Intermediate Vocabulary and Tenses Quiz

Intermediate Vocabulary

• Common Themes:

  • Work: job titles, workplace vocabulary
  • Travel: transportation, directions, accommodation
  • Health: common illnesses, body parts, preventive care
  • Leisure: hobbies, sports, music genres

• Useful Categories:

  • Adjectives: happy, exciting, difficult, interesting
  • Verbs: understand, create, discuss, suggest
  • Nouns: decision, problem, solution, experience

Simple Past Tense

• Form: Subject + past verb form (regular: -ed / irregular: varies)

  • Examples:
    • Regular: "I walked to school."
    • Irregular: "She went to the store."

• Usage:

  • Completed actions in the past: "He visited Paris last year."
  • Historical facts: "The Titanic sank in 1912."
  • Sequential actions: "I finished my homework and then watched TV."

Present Continuous

• Form: Subject + am/is/are + verb + -ing

  • Example: "They are studying for the exam."

• Usage:

  • Ongoing actions: "She is reading a book now."
  • Future plans: "We are meeting our friends tomorrow."
  • Temporary situations: "I am living in London for a month."

If-Clauses

• Conditional Structure:

  • Type 1 (real, possible): If + present simple, will + base verb

    • Example: "If it rains, I will stay home."

  • Type 2 (unreal, unlikely): If + past simple, would + base verb

    • Example: "If I had a car, I would drive to work."

  • Type 3 (unreal, past): If + past perfect, would have + past participle

    • Example: "If she had known, she would have come."

• General Use:

  • Expressing conditions and results in different time contexts.
  • Used for hypothetical or situational scenarios.

Intermediate Vocabulary

• Focuses on common themes like work, travel, health, and leisure.
• Includes useful categories like adjectives, verbs, and nouns.

Simple Past Tense

• Formed by adding "-ed" to regular verbs.
• For irregular verbs, the past form varies (e.g., "go" becomes "went").
• Used for completed actions in the past, historical facts, and actions happening in sequence.

Present Continuous

• Formed using "am/is/are" + the base verb with "-ing".
• Used for ongoing actions, future plans, and temporary situations.

If-Clauses

• Express conditions and their results.
• Types of clauses:
  • Type 1: Real and possible scenarios.
  • Type 2: Unreal and unlikely scenarios.
  • Type 3: Unreal and past scenarios.
• Used to describe hypothetical or situational conditions.