LEARNING ABOUT MY ENGLISH LEVEL

QUESTION YOU GOT WRONG	LANGUAGE ITEM	MY MISTAKE / CORRECTION	REFLECTION
2	Simple Present	I work as a teacher and my wife IS too. I work as a teacher and my wife DOES too.
4	Simple Present	What is your home town LOCATED What is your home town LIKE
9	Simple Present	They TOMORROW go to the cinema They SELDOM go to the cinema
12	Present Progressive	I’m looking FORWARD the summer holidays.  I’m looking FORWARD TO the summer holidays.
18	Future II Simple	I'll return the newspaper when I LOOKED through it.  I'll return the newspaper when I HAVE LOOKED through it.
21		I don't have a cent to give you. I JUST BUY bought a new computer. I don't have a cent to give you. I `VE JUST bought a new computer.
22	Simple past	Mum gave OFF her job when I was born. Mum gave UP her job when I was born.
24	Simple present	You have a terrible fever! DO I call a doctor? You have a terrible fever! SHALL I call a doctor?
38	Present Simple	The TV's too loud. Please, TURN DOWN IT The TV's too loud. Please,  TURN IT DOWN
53	future	We must go now. Call the waitress and ask for the PRICE  We must go now. Call the waitress and ask for the BILL
57	Past Progressive	Who was the woman SPOKE TO YOU? Who was the woman THAT YOU WERE SPEAKING TO?
60	Present Simple	HOW LONG WAY is it from here to Berlin? HOW FAR is it from here to Berlin?
62	Present Perfect Simple	The doctor has told her that she must give OFF drinking The doctor has told her that she must give UP drinking
64	Simple present	I PREFER drink beer than wine. I WOULD RATHER drink beer than wine.
71	Simple Past	I didn't realise that the coffee shop was FOR the other side of the road.  I didn't realise that the coffee shop was ON the other side of the road.
78	Simple past	She VIEWED at me and then turned away. She GLANCED at me and then turned away.
90	Simple Present	If she doesn't myGO OUT FROM sight at once, I'll scream! If she doesn't GET OUT OF my sight at once, I'll scream!

PASSIVE VOICE AND CONDITIONALS

•  The passive tense is used because if you think that the thing receiving the action is more important or should be emphasized and also if   you do not know who is doing the action or if you do not want to mention who is doing the action.

• When do we use the passive voice?.It is often used when the object of the action is more important than those who perform the action.The Structure to use the Passive Voice

THE STRUCTURE OF USE THE PASSIVE VOICE

• PRESENT TENSE is Object To be (present) +Past Participle+ (by + subject)* *If needed.

Once a week, the house is cleaned by Tom.

• PAST TENSE is Object To be (Past) + + Past Participle + (by+ subject) ** If needed. 

The car was repaired by Sam.

• PRESENT PROGRESSIVE is Object + To be (present) + Being+ Past Participle + (by+ subject) ** If needed.

Right now, the letter is being written by Sarah.

EXERCISES

The food is not eaten
The car was not stopped

CONDITIONALS

Which tenses are used in the first conditional? Write an example about it. , and  What is the characteristic of the first conditional?

We use the present simple tense to talk about the possible future condition. We use WILL + base verb to talk about the possible future result. The important thing about the first conditional is that there is a real possibility that the condition will happen.

Examples:

IF	condition	result
	present simple	WILL + base verb
If	I see Mary	I will tell her.
If	Tara is free tomorrow	he will invite her.
If	they do not pass their exam	their teacher will be sad.
If	it rains tomorrow	will you stay at home?
If	it rains tomorrow	what will you do?

Which tenses are used in the second conditional? Write an example about it.

We use the past simple tense to talk about the future condition. We use
WOULD + base verb to talk about the future result. The important thing about
the second conditional is that there is an unreal possibility that the condition
will happen.

IF	condition	result
	past simple	WOULD + base verb
If	I married Mary	I would be happy.
If	Ram became rich	she would marry him.
If	it snowed next July	would you be surprised?
If	it snowed next July	what would you do?

 Which tenses are used in the third conditional?

We use the past perfect tense to talk about the impossible past condition. We use
WOULD HAVE + past participle to talk about the impossible past result. The
important thing about the third conditional is that both the condition and result are

 impossible now.

IF	condition	result
	past perfect	WOULD HAVE + past participle
If	I had seen Mary	I would have told her.
If	Tara had been free yesterday	I would have invited her.
If	they had not passed their exam	their teacher would have been sad.
If	it had rained yesterday	would you have stayed at home?
If	it had rained yesterday	what would you have done?