Revise and Check: Questions, Tenses, Perfect, Used To, and Adjectives

• In this lesson, we review key grammar structures needed for your intranet profile. Let's check how to form questions, use present and past tenses, and describe people with adjectives.
• Grammar Area
• Structure
• Example
• Present Simple / Continuous
• Habits vs. actions now
• Mark updates his profile every month. He is editing it now.
• Present Perfect
• Life experience or connection to now
• Sarah has worked in London for three years.
• Past Habits (used to)
• Finished habits in the past
• David used to work in the Bristol office.
• Adjectives (-ed / -ing)
• Feelings vs. things causing them
• The new intranet design is amazing. We are amazed.
• Remember
• Use present simple for routines and present continuous for actions happening right now.
• Use the present perfect simple for actions connected to the present moment.
• Use 'used to' + infinitive for past states or habits that no longer happen.
• Use -ed adjectives for how people feel, and -ing adjectives for the things that cause the feeling.
• Examples
• Do you know where the Manchester team page is?
• Emily has already uploaded her new professional headshot.
• We used to search for documents in the old paper archive.
• The new staff directory is very useful and extremely helpful.
• Common mistakes
• Are you know where the org chart is?
• Do you know where the org chart is?
• Jessica is working here since 2021.
• Jessica has worked here since 2021.

Complete the sentences

• Where (do) ____ you usually update your intranet profile in the Chicago branch?
• Brian (has worked) ____ for the Manchester office for five years.
• Laura (used to) ____ manage the sales team before she moved to London.
• We are (excited) ____ about the new company intranet launch.
• Could you tell me (where) ____ the staff directory is located?
• Kevin (is updating) ____ his profile page right now.

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