In the links below you'll find some information and extra activities to keep on practising Phrasal Verbs:
1. A list of phrasal verbs in alphabetical order
2. Some activities
3. Online quizzes
4. Phrasal Verbs in context
Hope it helps!
Wednesday 30 October 2019
Wednesday 23 October 2019
UNIT 1: NARRATIVE TENSES
If you feel like practising narrative tenses a bit more, click on the links below:
Click here to check your answers
Remember that what really matters when writing or telling a story is to make it clear the order in which the different events, situations, ... happened. That's why the use of time expressions is essential:
Talking about a period of time in the past
My mother started work as a nurse in the 1960s.
In those days she lived in London.
Back then nurses were badly paid.
At that time, nurses lived in special accommodation.
Talking about a single event in the past
At one time she lost her door key and had to stay in a hotel.
On one occasion she nursed the son of a famous politician.
Sequencing events in the past
There are many ways to sequence events in the past. Here are some of the more common ones.
After (in the middle of a sentence)
Afterwards / After that / After a while (at the beginning of a sentence)
Then / Before (in the middle or at the beginning of a sentence)
Before that / Previously / Until then (At the beginning of a sentence)
By the time (in the middle of a sentence followed by a past perfect tense)
By then / by that time (at the beginning of a sentence)
I went shopping after I finished work.
I worked all day in the office. Afterwards / After that, I went shopping.
I went shopping. After a while, I got bored.
I worked before I went shopping.
I went shopping at 6pm. Before that / Previously / Until then I had worked all day in the office.
I worked all day, then I went shopping.
I was desperate to go shopping by the time I had finished work.
I worked until 6pm. By then / By that time, I was glad for the opportunity to go shopping.
Other expressions to refer to the next event in a story
Later on
Before long
At that moment / Suddenly
Meanwhile
At the same time
Simultaneously (a more formal way of saying meanwhile / at the same time)
I worked and then went shopping. Later on I met some friends for pizza.
I waited for a while in the restaurant. Before long, the waiter came up and asked me…
At that moment / Suddenly, I heard the door slam.
Meanwhile / At the same time / Simultaneously my phone started to ring.
Now, try these online activities:
TIME SEQUENCERS
Finally, click here to practice a bit more "used to" and "would" for habits or repeated actions in the past
Hope it helps!
- PAST SIMPLE
- PAST CONTINUOUS
- PAST SIMPLE OR CONTINUOUS?
- PAST PERFECT SIMPLE
- PAST PERFECT CONTINUOUS
- PAST PERFECT SIMPLE OR CONTINUOUS?
- PAST SIMPLE OR PAST PERFECT?
Click here to check your answers
Remember that what really matters when writing or telling a story is to make it clear the order in which the different events, situations, ... happened. That's why the use of time expressions is essential:
Talking about a period of time in the past
My mother started work as a nurse in the 1960s.
In those days she lived in London.
Back then nurses were badly paid.
At that time, nurses lived in special accommodation.
Talking about a single event in the past
At one time she lost her door key and had to stay in a hotel.
On one occasion she nursed the son of a famous politician.
Sequencing events in the past
There are many ways to sequence events in the past. Here are some of the more common ones.
After (in the middle of a sentence)
Afterwards / After that / After a while (at the beginning of a sentence)
Then / Before (in the middle or at the beginning of a sentence)
Before that / Previously / Until then (At the beginning of a sentence)
By the time (in the middle of a sentence followed by a past perfect tense)
By then / by that time (at the beginning of a sentence)
I went shopping after I finished work.
I worked all day in the office. Afterwards / After that, I went shopping.
I went shopping. After a while, I got bored.
I worked before I went shopping.
I went shopping at 6pm. Before that / Previously / Until then I had worked all day in the office.
I worked all day, then I went shopping.
I was desperate to go shopping by the time I had finished work.
I worked until 6pm. By then / By that time, I was glad for the opportunity to go shopping.
Other expressions to refer to the next event in a story
Later on
Before long
At that moment / Suddenly
Meanwhile
At the same time
Simultaneously (a more formal way of saying meanwhile / at the same time)
I worked and then went shopping. Later on I met some friends for pizza.
I waited for a while in the restaurant. Before long, the waiter came up and asked me…
At that moment / Suddenly, I heard the door slam.
Meanwhile / At the same time / Simultaneously my phone started to ring.
Now, try these online activities:
TIME SEQUENCERS
Finally, click here to practice a bit more "used to" and "would" for habits or repeated actions in the past
Hope it helps!
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