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Past tenses
100

Complete with the correct collocation?

Would you .......... me a favour?

Would you DO me a favour?

100

A meeting to see your doctor. 

APPOINTMENT

100
To remain at home rather than going out.

STAY IN

100

What kind of article do they take?

Buildings and locations that use the name of their town in the name.

Edinburgh castle

ZERO ARTICLE
100

Complete the gaps.

Mary .............. to the station and .............. a ticket yesterday.

Which is the correct tense?

SIMPLE PAST 

Mary WENT to the station and BOUGHT a ticket yesterday.

200

I think I'm ............... a time off work. I need a break!

I think I'm TAKING / HAVING a time off work. I need a break!

200
Important events that are happening now.

CURRENT AFFAIRS

200

To interrupt

CUT IN

200
What's the difference in meaning?


My brother is at school right now.

My brother is at the school right now.

Zero article: He's a student there.

Definite article: He's visiting the building. 

200
What do you use to talk about repeated actions in the past which are annoying?

PAST CONTINUOUS

He was always bothering his sister. 

300

You're definitely not ................... an effort to get better marks!

You're definitely not MAKING an effort to get better marks!

300

When you finish university, you get a ...

DEGREE

300

To receive money (to inherit)

COME INTO

300

We use "an amount of" with..

UNCOUNTABLE NOUNS

300

What tense do you use for background description?

PAST CONTINUOUS

It was a cloudy day. Some students were chatting and some others were reading. The Biology teacher was cleaning the board.

400

You'll .................. a good time if you go on that trip.

You'll HAVE a good time if you go on that trip.

400
What's the difference between "CONTINUOUS" and "CONTINUAL"?

CONTINUOUS: You do sth/sth is done without stopping.

CONTINUAL: sth is constant (there are breaks in between)

400

To visit someone informally, without having arranged the visit.

DROP IN

400

When using "BOTH" can we leave out "OF" before a pronoun?

You can't leave out "OF". 

Both of them

400

How do we form a participle clause?

After ................................ (study) hard, Peter went out with some friends.

BEFORE / AFTER / WHILE (no subject because it's the same as the following clause) V+ING, CLAUSE (subject + verb)

After studying hard, Peter went out with some friends.

500

Entrepreneurs are usually clueless about ................. business.

Entrepreneurs are usually clueless about DOING business.

500

Which food idiom means "to tell a secret"?

TO SPILL THE BEANS
500
To change the channel. 

TURN OVER

500
What's the difference between "LITTLE AND A LITTLE"?

Little means "not much".

A little means "some but not much".

500

What's the difference between "used to" and "would"?

Both describe past habits, but "would" doesn't describe "STATES".

I USED TO live with my parents.

X I WOULD live with my parents. X