Question Forms
Which auxiliary verbs do you know?
do, does, did, am, is, are, was, were, have, has, had
What are the time markers of Present Simple and Present Continuous?
Present Simple: every (day, week, month, etc.), always, usually, often
Present Continuous: this (day, week, month, etc.), now, today, at the moment
Which tense is used to describe background events of a story?
Past Continuous
Which preposition is used for the largest time periods (years, seasons, months)?
in
What is the form of the verb used after "will" and "might"?
infinitive, V1
Is this question subject or object?
"How many people are moving abroad nowadays?"
Subject question
What is the difference between "She has been to China" and "She has gone to China"?
"has been" - went to China and came back
"has gone" - went to China and is still there
Which tense is used to talk about single or repeated past actions?
Past Simple
Which preposition should be used with parts of day ("the morning", "the evening", "the afternoon")?
in
What is the difference between "be going to" and Present Continuous?
"be going to" - personal plans
Present Continuous - arrangements (organised plans)
If there is a preposition in a question, where should we put it?
at the end of the question
Should Present Perfect or Past Simple be used in this sentence? Why?
"Jason (be) to Bali recently."
Present Perfect ("has been"), because of "recently" - non-specific past time
What is the form of the verb in Past Perfect?
had + V3
Is this sentence correct?
"My father was born in 1978 on the 7th of March, on Tuesday, at 6 a.m."
yes, it's correct
Is this question correct?
"Might you get a tattoo in the future?"
no, "Do you think you might get a tattoo in the future?"
How to ask an object question for this sentence: "I tried skydiving last year."
"What did you try last year?"
"When did you try skydiving?"
Can Present Continuous be used to create this sentence? Why?
"I (hear) you and I (understand) you completely."
no, because "hear" and "understand" are stative verbs and cannot be used in continuous tenses
Is this sentence correct?
"I sat in a cafe, the music played and it was a nice day. I got up from my table to leave and realised I had forgotten my wallet at home."
no, "I was sitting", "the music was playing"
Which time linker has the meaning of "immediately after"?
For example, "We went for a walk ___ we finished lunch."
as soon as
Which expression can be used to talk about things that can potentially happen in the future?
be likely to + V1
In terms of grammar, what is the difference between subject and object questions?
Subject questions don't have auxiliary verbs + the order of words like in a positive sentence
Where do we put "just", "already" and "yet" in Present Perfect Sentences?
"just", "already" - before the main verb
"yet" - at the end of the sentence
Which one word is the time marker of Past Continuous?
while
What is the difference between "while", "meanwhile" and "during"?
"while" = at the same time
"meanwhile" = "while" (but in different sentences)
"during" + noun = within a period of time
Which three modal verbs can be used for less certain predictions?
might, may, could