GIU Term 1

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 4,5

Grammar in Use 

Units 1-9, 10-18, 19-25, 38-46

Topics covered: 

• Present tenses   (simple, continuous, perfect)
  
• Past tenses          (simple, continuous, perfect, ‘used to’)
  
• Future tenses      (continuous, perfect)
  
• Conditionals         (zero, first, second, third)
  
• Passives                 (all tenses)
  

Present tenses:

Present Simple

Verb (+s)

Present Continuous

Am/is/are verb+ing

Present Perfect

Have/has + past part.

Present Perfect Continuous

Have/has been verb+ing

Future Simple

Will + verb OR am/is/are going to + verb

Future Continuous

Will be verb+ing OR

Am/is/are going to be verb+ing

Future Perfect

Will have + past part.

(Am/is/are going to have past part.)

Future Perfect Continuous

Will have been verb+ing

Past tenses:

Past Simple

Verb + ed (or irregular verbs)

Past Continuous

Was/were verb+ing

Past Perfect

Had + past participle

Past Perfect Continuous

Had been verb+ing

Present tenses:

Present Simple

Verb (+s)

Present Continuous

Am/is/are verb+ing

Present Perfect

Have/has + past part.

Present Perfect Continuous

Have/has been verb+ing

Brendan was surprised to find the gas tank empty as he ____ (only use) the truck twice that week.

Japanese cooking _____ (not use) a lot of dairy food.

Britney Spears ______ (stay) in the Waldorf Astoria on this visit to New York.

Andy Murray certainly _____ (not play) his best tennis at the moment.

The part-time philosophy course ____ (consist of) twenty lectures and five seminars.

Jim ____ (leave) on the early flight the next morning so he left the party early.

At the time of the trial last summer Hinkley _____ (be) in prison for eight months.

We _____ (guarantee) that you won't be disappointed with the performance of our new machine.

I've won the jackpot on the lottery and I _____ (spend) it all straight away!

At our next wedding anniversary we ____ (be married) for twenty-five years.

Many of the survivors ____ (work) in the fields when the earthquake struck.

He's really much more handsome in the flesh than I _____ (think).

Street crime _____ (rise) steadily over the last two months.

This farm _____ (grow) organic vegetables for more than ten years now.

Only one British female astronaut _____ (spend) time on a space station.

At the time of the take-over the company's shares ____ (decline) in value for several months.

The plane _____ (take off) at 10:45, so we had better check in by 8:45.

I've just been to the meeting. It looks like they ____ (build) a new shopping centre in town.

Conditionals

If-sentences

I would have called her If I _____ (know) she was at home.

If you _____ (take) some flowers to Julie, I will take some fruit.

The organisers ____ (respond) positively to proposals if they are submitted by 10th June.

If he had been there, he _____ (witness) a marvellous spectacle.

If you listen more carefully, you _____ (understand) a little more.

Passives

A pay rise ___ (offer) to the workers by the management since the strike.

The contestants _____ (make) to dress in ridiculous outfits in yesterday's episode.

I see the bathroom ______ (clean) for months.

Refreshments _____ (provide) during half-time of tomorrow's game.

It was only his second time on a plane and he _____ (give) an upgrade to first class.

The suspect ____ (believe) to be hiding somewhere across the border.

Grammar in Use

Keep up with the exercises!

Formative tests

Work towards Writing in term 3