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Miss Grammar – Lesson 21 : Perfect Continuous Tense

February 27, 2012 Gramática, Grammar No Comments

Please watch this interesting video about the "Perfect  Continuous Tense" and try to answer following questions.

Fill In The Blanks:

1.You ______ waiting here for two hours.(present perfect continuous)
2._______She been working at that company for three years.(present perfect continuous)
3.What have you _____- doing for the last 30 minutes?(present perfect continuous)
4.You ______ waiting there for more than two hours when she finally arrived.(past perfect continuous)
 
 

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Miss Grammar – Lesson 24: Direct / Indirect speech

July 18, 2010 Blog, Gramática, Grammar No Comments

Please watch this interesting video about the "Direct / Indirect speech" and try to answer following questions.

 
1. Speaker's Direct words are _____speech?
 
2. change from direct to indirect speech
a)It is too late.
b)I have replied.
c)I cannot come.
d)I could fall down.
e)I will pay tomorrow.
 

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Miss Grammar – Lesson 23: Yet / Still / Already

July 18, 2010 Blog, Gramática, Grammar No Comments

Please watch this interesting video about the "Yet / Still / Already" and try to answer following questions.

  • You don't have to do it. I've ______ done it.
  • I've had no time. I haven't done it ______ .
  • Don't wake him. He's ______ asleep.
  • I've ______ told you what to do. Listen carefully this time.
  • The plane has ______ arrived. It was really early.

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Miss Grammar – Lesson 22 : Passive voice

July 18, 2010 Blog, Gramática, Grammar No Comments

Please watch this interesting video about the "Passive voice" and try to answer following questions.

 
A) Rewrite the sentences in Active voice.
Example: Letters were written by the students. 
 
The students wrote letters.
 
1) The club was founded by Ron and Peggy.
2) The computer is used by Patrick.
3) The telephone was invented by Alexander Graham Bell.
 

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Miss Grammar – Lesson 25 : Irregular verbs

July 17, 2010 Gramática, Grammar No Comments

Please watch this interesting video about the "Irregular Verbs" and try to answer following questions.

Fill In The Blanks:

Last October we ________  (to swim) in the lagoon, out where the old freighter had _________  (to sink). We   (to ride) our bikes to the park and Bobby   (to lead) us to Bristle Cove where we  ________ (to dive)* off the rocks into the cold water. It  ________ (to be) late in the season, but the water had not  ________ (to freeze), and we  _________ (to wear) wetsuits.
 

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