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."

a) have / am
b) have / have been
c) are / am

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."

a) have
b) had
c) will have

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."

a) which
b) who
c) whose

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."

a) must
b) can't
c) should

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."

a) has
b) had
c) was

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!"

a) will
b) am
c) will be

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 ___. "

a) best / better
b) better / good
c) good / better

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."

a) on
b) in
c) under

Answer: c) under - 'Under' indicates the position below something.

(Reported Speech: Questions)

A: "He asked me where ___ going."

B: "What did you tell him?"

a) am I
b) was I
c) I was

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!"

a) a
b) an
c) the

Answer: a) a - 'A' is used before singular, countable nouns that are not specific.