Grammar in Use: Intermediate Textbook(U1-16)

Question 1

What are you doing?

Answer 1

(right now)

S + (am/is/are) + v-ing + ~~~.

Question 2

What is “someone” doing?

Answer 2

(right now)

S + (am/is/are) + v-ing + ~~~.

Question 3

What is going on?

Answer 3

(temporary)
[ie. news, current events, gossip, life, work]

S + (am/is/are) + v-ing + ~~~.

Question 4

Talk about your or another person’s habit?

Answer 4

(I/You/We/They) + verb + ~~~.
(He/She/It) + verbs + ~~~.

Question 5

Talk about your or another person’s routine?

Answer 5

(I/You/We/They) + verb + ~~~.
(He/She/It) + verbs + ~~~.

Question 6

What is a fact / It is true?

Answer 6

(I/You/We/They) + verb
(He/She/It) + verbs

Question 7

What did you do today?

Answer 7

S + Past V + ~~~.

Question 8

What did someone do today?

Answer 8

S + Past V + ~~~.

Question 9

What did you do (on the weekend / last weekend)?

Answer 9

S + Past V + ~~~.

Question 10

What did someone do (on the weekend / last weekend)?

Answer 10

S + Past V + ~~~.

Question 11

Tell the first sentence of a story

Answer 11

S + Past V-ing + when + S2 + past V + ~~~.
or
S+ past V + ~~~ + while + S2 + was/were V-ing + ~~~.

Question 12

Ask yourself and answer.

Have you ever + (ppt verb) + ~~~?

Answer 12

I (have/haven’t) + ppt verb + ~~~.

Question 12

Ask yourself and answer.

Has (someone/something) ever + (ppt verb) + ~~~?

Answer 12

He/She/It (has/hasn’t) + ppt verb + ~~~.

Question 13

What has happened (recently / the past few days).

Answer 13

I/You/We/They (have/haven’t) + ppt verb + ~~~.
+and/or+
He/She/It (has/hasn’t) + ppt verb + ~~~.

Question 14

What has just happened?

Answer 14

S + (have/has) + just + ppt verb + ~~~.

Question 15

What has already happened?

Answer 15

S + (have/has) + already + ppt verb + ~~~.

or

S + (have/has) + ppt verb + ~~~ + already.

or

S + already+ (have/has) + ppt verb + ~~~.

Question 16

What hasn’t been done yet?

Answer 16

S + (haven’t/hasn’t) + ppt verb + ~~~ +yet.

or

S + (haven’t/hasn’t) + yet+ ppt verb + ~~~.

Question 17

What has been going with (you / your life / your work / your relationship / your family / your hobby?)

Answer 17

I (have/haven’t) been + v-ing + ~~~.

Question 18

What has been going on the past few (minutes / hours / days/ weeks /months /years )?

Answer 18

I / You / We / They (have/haven’t) been + v-ing + ~~~.

or

He / She / It (has/hasn’t) been + v-ing + ~~~.

Question 19

Ask yourself and answer.

How long have (I / you / we/ they) been + v-ing?

Answer 19

(I / you / we/ they)
+have been v-ing
+ (for / since ~~~)

Question 20

Ask yourself and answer.

How long has (he/she/it) been + v-ing?

Answer 20

(He / She / It)
+has been v-ing
+ (for / since ~~~)

Question 21

Ask yourself a

“How long” question

Answer: Use for or since

Answer 21

for: # time , a long time, a short while, awhile , a short time

since ##:##, month name, year , holiday, event / situation

Question 22

Past Perfect: Talk about something that happened before something

Answer 22

When + S + past tense verb,
S2 + had + ppt verb + ~~~.

S2 + had + ppt verb + ~~~
+ when + S + past tense verb.

S + had + ppt verb + before + [sentence].

Question 23

What had been happening before something else?

Answer 23

S + had + been + v-ing before [situation/event].

Question 24

Change a “have” sentence to “have got”

Answer 24

ie. I have a dog.
= I’ve got a dog.

He has a girlfriend.
= He’s got a girlfriend.