I _______ at 9 every morning.
woke up
am waking up
wake up
wakes up
3. wake up
I _______ the piano for 10 years.
had been playing
have been playing
have played
played
2. have been playing
If you _____ hard, you ________ the exam.
studied, would passed
study, would pass
had studied, have passed
study, will pass
4. study, will pass
Storytelling is good for practising this tense:
present simple
past simple
2. past simple
Helen and Amy _________ breakfast right now.
are having
were having
have
had
1. are having
They __________ (wait) for hours when the train finally _______(arrive).
had been waiting, arrived
If I_____ the lottery, I ________ the world.
won, would travelled
win, travel
winned, would travels
won, would travel
4. won, would travel
We use _______ to contrast two tenses
comparison
emphasis
1. comparison
She _______ to music when someone _____ .
were listened, knock
listened, was knocking
was listening, was knocking
was listening, knocked
4. was listening, knocked
By this time next year, I _________ from university.
will graduate
will graduated
will have graduated
graduate
3. will have graduated
If I _________ harder, I ________ the test.
had studied, would pass
studied, passed
had studied, would have passed
would studied, have passed
3. had studied, would have passed
With this technique we incorporate new elements into our speech on the spot.
improvisation
We use __________ for talking about actions that happened in the past and have an effect on the present.
present perfect simple
By the time he retires, he _______ (work) at that company for 40 years.
will have been working
If you _____(heat) water, it _____(boil).
heat, boils
We can practice conditionals using this technique:
predictions
emphasis
1. predictions
By the time I ______(arrive) home I realized that I _____ (leave) my keys at the office.
arrived, had left
Which tense is used to describe a finished action that happened at a specific time in the past?
1. Present perfect
2. Past simple
3. Future continuous
2. past simple
What is the structure of the past continuous tense?
1. Was/Were + base verb
2. Was/Were + verb-ing
3. Had + past participle
2. Was/Were + verb-ing
This phrase is a common opener to a story, traditionally used in fairytales.
Once upon a time...