Revisio B1

Revision

present perfect continious

Multiple Choice

Which one is the correct structure of Present Perfect Continuous tense.

• Subject + have/has + v. -ing

• Subject + have/has + been + v. -ing

• Subject + been + have/has + v. -ing

Multiple Select

Select the correct sentece.

• I have been thinking about quitting my job.

• I has been thinking about quitting my job.

• I've been thinking about quitting my job.

• I have been think about quitting my job.

Multiple Choice

Why _________________ up so early recently?

• has you been waking

• have you been waking

• has you been wake

• have you been wake

Multiple Choice

Helen …… (to wash) the dishes for fifteen minutes.

• a. have been washing

• b. has been washing.

• c. is washing

• d. has be washing

Multiple Choice

I …… (to look) for information on the subject since last Friday.

• a. am looking

• b. has been looking

• c. have looked

• d. have been looking

Multiple Choice

You …… (to work) as a computer programmer for more than fifteen years.

• a. has been working

• b. have are working

• c. have been worked

• d. have been working

Multiple Choice

What verb tense is this:
"I have done my homework".

• Present simple.
• Present continuous.
• Present perfect simple.
• Present perfect continuous.

Multiple Choice

Which words complete the sentence?

We ______ raising money for charity.

• haven’t

• hasn’t been

• ‘ve not been

Multiple Choice

Which sentence is NOT correct?

• What Amelia has been doing all day?

• How long have the kids been playing in the park?

• Who has Karen been working for?

Multiple Choice

Which sentence is NOT correct?

• We’ve not eating cakes and chocolates.

• She’s not been working very hard recently.

• I haven’t been sleeping well lately.

Multiple Choice

I have been playing football _____ .

• two hours ago

• yesterday

• all day

reported speech

Multiple Choice

What is reported speech?

• A. It is when you tell somebody else what you or a person said before.

• B. It is a representation of the actual words someone said.

Open Ended

Present Simple -----> Past Simple

I'm acting strangely because I expect a bribe,' Melina told Mark.

Melina met Mark again in private and told him he was acting strangely because ____ a bribe.

Open Ended

Present Continuous ------> Past Continuous

'The Eiffel Tower is becoming too expensive to maintain,' jeff told the businessmen.

Jeff said the Eiffel Tower ________too expensive to maintain.

Open Ended

Past Simple -----> Past Perfect

'The boss tricked me', John told his wife.

John told his wife that ____.

Open Ended

Present Perfect ------> Past Perfect

'The Government has decided to sell the Eiffel Tower,' Ahmed told the men.

Ahmed told the men that the Government _____to sell the Eiffel Tower.

Open Ended

Will ------->Would

'I'll give you a large bribe,' Melina said to Sara.

Melina said to Sara that _____a large bribe

Rewrite the direct speech as reported

Alice: "I’m going to the park this afternoon."
Bob: "Can I come with you?"
Alice: "Sure, let’s meet at 3 o'clock."

ANSWERS:
Alice said she was going to the park that afternoon.
Bob asked if he could come with her.
Alice agreed and said they should meet at 3 o'clock.

Rewrite the direct speech as reported

John: "I need help with my homework."
Sarah: "I’ll help you after dinner."
John: "Thank you! That would be great."

Rewrite the direct speech as reported

Emma: "I just bought a new phone."
Tom: "What kind of phone did you get?"
Emma: "It’s the latest model from Samsung."

second and third conditional

Practice

second conditional

1. If you won a large sum of money in the lottery, what would you do with it?

2. If you could live anywhere in the world, where would you choose?why?

3. If you had the chance to meet any famous person, who would it be and why?

4. If you were offered your dream job, what would be your first action?

Practice

third conditional

1. If you had studied harder for your last exam, what might have happened?

2. If you had known about the job opportunity earlier, would you have applied for it?

3. If you had taken that vacation last year, how would your year have been different?

4. If you had bought that house when you first saw it, what would your life be like now?

The future in the past

​1-Would
is used to talk about a past future promise or prediction with no evidence.

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2-Was/were going to
is used to talk about a past future firm plan (usually not realized), intention or a prediction with evidence.

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3-Was/were + continuous verb
is used to talk about a future in the past that was a personal arrangement.

Dear Diary,

Yesterday was quite a day! I was going to visit my friend Lucy, who had just moved into a new apartment. We had planned to spend the whole day together, decorating her new place and catching up. We would have a nice lunch and then head out for some shopping. I had even written down a list of things we were going to buy.

But things didn’t go as planned. Just as I was about to leave, my phone rang. It was my cousin, and she was calling to tell me that she was coming to town for a surprise visit. I was going to tell Lucy about the change of plans when I remembered I had promised my cousin that I would spend the afternoon with her.

I felt bad about not being able to help Lucy, but I assured her we would meet another day. I would make sure to bring her some nice things from the shops I had planned to visit. Lucy said she understood and would wait for me to come over the next weekend.

So, in the end, my plans changed, but I know I’ll get to spend quality time with Lucy soon. As for my cousin, we had a wonderful day catching up and reminiscing about our childhood adventures. Sometimes life doesn’t go exactly as we plan, but it still turns out to be special in its own way.

Until next time, Anna

​Practice

Your turn

1. Describe a time when you were going to do something but had to cancel. What happened, and what would you have done differently?

2. Tell me about a trip or event you were planning but never went on. What were your plans, and why didn’t they work out?

3. Explain a situation where you promised to do something but didn’t follow through. What were your intentions, and what was the outcome?

4. Share an example of a project or goal you set for yourself and achieved. What were you planning to do, and how did it turn out?

​Choose two situations and talk about them

preposition of movement

​Practice