Supplementary support for language you've already met in the course. Nothing here is a required stage — use it whenever a point needs more work.
Quick checks drawn from the Grammar Bank. Try it, then reveal.
Simple = stable habit or identity. Continuous = current, temporary phase. Perfect (continuous) = started in the past, still relevant now.
I ___ (live) in Madrid for three years now.
She usually ___ (take) the bus, but today she ___ (drive).
Sorry — I ___ (not / understand) the question.
Gradable adjectives take very / quite / a bit. Non-gradable (extreme) adjectives take absolutely / completely / utterly — not 'very'.
Fix: 'The film was very fantastic.'
Soften: 'I don't like it.' (particularly)
