Direct question: Is John coming to the meeting? // Indirect question: Do you know....?
Do you know if John is coming to the meeting?
"Why are you so dirty?" -- "I _________ gardening all day."
have been
My father has a nap. (usually, in the afternoon)
My father usually has a nap in the afternoon.
"I wish I lived in Paris." - Are they talking about the past, present or future?
present
I've never MET/BEEN MEETING/BOTH her boyfriend. Have you?
met
used to / be used to / get used to - I´ve never worn glasses before, but now I´ll have to _________ them. (wear)
get used to wearing
Adjective order: a velvet jacket (black/beautiful)
a beautiful black velvet jacket
"If I had known you were coming, I wouldn´t have started watching this film." - In reality, was the speaker watching a film?
yes
Rewrite this phrase in the passive: They are painting my house. // My house _______.
..is being painted. (no agent needed)
Although / Despite being 85, my grandmother is still very active.
Despite + gerund (Although + clause e.g Although she is 85...)
Sam accused John _________. (steal)
..of stealing
I´ll be ready UNTIL / AS SOON AS I´ve had a cup of coffee.
as soon as
She writes a chapter of her novel a week. This week she's on chapter 5. By the end of the week she _______ 5 chapters (write)
will have written
My suitcase ALWAYS GETS / WILL ALWAYS GET lost when I have a connecting flight
always gets
I´m very impatient. I can´t stand TO WAIT / WAIT / WAITING in queues.
waiting
Direct question: How much does this book cost? // Indirect question: Could you tell me.....?
Could you tell me how much this book costs?
Talk for 90 seconds about 3 wishes you have. Include the past, present and future.
So interesting!! / Well that was boring!
Talk for 90 seconds about something that happened to you last week. You must use the narrative forms: past simple, past continuous, past perfect, past perfect continuous
Wow! That was great! / I think you need to revise
It annoys me that my brother never tidies his room. I wish_________
I wish he would tidy his room. / I wish he tidied his room more often.
Think about a mistake you made in the past. Talk about it using the third conditional.
Perfect / I think you might need to check that
Complete this phrase with a question tag: You'll give me a lift to the party, _________?
won't you?
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