Continuous Tenses
How long ________________________________ (YOU / FEEL) like this?
HAVE YOU BEEN FEELING
I _______________ (begin) packing already.
HAVE BEGUN
I read a fabulous book.
What's fabulous?
ADJECTIVE
You shouldn't throw those paper cups away, they are actually ___________________ (dispose).
DISPOSABLE
You ____________________ (take) the test last week. Now it's too late.
SHOULD HAVE TAKEN
While I ___________________ (to browse) the new store downtown, I met Angela.
WAS BROWSING
How long ____________________ (you / study) English?
HAVE YOU BEEN STUDYING
Identify the parts of speech in this sentences:
Alice walks fast.
ALICE = NOUN
WALKS = VERB
FAST = ADVERB
Reykjavík is not an ________________ (industry) town.
INDUSTRIAL
It ________________________ (be) so hard to move away from your country when you were little.
MUST HAVE BEEN
I ____________________ (read) that book since I was 20.
HAVE BEEN READING
I_____________ (BREAK) my ankle yesterday, so I _____________ (SIT DOWN) all day.
BROKE // HAVE BEEN SITTING
Identify the verb in the following sentence:
Most inventions are things we didn't know we needed.
ARE // DIDN'T KNOW // NEEDED
This museum has free ____________ (admit)
ADMISSION
If you hadn't called the doctor, I ______________________ (go) to the hospital.
WOULD HAVE GONE
My parents __________________ (stay) at my place during the upcoming holidays.
WILL BE STAYING
Last year, I _____________ (go) to Spain, but I ________________ (see) the whole country yet.
Spot the intruder:
Going - Done - Job - Must
JOB
Don't be ________________ (reason)! You're asking too much of her.
UNREASONABLE
What's the difference between these two sentences?
You needn't have cooked for me.
You don't need to cook for me.
1. He has cooked already, but there was no need for it;
2. He hasn't cooked yet, and he shouldn't do it.
For a while, more and more people _______________________________ (CHOOSE) to rent rather than to buy.
HAVE BEEN CHOOSING
She __________________________ (sleep) badly since the two of them _________________ (break up).
HAS BEEN SLEEPING // HAVE BROKEN UP
Adverb or Adjective?
Really; Close; Fun
Lovely; Happily; Quickly
Absolutely; Easy; Very.
ADVERBS: REALLY, HAPPILY, QUICKLY, ABSOLUTELY, VERY
You can't imagine how painful it was.
--> It's ________________.
UNIMAGINABLE
Which of the following ones are PAST MODALS:
Could have read; Should have done; Must have lied;
Must look; Don't need to go; Can't say.
Past modals = modals + present perfect. So:
COULD HAVE READ; SHOULD HAVE GONE; MUST HAVE LIED.