Commerce & Shopping
Say: You bought fruit today (present perfect).
I've bought fruit today.
Change to Present Perfect: The cleaner already cleaned the room.
The cleaner has already cleaned the room.
Say: You paid your bill already.
I've already paid the bill.
Say: You already sold the rice.
We've already sold the rice.
You went to Bangkok once - change to Present Perfect.
I've been to Bangkok.
Use something/anything:
You can’t find ...
I can’t find anything.
You're listening to a conference speaker. Make a complaint using -ed and -ing.
I am bored because the speaker is boring.
Compare two prices.
Example: Rice is cheaper than coffee.
Compare two crops.
Example: Rice grows faster than corn.
Compare two cities.
Example: Jakarta is bigger than Dili.
Make or do? ___ business.
Do business
Make or do? ___ the beds.
Make the beds
Use a quantifier: have ... money.
Example: I have very little money.
Use present perfect: farmers / plant / rice.
Farmers have planted rice.
Use a superlative to describe a city.
Example: Singapore is the cleanest city.
Use present perfect vs past simple.
I have bought coffee. I bought it yesterday.
Predict with will.
The delegates will complain.
Use nothing.
There is nothing in my wallet.
Use a comparative adverb.
Exporters work harder this year.
Describe your health
feel/because
I feel tired because my back hurts.
Use a modifier for an adjective.
It is extremely expensive.
Use will/won’t prediction.
The hotel won’t be full tonight.
Use superlative + money.
This is the most expensive hotel.
Use quantifier + crop.
There are too many bananas.
Describe a city with -ed/-ing.
I am excited because the city is exciting.