Luna's Time Travel Grammar

P2-EP01 B1-B2

I’m Always Losing Things

Present Continuous (irritation/habit)

Albert Einstein · 1920s: Einstein's absent-mindedness

P2-EP02 B1-B2

I Think vs I’m Thinking

Stative verbs (exceptions)

René Descartes · 1637: Descartes writing 'I think, therefore I am'

P2-EP03 B1-B2

I’ve Been Working All Night

Present Perfect Continuous

Marie Curie · 1902: Marie Curie's radium research

P2-EP04 B1-B2

How Long Have You Been Waiting?

Present Perfect Continuous vs Present Perfect Simple

Mahatma Gandhi · 1940s: Gandhi's patient resistance

P2-EP05 B1-B2

Before That Moment

Past Perfect

Abraham Lincoln · 1863: Hours before Gettysburg Address

P2-EP06 B1-B2

I Had Been Waiting for Years

Past Perfect Continuous

Howard Carter · 1922: Before discovering Tutankhamun's tomb

P2-EP07 B1-B2

I’ll Be Working Tomorrow

Future Continuous

Thomas Edison · 1880s: Edison's relentless work ethic

P2-EP08 B1-B2

By Then, I’ll Have Finished

Future Perfect

Manhattan Project scientists · 1945: Manhattan Project deadline pressure

P2-EP09 B1-B2

I Was Going to Tell You

Future in the past (was/were going to)

Abraham Lincoln · 1865: Lincoln's broken theatre plans

P2-EP10 B1-B2

I’m Used to Hard Work

be/get used to vs used to

Ellis Island immigrants · 1900s: Ellis Island immigrant stories

P2-EP11 B1-B2

It Must Be True

must (logical conclusion)

Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes · 1890s: Sherlock Holmes' deductive method

P2-EP12 B1-B2

It Can’t Be Real

can't/cannot (impossibility/negative deduction)

Wilhelm Röntgen · 1895: Röntgen's X-ray discovery

P2-EP13 B1-B2

It Might Be Dangerous

might/may/could (possibility)

Lewis and Clark · 1804: Lewis and Clark exploring the unknown

P2-EP14 B1-B2

He Must Have Known

must have (past deduction)

Lincoln assassination investigators · 1865: Investigating Lincoln's assassination

P2-EP15 B1-B2

They Might Have Survived

might have/may have/could have (past possibility)

Amelia Earhart · 1937: Amelia Earhart's disappearance