Lesson 10: Learning Grammar Through Conversations by Dr. Snea Thinsan
(Present Perfect Continuous vs. Present Continuous)
A: “How long ___ you been waiting for the bus?”
B: “I ___ waiting for 20 minutes.”
Answer: b) have / have been – Present Perfect Continuous is used for actions that started in the past and continue to the present.
(Second Conditional)
A: “If I ___ a car, I would drive to work.”
B: “That’s a good idea.”
Answer: b) had – Second Conditional uses ‘if’ + past simple to talk about hypothetical situations.
(Relative Clauses)
A: “The movie ___ we watched last night was fantastic.”
B: “I agree, it was really good.”
Answer: a) which – ‘Which’ is used for things in relative clauses.
(Modals of Possibility)
A: “She ___ be at home. Her car is not in the driveway.”
B: “She might have gone out.”
Answer: b) can’t – ‘Can’t’ is used to express impossibility.
(Past Perfect Continuous)
A: “He ___ been working for hours before he took a break.”
B: “He must be exhausted.”
Answer: b) had – Past Perfect Continuous is used for actions that were ongoing in the past before another action.
(Future Continuous)
A: “This time tomorrow, I ___ flying to Paris.”
B: “Have a great trip!”
Answer: c) will be – Future Continuous is used to describe actions happening at a specific time in the future.
(Comparative and Superlative Adjectives)
A: “This is the ___ pizza I’ve ever had.”
B: “I think the one from last week was ___. “
Answer: a) best / better – ‘Best’ is the superlative form, and ‘better’ is the comparative form.
(Prepositions of Place)
A: “The cat is hiding ___ the table.”
B: “I can see it now.”
Answer: c) under – ‘Under’ indicates the position below something.
(Reported Speech: Questions)
A: “He asked me where ___ going.”
B: “What did you tell him?”
Answer: c) I was – Reported Speech for questions uses subject-verb order.
(Articles: A, An, The)
A: “She bought ___ new dress for the party.”
B: “It looks beautiful!”
Answer: a) a – ‘A’ is used before singular, countable nouns that are not specific.
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