Tense Master
"I ________ (read) this book for three hours and I'm only on page 50."
Answer: have been reading. (Present Perfect Continuous для действия, которое длится до настоящего момента).
"If you heat ice, it ________ (melt)."
Answer: melts. (Zero Conditional для законов природы).
Direct: "I am tired," said Mary. Reported: Mary said that she ________ tired.
Answer: was. (Согласование времен: Present Simple -> Past Simple).
Put in order: (leather / black / expensive) jacket.
Answer: An expensive black leather jacket. (Opinion -> Color -> Material).
Which tense is used for permanent states or habits?
Answer: Present Simple.
"By the time we arrived at the cinema, the film ________ (already/start)."
Answer: had already started. (Past Perfect для действия, которое произошло до другого действия в прошлом).
"If I ________ (be) you, I would study harder for the exam."
Answer: were. (Second Conditional — гипотетическая ситуация в настоящем).
Direct: "Do you like coffee?" he asked. Reported: He asked ________ I liked coffee.
Answer: if / whether.
Write the number 1,500 in words.
Answer: One thousand five hundred (or Fifteen hundred).
Say the date "1905" and "2024" in two different ways.
Answer: Nineteen oh-five / One thousand nine hundred and five; Twenty twenty-four / Two thousand twenty-four.
"This time next week, we ________ (lie) on a sunny beach in Spain."
Answer: will be lying. (Future Continuous для процесса в определенный момент в будущем).
"If we ________ (leave) earlier yesterday, we wouldn't have missed the train."
Answer: had left. (Third Conditional — сожаление о прошлом).
Direct: "Don't shout!" the teacher said. Reported: The teacher told us ________.
Answer: not to shout. (Отрицательное повеление в косвенной речи).
Put in order: (Japanese / small / new) car.
Answer: A new small Japanese car. (Age -> Size -> Origin).
Correct the mistake: "She asked me where was the bank."
Answer: She asked me where the bank was. (Прямой порядок слов в косвенном вопросе).
"Identify the tense: 'They have been working here since 2010'."
Answer: Present Perfect Continuous.
"If it rains tomorrow, we ________ (cancel) the picnic."
Answer: will cancel. (First Conditional — реальное будущее).
Direct: "I will call you tomorrow," Tom said. Reported: Tom said he would call me ________.
Answer: the next day / the following day.
How do you say 2/3 and 5.25?
Answer: Two thirds and five point two five.
Transform to Second Conditional: "I don't have a car, so I walk to school."
Answer: If I had a car, I wouldn't walk to school.
"By next June, he ________ (graduate) from the university."
Answer: will have graduated. (Future Perfect для действия, которое завершится к определенному моменту в будущем).
"I wish I ________ (speak) French now. (But I don't)."
Answer: spoke. (Конструкция I wish для настоящего времени использует Past Simple).
"Where have you been?" she asked. Reported: She asked where I ________.
Answer: had been. (Вопросительный порядок слов меняется на прямой, время — в Past Perfect).
Put in order: (wooden / old / beautiful / square) table.
Answer: A beautiful old square wooden table. (Opinion -> Age -> Shape -> Material).
What is the difference between "I have been to London" and "I have gone to London"?
Answer: "Been" means you went and came back; "Gone" means you are still there.