Hardly = almost not, so 'hardly ever' = almost never Work hard = work a lot, work well 'Hard' and 'hardly' are both adverbs, but with very different meanings. Don't confuse them!

We use this form to talk about a situation which is imaginary or unreal: If + past simple --> would + infinitive In this case, the situation is unreal because I don't have time, so I can't do more exercise.

You should have... = you made a mistake/you did something wrong

We use 'shall' for offers/suggestions when we ask a question

As soon as = when (although 'as soon as' is stronger)

1) 'The bag' because I think you know which bag I'm talking about 2) 'The table' for the same reason - probably there's only one table in the room where we are 3) 'An apple' because I want one apple, but I don't care which apple you give me. Probably, this means there are several apples which both people can see. 4) 'A bar of chocolate' is similar to (3)

I live You live He/she/it lives <-- We live They live

Adjectives of opinion (like 'beautiful') go before adjectives of fact (like 'long' and 'black'). If you have several adjectives, they need to go in a certain order. There is a rule (although it's too complicated to remember when you're speaking) - the best way is to use your instinct: if one way sounds better, then it probably is better.

It's my bag = It's mine You can't say 'It's mine bag'

'Can' is used here because we are talking about a general possibility. The other three (could/may/might) are only used for specific possibilities, at one moment in time.

We use this form to talk about an imaginary situation in the past: If + had done (past perfect) --> would have + past participle In this case, he didn't arrive late, so he caught the train.

We want to say how he drives --> we need to use adverbs Slow --> adverb = slowly Fast --> adverb = fast (it's irregular)

I am You are He/she/it is We are They are <--

Shorter words add -er to make a comparative: big --> bigger tall --> taller Longer words use 'more': expensive --> more expensive beautiful --> more beautiful

'In case' = you do something to be prepared, because you aren't sure what will happen. In this situation, you don't know if you will get hungry or not. But you take a sandwich anyway, just to be prepared.

She might have... = It's possible that she...

We use the present perfect (have...) to show that something started in the past and continues until now. We use the continuous (...been + -ing) to show that the length of the action is important.

Last year = past We use the past simple for completed actions in the past. Go --> past simple = 'went'

We use this form to talk about other people's behaviour which we find annoying or unpleasant: Wish + person + would + verb So in this case, he is often rude, and I find it annoying or unpleasant, so I want him to change.

'I could have...' = there was a possibility, but in the end it didn't happen.

'Two times' is not wrong, but native speakers usually say 'twice'. We use 'a' in phrases like this: --> Once an hour --> Twice a day --> Three times a week etc.

'Get' in this sentence has the meaning of 'become' but native speakers never use 'become' in this way. There are many similar phrases with 'get': get broken, get married, get wet, etc.

'Going to' and 'will' can both be used to make predictions, but in this sentence, 'it's' means we can't use 'will'. Otherwise, you could say 'Do you think it will rain tomorrow?' with no difference in meaning.

spend time + -ing would like + to

I've called... = present perfect We use the present perfect to talk about unfinished time periods. So, we can't say 'I've called...yesterday' (because yesterday is finished) 'Today' is unfinished, so it's the only possible answer.

The future perfect (will have done...) is used to show that something will be finished by a certain time in the future. It's often used together with 'by': 'By Friday, we'll have done everything.'

They can't be away = I'm sure they aren't away

Present simple questions are made with 'do' or 'does'. He/she/it doES, so we use 'does' in this question.

I'd love... = now ...to have lived = before This is a perfective infinitive, which is used to add a past meaning to an infinitive.

We use the present continuous (be + -ing) to talk about something which is happening now

Used to = something was true in the past, but it isn't true any more.

This situation is imaginary: I am imagining being in your position. To describe an imaginary situation, we use the past simple after 'if'. Also, in these sentences, we can use 'were' to replace 'was'. Most of the time, you can choose which to use: "If I was rich and famous..." "If I were rich and famous..." --> Both ok But, in this sentence 'If I were you...', we always use 'were'.

This is an indirect question, so after the 'Could you tell me...' we don't change the word order in the rest of the sentence.

'Having spent...' = 'Because I spent...' Get used to + -ing = adapt to a new situation.

We use the past perfect because we have two past actions. It was (1) the first time he had eaten (2) anything so spicy. The past perfect shows that (2) happened before (1).

'Spain' is the country 'Spanish' is the adjective for the people or the language

The sentence 'I like getting up early' is present simple. So, the negative is: I don't like...

'I don't come' = regularly, many times, so it doesn't go here, because we're talking about one time (this Friday). We use 'can' + 'not' = 'can't' or 'cannot' ('can't' is more common in spoken English).

'Exhausted' has a strong meaning, so we can only use certain adverbs. In the same way, you can't say 'I was completely tired', because 'completely' can only be used with adjectives which have a strong meaning.

This is the passive voice, which is used to change the emphasis of a sentence. So here, we use the passive because we want to emphasise the film, not the director.