Prepositions
Fill in the blank with the right preposition:
Everyday, I go to work ____ bus.
What is by?
What tense is used for habitual actions?
What is the simple present tense?
When is the zero conditional used?
What is when offering general truths?
What is the difference between the pronunciation of the following words?
object - to disagree
object - an item
What is "obJECT" vs. what is "OBject"?
What is the English translation of the following French phrase:
la même chose que la dernière fois
What is the same as last time.
What preposition usually follows the verb depend(s)?
What is on?
How do you form the present perfect continuous using the following key words?
I / work / agency /2012
What is I have been working for the agency since 2012?
Identify the conditional:
If I knew where she worked, I would pop-in to see her.
What is the second conditional?
What are two ways to fix the sentence below?
Could you please ensure that each employees wears hairnets while cooking?
What is
Could you please ensure that all employees wear hairnets while cooking?
Could you please ensure that each of the employees wears a hairnet while cooking?
Correct the error in the following sentence:
I did a mistake on the report and my manager asked me to fix it before the end of the day.
What is did a mistake?
How do you differentiate between come to and go to from a speaker/listener perspective?
What is We use come to describe movement between the speaker and listener, and movement from another place to the place where the speaker or listener is. We usually use go to talk about movement from where the speaker or listener is to another place.
What tense describes an unfinished action that was interrupted by another event/action.
What is the past continuous?
Example: I was watching TV, when she called.
This conditional is used to talk about things that might happen in the future.
What is the first conditional?
Where can one change be made to make the sentence grammatically correct?
When applying for this position, a key characteristic they attempt to identify in the candidate is whether they are self confident or not.
What is self-confident?
What is the true pronunciation of each homograph based on the examples they appear?
What is proDUCE vs. PROduce
What preposition best fits in the blank below?
"The nutritional needs of cats are different ____ those of dogs. For instance, cats require higher levels of protein and specific amino acids in their diets, whereas dogs can thrive on a more varied diet. Understanding these differences is crucial for maintaining the optimal health of both feline and canine companions."
What is different from?
What is the difference between the use of the future simple tense and the future continuous tense?
What is prediction of future unspecified and prediction of future specified?
What conditional is used and why is this the appropriate one to use?
If I had a higher salary, I would take that job offer in a different country.
What is the second conditional is used to express a hypothetical situation that imagines a dream.
What is the meaning of the expression up the ante in the following text?
The government agency decided to up the ante in its efforts to combat tax evasion by implementing stricter penalties and more thorough audits of high-income individuals and corporations.
What is increase what is at stake/raise the stakes?
What rule informs us that this statement is ungrammatical?
I wish he was here for the meeting.
What is the subjunctive?
Explain the difference between "between" and "among." Provide examples to illustrate their usage.
What is
Between: used when referring to two separate or distinct items or individuals.
Among: used when referring to three or more items or a group without specifying individual distinctions.
Example sentences:
What is the difference between the use of the past perfect simple and the past perfect continuous? Give an example for each.
What is the past perfect is used to make it clear that one even happened before another in the past and the past perfect continuous shows that something started in the past and continued up until another action stopped it.
Had + past participle = past perfect
Had + Been + present participle –ing = past perfect continuous
PPS: When the planning started, I had already apologized to my colleague.
PPC: I had been hiking for 2.5 hours before he called me last night.
How is the third conditional formed?
What is if + past perfect, ...would + have + past participle?
What are the three different pronunciations for the following word and what are their respective meanings?
present
present: occurring now.
present: a gift
present: represent/portray someone or something (He present himself as a hardworking man).
PREsent: give a formal introduction of someone or something/formally deliver (presentation)
Really and very may be used interchangeably, but not always. Explain the similarities between the two that allows them to be used interchangeably and the difference that does not allow this.
What is really is an adverb, which means that it's used to describe adjectives, verbs, or other adverbs. Very is an adverb, but with one hitch - it cannot modify verbs.
Example:
I really like it. (correct)
I very like it. (wrong)
Very can modify the appearance of verbs in the past participle form, but only because these have been established as adjectives.
Example:
I'm a very driven person.