Luna's Time Travel Grammar

P2-EP31 B1-B2

Unless You Try

unless (= if not)

Theodore Roosevelt · 1910: Roosevelt's citizenship speech

P1-EP31 A2-B1

Would You Like…?

would like / want to / need to

Queen Victoria · 1897: Diamond Jubilee tea

P2-EP32 B1-B2

I Wish I Could Fly

wish + past simple (present wishes)

Wright Brothers · 1899: Wright Brothers before flight

P1-EP32 A2-B1

Who? What? Where? When?

Question words

Marilyn Monroe · 1956: Press conference

P2-EP33 B1-B2

I Wish I Had Said Goodbye

wish + past perfect / if only

Soldiers and families · 1918: World War I letters

P1-EP33 A2-B1

How Did You Do It?

How questions (how much/many/often)

Charles Lindbergh · 1927: Atlantic flight

P2-EP34 B1-B2

It Was Being Built

Passive voice (continuous tenses)

Construction workers · 1930-1931: Empire State Building construction

P1-EP34 A2-B1

You’re Coming, Aren’t You?

Question tags

The Beatles · 1964: Social gathering

P2-EP35 B1-B2

It Has Been Done Before

Passive voice (perfect tenses)

Patent examiners · 1900s: Patent office debates

P1-EP35 A2-B1

It Was Built by Thousands

Passive voice (past)

Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi · 1886: Statue dedication

P2-EP36 B1-B2

He Is Said to Be a Genius

Passive reporting verbs

Albert Einstein · 1920s: Einstein's growing fame

P1-EP36 A2-B1

English Is Spoken Everywhere

Passive voice (present & future)

Modern world · Present: Global English spread

P2-EP37 B1-B2

I Had My Portrait Painted

have something done (causative)

Leonardo da Vinci · 1503-1506: Mona Lisa commission

P1-EP37 A2-B1

I Want to Learn

want/need/would like + to

Frederick Douglass · 1830s: Secret education

P1-EP38 A2-B1

I Enjoy Reading

enjoy/stop/finish + -ing

Jane Austen · 1811: Pride and Prejudice writing