make sg happen)
(Lesson 12)
come, get, bring
List at least 3 expressions that can be used to make suggestions (3 minutes)
(Lesson 11)
How about / What about...?
Why don't we?
I think we should / could
When you want to avoid blaming somebody for doing something wrong, what type of grammar structure can you use?
(Lesson 22&23)
Passive
How would you create the sentence?
I ___________ (not/see) her since we ________ (go) to that concert in Berlin.
(Lesson 9&10)
I haven't seen her since we went to that concert in Berlin.
Which sentence is incorrect? Make the incorrect correct.
1. Would you sign the contract today if we would offer you bigger salary?
2. If I were you, I wouldn't worry about what he said.
(Lesson 25)
1. Would you sign the contract if we offered you a bigger salary?
Rearrange the letters in 1 minute to get an sentence we can use when giving presentations.
Sirft, lil' vige uyo a frieb vivowree fo het wen trupocd.
(Lesson 15)
First, I'll give you a brief overview of the new product.
Correct the sentences in 3 minutes.
1. Could you start us out, please?
2. So far as I'm concerned.
3. So, what you're getting on is..
4. Let's look past it and discuss this again at our next meeting.
5. What is your position about this?
(Lesson 19)
1. Could you start us OFF, please?
2. AS far as I'm concerned.
3. So, what you're getting AT is..
4. Let's look INTO it and discuss this again at our next meeting.
5. What is your position ON this?
Correct the mistake in the sentences that we can use to end a small talk conversation.
1. You don't you mind if I go getting myself [a coffee]?
2. Well it had been nice talking to you.
3. So, anyway, I got to run. Catching you later!
4. Nice to meet you.
(Lesson 6)
1. You don't you mind if I go GET myself [a coffee]?
2. Well it'S BEEN / it WAS nice talking to you.
3. So, anyway, I got to run. CATCH you later!
4. Nice MEETING you.
What tense would you use to describe these situations? (Create the sentences as well)
1. You started reading The Lord of the Rings last Monday and you have a 100 pages left.
2. You started reading The Lord of the Rings last Monday and got to the end of the book on Friday.
Start both sentences with "I" and use the verb "read".
(Lesson 13)
1. I've been reading The Lord of the Rings.
2. I've read The Lord of the Rings.
Create a mixed conditional sentence in 20 seconds using the prompts.
learn / English / in kindergarten
(Lesson 30&31)
If I had learnt English in kindergarten I wouldn't need English lessons now / I would be proficient now...etc.
Define the words/expressions your teacher gives you to your teammates in 3 minutes.
(Lesson 18 & 37)
Complete these pairs of sentences with 1 appropriate word for each pair.
1.
How's the project coming_____?
I could go _______ with this.
2.
Let's ______ at what our options are.
How does your side of things ______?
3.
What we need to decide ______ today is…
______ a less positive note...
(Lesson 8, 26 & 32)
1. along
2. look
3. on
What is the the past negative form of the modal of deduction that we use to say
1. we are certain about something
2. we are quite unsure about something
Lesson 36
Certain= MUST
Past negative= can't / couldn't + have + V3
Unsure = Might
Past Negative= might not (mightn't) + have + V3
Look at the timeline and create at least 2 sentences using these time words:
1. By (the time)
2. After
(Lesson 27&28)
1. By the time I graduated from university, I had met my best friend.
2. After I had met my best friend, I graduated from university.
3. By 2010, I had met my best friend.
Paraphrase the sentence, use a Modal of Deduction in Passive form.
It is quite certain that this picture was taken before Covid.
Lesson 36
This picture must have been taken before Covid.
Complete the collocations we learnt in connection with Employment:
1. Career p_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
2. Try m_ h_ _ _ a_
3. To b_ m_ _ _ r_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
4. Make a s_ _ _ _ _ _ _ m_ _ _
Lesson 24
1. Career prospects
2. Try my hand at
3. To be made redundant
4. Make a sideways move
In 2 mins, list at least 2-2 expressions that you can use for
1. saying that you support somebody's view
2. saying that you are against a new idea
(Lesson 35)
Arguments FOR seomthing
1. I can see the point of...(V+ing)
2. I am open to the idea of V+ing
3. I can go along with that.
Arguments AGAINST something:
1. I have some reservations about...
2. I'm not really convinced, ....
3. I don't like the idea of... (V+ing)
What verb form do you need to use in these sentences?
Pair 1.
I must remember _____ (complete) the new onboarding training before the end of the week.
I can't remember ______ (complete) the new onboarding training, I may not have finished it yet...if it's not finished by the end of the week, I'll be in trouble.
Pair 2.
Try ____ (be) punctual from time to time, maybe that will help in changing your manager's mind about you.
I always try ____ (be) as punctual as possible, but sometimes I am still late.
(Lesson 38)
Pair 1.
I must remember TO COMPLETE the new onboarding training before the end of the week.
I can't remember COMPLETING the new onboarding training, I may not have finished it yet...if it's not finished by the end of the week, I'll be in trouble.
Pair 2.
Try BEING punctual from time to time, maybe that will help in changing your manager's mind about you.
I always try TO BE as punctual as possible, but sometimes I am still late.