Review Teens Higher 1

Review Teens Higher 1

by Paula Alves

​Use the past perfect tense to show that something happened before another action in the past.

HAD + PAST PARTICIPLE SIMPLE PAST OR V-ING

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Ex: ​I had already left for school when my dad arrived.

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I had lived in Rio before moving to Minas Gerais.​

He was very tired​, because he hadn't slept well.

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​Questions:

A: ​What countries had you lived in before moving to Brazil?

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​B: I had _(I'd)lived in France and England.

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​​A: Had you studied before taking this test?

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​B: No, I hadn't studied before taking this test.

Multiple Choice

We _¹____ already ___²___ when the waiter __³___our drinks. (have lunch/bring)

• 1 had

  2 have lunch

  3 bring

• 1 have

  2 had lunch

  3 brought

• 1 had

  2 had lunch

  3 brought

• 1 have

  2 have lunch

  3 brought

​Wish + Past

​We use wish + past to say that we would like a present situation to be different.

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​Ex: I wish I was taller.

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​Mary wishes she were more active. (Formal)

​Maru wishes she was more active. (Informal)

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​They wish they had enough money to buy a new car.

Multiple Choice

Mark isn't popular at school.

• He wish he was popular.

• He wish he were popular.

• He wishes he is popular.

• He wishes he was/were popular.

Multiple Choice

My brothers don't have blue eyes.

• They wishes they had blue eyes.

• They wish they had blue eyes.

• They wish they have blue eyes.

• They wish they were blue eyes.

​Third conditional

​We use the third conditional to talk about a condition in the past that did not happen.

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​If (past perfect) / would / have + past participle

​ could

​ might

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Ex: If she had studied hard, she would have passed the exam.

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​I might have asked her out if she had been nicer.

Multiple Choice

If our team __¹___ better, we would ___²____the game. ( play/win)

• 1 have played

  2 have won

• 1 had played

  2 had won

• 1 have played

  2 had won

• 1 had played

  2 have won

​Punctuation: comma

• ​Use commas between items in a series; however, the comma before and or or is optional. Ex: He bought a pen, a notebook, an eraser (,) and a card.

• ​Use comma to separate words or expressions that are put in uncommon places in a sentence, interrupting the normal flow. Ex: Paul didn't even give her a birthday card. He is, without a doubt, the most uncaring boy in the group.

• ​Use comma before and after a vocative. Ex: Did you hear, Lucy, what he just said?

​Punctuation: comma

• ​We usually use commas before and, but, or so when they connect clauses. If the clauses are short, commas are not essential. Ex: Lucy is very mature for her age, but her cousin John is very naive. Leo is mature but Ana is naive.

• ​Use a comma after clauses with (when, although, if, after, because, etc) when these clauses begin a sentence. Ex: If I hadn't studied for the test, I wouldn't have passed the exam.

​Verb + object + infinitive

​We use this structure in sentences where someone says or does something to influence someone else.

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​My sister convinced me to go to the mall with her.

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My English teacher told me to study more.

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​Their coach encouraged them to go to the gym regularly.

Multiple Choice

nobody/need to/remind/me/do/my homework.

• Nobody need to remind me to do my homework.

• Nobody needs to remind me to do my homework.

• Nobody needs to remind me do my homework.

​Transitional Phrases

​Comparison:

​also, as well as, just like, likewise

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Contrast:

on the contrary, unlike, instead

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​ Ex: My brother is good at math, just like my mother.

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​Unlike the past 4 days, this morning is sunny.

Multiple Choice

I type very fast. My grandma takes a long time to text a message.

• Unlike my grandma, I take too long to text a message.

• My grandma takes too long to text a message, just like me.

• Unlike my grandma, I type very fast.