Choose the correct word to fill in the gap
- We have our English lesson on Tuesday.
Use "on" with days of the week.
- Let's meet at four o'clock.
Use "at" with times.
My car was more expensive than his.
For comparisons between two objects use the comparative form followed by "than".
- When did you talk to her?
The question form of the simple past is "did + Subject + verb (without to)".
- She said she wanted to come.
We use "say" without an object. "Tell" on the other hand takes an object - i.e. He told me.
- We had a wonderful dinner yesterday evening.
"Had" is the simple past of the verb "to have". We need to use the simple past in this example because of the specified time in the past i.e. yesterday evening.
I was watching TV when the telephone rang.
When an activity is interrupted in the past we use the past continuous i.e. "was watching"
- Have you finished your homework yet?
In this case "yet" requires the present perfect because we are asking if the homework has been finished up to now.
- I'm hungry! Just a moment, I'll make you a sandwich.
We use the future with "will" for spontaneous reactions. In other words, decisions that we make at that moment.
- I enjoy his books because he writes so well.
"Well" is the adverb form of the adjective "good".
- It won't rain tomorrow.
We use the future with "will" to make future predictions - in this case the weather.
- What does he look like?
We use this question to ask for a physical description.
- She asked him to help her.
The verb "ask" plus an object is constructed "S + ask + person being asked + infinitive with to".
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