Grammar
How do we form the past perfect continuous tense?
had / hadn't + been + verb ending in -ing
Make a positive and a negative adjective for the following noun.
responsibility
responsible, irresponsible
Complete the sentence with the correct verb form.
By the time the police arrived, the thieves (already, run) ... away.
had already run
What does the phrasal verb drift apart mean? Explain its meaning in English.
to gradually lose interest in or affection for each other
Complete the sentence with the correct verb forms.
a) I (usually, not, spend) ... a lot of time with people - I prefer to be alone.
b) Mark and Amy were really competitive, they (fight) ... over little things.
c) You (always, leave) ... your boots at the bottom of the stairs. I can't stand it!
a) don't usually spend
b) used to fight / would fight
c) are always leaving
What idiom means to force yourself to be brave enough to do something?
pluck up one's / the courage
Which verbs are followed by gerunds, which ones by infinitives and which ones by both gerunds and infinitives?
dread, fancy, mean, pretend, regret, urge
gerunds - dread, fancy
infinitives - pretend, urge
both gerunds and infinitives - mean, regret
Translate the following adjectives and into English.
a) dzielny, śmiały
b) egoistyczny, zarozumiały
c) porywczy, wybuchowy
d) skrępowany, zakłopotany
a) daring
b) full of oneself / self-centered
c) short-tempered
d) self-conscious