Luna's Time Travel Grammar

P2-EP16 B1-B2

She Can’t Have Done It

can't have/couldn't have (past impossibility)

Agatha Christie · 1920s: Agatha Christie's detective logic

P1-EP16 A2-B1

While the World Watched

Past Continuous + when/while

Neil Armstrong · 1969: Moon landing

P1-EP17 A2-B1

I Used to Dream

used to

Walt Disney · Young Walt Disney

P2-EP17 B1-B2

I Should Have Listened

should have (regret/criticism)

Napoleon Bonaparte · 1815: Napoleon after Waterloo

P1-EP18 A2-B1

I Have Not Failed

Present Perfect (form & meaning)

Thomas Edison · 1879: Edison's 10,000 tries

P2-EP18 B1-B2

I Could Have Been Great

could have (missed opportunity/unrealized potential)

Marlon Brando · 1950s: Marlon Brando's famous lament

P1-EP19 A2-B1

Have You Ever…?

ever/never/just/already/yet

Yuri Gagarin · 1961: Gagarin returns

P2-EP19 B1-B2

You Ought to Try

ought to vs should

Benjamin Franklin · 1750s: Benjamin Franklin's mentorship

P2-EP20 B1-B2

You’d Better Run

had better

Harriet Tubman and escaped slaves · 1850s: Underground Railroad escapes

P1-EP20 A2-B1

How Long Have You Waited?

for/since

Nelson Mandela · 27 years in prison

P2-EP21 B1-B2

It’s Time We Changed

It's time + past tense

Suffragettes · 1913: Women's suffrage march

P1-EP21 A2-B1

I’ve Done It vs I Did It

Present Perfect vs Past Simple

Various inventors · Comparing achievements

P2-EP22 B1-B2

I’d Rather Stay

would rather/would sooner

William Wallace · 1305: William Wallace's final choice

P1-EP22 A2-B1

I Will Return

will (promises & predictions)

Douglas MacArthur · 1944: MacArthur

P2-EP23 B1-B2

I’d Rather You Didn’t

would rather + someone else

John F. Kennedy · 1962: Cuban Missile Crisis negotiation