Name the three ‘perfect’ tenses in English. What do they have in common?
Past Perfect, Present Perfect, Future Perfect - the connect two points in time.
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What is a phrasal verb (give an example)? Why do Ss find them difficult? What do you know about the form (think of two things)?
Verb + particle (prep or adverb). They can have both a literal and metaphorical meaning which can only be understood from context. 3 types. Object pronoun.
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baam
Lose 15 points!
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shark
Other team loses 10 points!
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fairy
Take points!
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lifesaver
Give 25 points!
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baam
Lose 20 points!
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gold
Win 50 points!
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fairy
Take points!
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lifesaver
Give 20 points!
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Can you name 5 modal verbs? What is a modal verb? What can you tell us about the form of modal verbs? (think of at least 3 things)
‘pure’ modals: can, could, may, might, must, shall, should, will, would
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What are the three articles in English? Name one rule of use for each one?
indefinite article (a/an), definite article (the), zero article
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Think of five words that are always capitalised in English.
Start of a sentence, days of the week, months, holidays, countries/nationalities/languages, people's names, 'I',
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Think of two verbs that are followed by an infinitive verb.
plan, hope, decide, need, want, expect, would like...
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thief
Give points!
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magnet
Take 10 points!
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gift
Win 25 points!
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banana
Go to last place!
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What's the rule regarding the position of adverbs of frequency? I usually get up at 6 o’clock / I’m rarely late for work.
Adverbs of frequency go BEFORE the main verb but AFTER the verb 'to be'.
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Give an example of a Passive structure. When/why do we use the Passive? How do we form the Passive?
The fire was started intentionally. Places focus on what happened rather than who did it. appropriate tense of 'to be' + past participle
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Name three adjectives that have a dependent preposition.
afraid of, interested in, good/bad at, similar to, famous for...
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Name five different future forms. When do we use each one?
