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Grammar Review

present simple

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I have coffee every day

she gets up at 7am on Mondays

Glasgow is in Scotland

present continuous

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I'm studying English now

he's staying with us for a few weeks

it's raining

past simple

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she walked to work yesterday

I went to France last year

we learnt something new last week

future with 'will'

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I'll help you with that

we'll be there at 10.30

he'll do it later

future with 'going to'

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I'm going to visit her soon

she's going to study engineering

they're going to organise the Christmas party this year

present perfect

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I've been to France

he's already played the game a few times

we've eaten at this restaurant before

past continuous

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I was watching TV when you called

he was shopping

the birds were singing

present perfect Vs past simple

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she's been to Paris / she went to Paris in 2018

I've seen this film three times / I saw this film last week

they've eaten all the biscuits! / they ate all the biscuits yesterday

future forms

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the train leaves at 11.20

I'm meeting a friend this afternoon

diagram of different future forms

present perfect continuous

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I've been studying for two hours

he's been waiting for 20 minutes

they've been travelling for six months

past perfect

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when I arrived, she had already left

by the time we got there, they had sold out

at the airport he realised that he had forgotten his passport

future continuous

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this time tomorrow, we'll be travelling

he'll be staying with us for a few weeks in the summer

at 3 o'clock, she'll be working

future perfect simple

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by the end of the week, we'll have finished the project

we'll have sold out by lunch time at this rate

she'll have completed it by then

past perfect continuous

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I'd been waiting for an hour when she arrived

we'd been walking around all morning and needed a rest

he'd been working there for years, so it was a big change when he left

future perfect continuous

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next month, I'll have been working here for 10 years

by the weekend, I'll have been working 12 days without a day off

by the summer, they'll have been hosting the event for 5 years

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​conditionals

reported speech

narrative tenses

style/register choices

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