Worksheet 1 — Grade 7 language

Example language:
Giving advice and making suggestions: What you should do is …
If I were you, I’d …
You ought to …
You’d better …
Have you thought about …ing …?
What should be done is …
Talk about advantages/disadvantages: There are advantages and disadvantages.
One of the advantages is …
One of the disadvantages is …
Describing past habits using ‘used to’: When I was younger I used to …
We didn’t use to …
It’s different now, but it used to …
Possibilty and uncertainty: I might/might not …
It could be …
It may be …
Ask for further information: Can you tell me more?
What have you done so far?
Agreement/disagreement: I’m not sure I agree with you.
I’m sorry, I dont agree.
I completely agree.
I couldn’t agree more.
The simple passive tense: I’m not sure what should be done.
It is used for …ing.
It is made from …
Second conditional: If I could …, I would …
If I were rich, I would…
It would be better if …
Relative clauses: She’s the person who …
It’s a thing that/which …
It’s a place where …
‘Because of’ and ‘due to’: He couldn’t go due to the weather.
I passed the exam because of the teacher.
Worksheet 2 — Grade 8 language
Example language:
Feeling and emotions: It makes me feel …
I have mixed feelings about it.
Speculating: I can’t be sure, but it might be …
One possibility is that it could be …
A reason for this may be …
Impossibility: I’m sure it can’t be …
It can’t possibly be …
There is no way I would …
Persuading and discouraging: Have you ever considered …?
It might be better if you …
I wouldn’t do that if I were in your shoes.
I’m not sure that would be a good idea.
Reporting the conversation of others: My friends say that I …
My family think that …
Most people seem to believe that …
My teacher told me she had …
I heard that you shouldn’t …
3rd conditional: If I hadn’t studied so hard, I wouldn’t have passed.
I would have gone, if I hadn’t been late.
If I hadn’t had an accident, I would have won.
Present perfect continuous: I’ve been studying English for 10 years.
I’ve been thinking about …
Past perfect tense: Before I met you, I had never met an English person.
I had never been to England until last month.
Linking expressions/cohesive devices: Even though, in spite of, although, to continue, in other
words, for example…
Even though it’s raining, it’s still warm.
I passed the exam, in spite of the noisy room.
I enjoyed windsurfing, although I wouldn’t go again.
To continue, I was talking about my plans.
In other words, I don’t understand!
Worksheet 3 — Grade 9 language
Example language:
Paraphrasing and recapping: In other words …
What I mean is …
What I’m trying to say is …
Anyway, as I was saying …
Regrets, wishes and hopes: I wish I could …
I wish I hadn’t …
I wish I could have done …
I regret doing that now.
I regret not …ing.
I hope I will be able to …
I hope to go to England.
Expressing assumptions: Presumably, this is right.
I’m not sure, but my best guess is …
I assume the reason is …
Hypothesising: I suppose one reason could be …
In theory, if I did X, Y might happen.
Evaluating options: I’m not sure what to do.
On the one hand … but on the other hand …
I can see benefits on both sides.
If I do X then I might learn something, but if I do Y, it
might be quicker.
Evaluating past actions/events: It might have been better if we hadn’t …
Thinking about it now, I probably shouldn’t have …
I wouldn’t be late if my alarm had gone off.
It must have been a difficult decision.
It can’t have been easy.
Verbs + gerunds and/or infinitive I remember thinking that was a bad idea.
remember, stop, forget I remembered to bring some money.
I forgot to bring any money.
I always forget saying things when I’m tired.
I think I should stop studying maths.
I stopped to buy a magazine.
Mixed conditionals: I would be in London now if I hadn’t missed my plane.
If I were rich, I would never have bought this car.
Should/must/might/could It must have been wet in London!
+have + infinitive It can’t have been sunny!
I might have made a mistake.
He could have won the lottery!