Expand your English skills with past narratives, future projections, and polite communication. This unit focuses on storytelling with past tenses, expressing wishes, making requests, and unlocking the power of phrasal verbs—essential for natural, fluent conversations.
Key Learning Objectives
- Describe existence in the past using “there was/were.”
- Talk about past habits using “used to.”
- Describe actions in progress in the past using the past continuous.
- Express wishes for the present using “wish + past tense.”
- Ask polite questions using indirect question structures.
- Talk about future events using the future simple and future continuous tenses.
- Make polite requests using modal verbs.
- Understand and use separable and non-separable phrasal verbs.
🏰 5.1. There Was and There Were
Start this lessonThere was and there were are past tense forms of there is and there are. We use these expressions to talk about the existence or presence of things in the past.
🕰️ 5.2. Used to Infinitive
Start this lesson“Used to + infinitive” is a grammatical structure in English that we use to talk about past habits, repeated actions, or situations that are no longer true in the present. It emphasizes that something was once common or regular but has now changed.
🎬 5.3. Past Continuos
Start this lessonThe Past Continuous (also called Past Progressive) is used to talk about actions that were in progress at a specific moment in the past. It describes ongoing activities that were happening over a period of time.
🌠 5.4. Wish + Past Tense
Start this lessonWish is a verb we use to express desires for things that are not true or are unlikely to happen. When we combine wish with the past tense, we talk about regrets or desires for the present that are contrary to reality.
🤫 5.5. Indirect Questions
Start this lessonIndirect questions are a more polite and formal way of asking for information. They are especially useful when speaking to strangers, authority figures, or in formal situations.
🔮 5.6. Future Simple
Start this lessonThe Future Simple tense is used to talk about actions or events that will happen in the future. It’s one of the most common ways to express future actions in English.
🚀 5.7. Future Continuos
Start this lessonThe Future Continuous, sometimes also referred to as the Future Progressive, is a verb tense that indicates something will be in progress at a specific time in the future. It describes an action that will be ongoing.
🙏 5.8. Modal Verbs Request
Start this lessonModal verbs help us express different meanings such as ability, possibility, permission, and requests. In this lesson, we will focus on how to use modal verbs to make polite requests in English.
🧩 5.9. Phrasal Verbs (Non Separables)
Start this lessonPhrasal verbs are combinations of verbs and prepositions or adverbs that create expressions with meanings different from the individual words. In this lesson, we’ll focus specifically on non-separable phrasal verbs.
🔌5.10. Phrasal Verbs (Separables)
Start this lessonPhrasal verbs are an essential part of English communication. They consist of a verb and one or more particles (prepositions or adverbs).