Revision Unit 1+2

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Revision

Unit 1+2

Present Simple

Present Simple

Present Simple: Rules

  to discuss habits and facts.

Water boils at 100 degrees.

I play tennis every week.

 with verbs that describe states 

(believe, hate, know, like, need, prefer, understand, want)

I love cars. I believe in you.

Carol ______ to school by train.

1. go
2. goes

My father often ________ to Italy for his work.

1. flies
2. fly

Helen ________ her hair every day.

1. washes
2. wash

Our friends don't ________ very far from here.

1. lives
2. live

________ Paul have a big family?

1. Does
2. Do

My sister ________ finish school at 4 p.m.

1. don't
2. doesn't

Present Continuous

Present Continuous: Rules

 to discuss events or actions happening now (now = at the moment, this moment, this week, this month, this year)

 Can you set the table? I am cooking dinner now.

 to discuss events taking place in the future.

Next week I am staying with my brother. 

to describe an irritating habit, usually with ‘always’: She is always checking her Facebook! 

It _________ at the moment.

1. snows
2. is snowing

I _________ anything right now.

1. am not doing
2. don't do

What time ____________ on Friday?

1. are we leaving
2. do we leave

Mock test - Exercise

Articles

the, a, an or no article

____ bank that my father works in is opposite my school.

1. A
2. An
3. The

Gina works in ___ bank. I don't know which one.

1. a
2. an
3. the

I talked to _____ interesting woman at the bus stop this morning.

1. a
2. an
3. the

_____ woman who lives next door used to be an actress.

1. A
2. An
3. The

Past Simple

Past Simple: Rules

Something occurred in the past at a clear and specific moment (e.g. yesterday, when I was young, last year, etc)

To describe a completed past action, past state, a past habit or a sequence of actions in the past.

Regular vs Irregular

Regular verbs: + ed

She walked to school yesterday.

Did she walk to school yesterday?

Irregular verbs: Study the irregular verbs list

see -> saw

I saw the final episode of Stranger Things yesterday. Did you see...?

What did you ______ at the shops?

1. buy
2. bought

It ________ raining.

1. stopped
2. stop

I didn't ______ the hotel.

1. liked
2. like

George ______ in class yesterday.

1. didn't be
2. wasn't

Did you ______ the train on time?

1. caught
2. catch

She ________ French at university.

1. study
2. studied

Past Continuous

Past Continuous - Rules

background descriptions

an action in progress at a specific time in the past: something was going on for a while in the past -> duration

Past Simple & Past Continuous

 Past Simple and Past Continuous in one sentence

 

• While I was driving home, I saw my friend.

          = past continuous                            = past simple

something occurs (past simple) while something else is going on, longer activity (past continuous)

We _________ ready for the party when you phoned.

1. got
2. were getting

When I left the house, it __________ .

1. snowed
2. was snowing

He ____________ a shower when the telephone rang.

1. took
2. was taking

Past simple & past continuous

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