The U.K.
What is the capital of Scotland?
Edinburgh
If a baby is hungry, it is crying.
If a baby is hungry, it cries.
Angry
Name 3 words that are opposite to angry.
Calm, pleased, good-humoured, peaceful, content, joyful, cool, cheerful...
I can't answer the phone because I am cooking.
Present continuous
Where was your teacher born?
What football team does he support? (If you get this wrong, you can leave now!)
Liverpool
Everton
Name 3 U.K. Prime Ministers
Theresa May, David Cameron, Gordon Brown, Tony Blair, John Major, Margaret Thatcher, Sir Winston Churchill.... If you named any other than these, you get double points!
I saw a lot of sheeps when I visited Wales and I even eat a few!
I saw a lot of sheep when I visited Wales and I even ate a few!
Private
Name 2 words that have the same meaning as private.
Personal, individual, exclusive, intimate, discreet, reserved, concealed...
I would if I could but I can't.
Modal verbs
Spell your teacher's surname.
Croston
What are Ben Nevis, Scafell Pike and Snowdon?
The 3 biggest mountains in Scotland, England and Wales.
If I were you, I will not eat that!
If I were you, I would not eat that!
Tidy
Name 3 words that have the opposite meaning to tidy.
Untidy, unclean, chaotic, dirty, disorganised, messy, sloppy, slovenly...
If I had the opportunity, I would like to meet my great-grandfather.
What is the name of the structure and why/when do we use it?
Give one further example.
Second conditional.
We use it to talk about unreal or hypothetical situations now, or in the future.
What Polish food can your teacher not stand?
What is your teacher's favourite Polish food?
Galaretka (with meat, fish or vegetables).... even seeing it written down makes me feel sick!
Gołąbki (I can eat these for breakfast, lunch and dinner)
According to a 2018 study, what percentage of the people living in the U.K. were Polish?
6%
Whats the point of going on a holiday if you are not trying the local foods and drink!
TIP: There are 5 mistakes in this sentence
What's the point of going on holiday if you don't try the local food and drink?
Guess
Name 2 words/phrases that have the same meaning as guess.
Shot in the dark, suspicion, feeling, estimate, notion, theory, hypothesis, hunch, conclusion...
If I had known you were coming, I wouldn't have answered the door.
What is the name of the structure and why/when do we use it?
Give one further example.
Third conditional
We use the third conditional to talk about something in the past that did not happen, and the result of that event not happening.
Name three jobs that your teacher did before moving to Poland.
Croupier, salesman, office manager, fruit picker, barman, youth hostel worker or waiter.... some very strange choices there!
Which cities in England are the following groups of people associated with?
Cockneys
Scousers
Mancs
Geordies
Brummies
London, Liverpool, Manchester, Newcastle and Birmingham.
If I hadn't seen you in the pub last week, I will have be late for work the following day!
If I hadn't seen you in the pub last week, I wouldn't have been late for work the following day!
Sophisticated
Name 2 words that have the same meaning as sophisticated.
Cosmopolitan, cultured, experienced, complex, advanced...
By the time I am 50 I will have been living in Poland for 12 years!
What is the name of the structure and why/when do we use it?
Give one further example.
Future perfect continuous.
We use the future perfect continuous to show that something will continue up until a particular event or time in the future.
What are the names of my wife and children?
Natalia, Olivia and Daniel.