Past Participles
What are the past participle forms of the regular verbs: design, study, and stop?
Designed, studied and stopped.
When do we use "yet"? Give an example.
We use yet to ask whether something that we expected has happened or to say that something hasn’t happened.
e.g. Have you made dinner yet? I’m hungry.
e.g. My brother hasn’t learnt to drive yet, so he has to take the bus to work.
Choose the correct option:
You _____________ have any special equipment – except for a hoop of course.
a. mustn’t
b. don't have to
c. can
b. don't have to
Choose the correct verb to complete the phrase: ________ a quad-bike.
a. drive
b. ride
c. play
b. ride
Make the negative and question/interrogative forms of the following affirmative sentence:
e.g. I have watched YouTube tutorials on learning foreign languages.
Negative:
I haven't watched YouTube tutorials on learning foreign languages.
Question:
Have I/you watched YouTube tutorials on learning foreign languages?
What are the past participle forms of the verbs: sing, swim, and write?
a. sang, swum, and wrote
b. sung, swam, and written
c. sung, swum, and written
c. sung, swum, and written
When do we use "just"? Give an example.
We use just to talk about something that happened very recently.
e.g. Please don't go in the kitchen - I've just washed the floor.
e.g. Don't touch the bread. I've just baked it - it's hot!
Choose the correct option to finish the sentence:
When I was young, I ______________________
a. must visit the dentist regularly because of my crooked teeth.
b. have lunch at the same time every day.
c. couldn’t eat eggs because they made me ill.
c. couldn't eat eggs because they made me ill.
Complete the phrase with the correct verb:
___________ 20 lengths
Swim
Is this sentence correct? Why / Why not?
We have been to the seaside last Saturday.
It's not correct. We need to use the past simple because of 'last Saturday' - specific time.
Correct: We went to the seaside last Saturday.
What are the infinitive forms of the past participles: bought, read, woken?
a. beat, ride, and woke
b. buy, read, and wake
c. buy, read, and woke
b. buy, read, and wake
When do we use "for"? Give an example.
We use for to talk about the duration of an action.
e.g. How long has Jack played in this bend?
He's played in it for six months.
Complete the sentences with the correct modal verb and the verb in brackets.
It’s a good idea to eat fewer sugary snacks, but you _____________ (give up) eating chocolate completely.
don't have to give up
Complete the tip for learning a language with one of the given phrases below:
____________________ to help you learn vocabulary. Use coloured pens for the different groups.
a. Draw mind maps
b. Do a conversation exchange
c. Record yourself
Complete the sentence with the present perfect or past simple form of the verb in brackets.
e.g. Our cousins___________________________
(not visit) us yet this year.
haven't visited (Present Perfect)
What are the past participle forms of the verbs: catch, ride, and do?
Caught, ridden, and done.
When do we use 'since'? Give an example.
We use since to talk about the point in time when an action starts.
e.g. How long have you been in the school choir?
I've been in the school choir since 5th grade.
Complete the rule. Give an example.
When we talk about obligation in the past we use ___________. When we talk about lack of obligation in the past we use _______________.
Had to, didn't have to
e.g. I couldn’t meet my friends on Saturday because I had to stay at home and help my parents.
e.g. We got free tickets for the show, so we didn't have to pay anything!
Complete the health advice with a phrase.
My brother eats four or five chocolate bars a day. Should I be worried?
Yes. It isn’t a good idea to _________________ . Suggest that he eats fruit instead.
Have sugary snacks
How do we form the Present Perfect Tense? Give an example in the affirmative, negative and interrogative forms.
The Present Perfect Tense formula is:
Subject + have/has + Past Participle (affirmative)
Subject + have/has + not + Past Participle (negative)
Have/has + Subject + Past Participle (interrogative)
e.g. I have lived in Madrid for 30 years. (affirmative)
e.g. He hasn't eaten his breakfast yet. (negative)
e.g. Have you ever visited Turkey in winter? (interrogative)
How do we make the past participle of verbs (regular and irregular)? Give examples.
For regular verbs, the past participle is usually formed by adding the suffix “-ed” (e.g., “walk” becomes “walked”, "hope" - "hoped", "study" - "studied").
Irregular verbs have unique past participles that must be memorized individually (e.g. "break" - "broken","hide" -"hidden", "drive" - "driven").
When do we use "already"? Give an example.
We use already for something that happened previously or sooner than expected.
e.g. We’ve already seen this documentary – our teacher showed it to us last week.
e.g. Ben has already experimented with some new dishes.
What can we express by using modal verbs? Give examples.
We can use modals to express possibility, obligation, and prohibition.
e.g. You can’t get fit if you don’t exercise.
e.g. You must register for the event.
e.g. You can't take photos in the museum. They're really strict about it.
e.g. Guests must not make noise after 10 p.m.
Complete the question with the correct phrase.
I don’t have time to eat in the morning. Is it OK to ______________________?
No, it isn’t. You’ll find it hard to concentrate. Have a cereal bar if you don’t have time for a proper meal.
Skip breakfast
When do we use Past Simple and when Present Perfect? Give examples for each tense.
We use the past simple for an action completed at a specific time in the past.
e.g. She visited Paris last year.
We use the present perfect for an action that happened at an unspecified time in the past, or an action that started in the past and continues or is still relevant now.
e.g. She's been to Japan. (unspecified time, life experience)
e.g. He has broken his arm. (It's still broken now)