Luna's Time Travel Grammar

P2-EP38 B1-B2

I Got It Fixed

get something done (causative)

Henry Ford · 1920s: Ford service stations

P1-EP39 A2-B1

To Learn or Learning?

Infinitive vs -ing comparison

Leonardo da Vinci · 1490s: Renaissance studio

P2-EP39 B1-B2

He Said He Would Return

Reported statements (backshift)

Douglas MacArthur · 1942: MacArthur's promise from Australia

P1-EP40 A2-B1

A Dream, The Dream

a/an vs the (articles)

Rosa Parks · 1955: The bus moment

P2-EP40 B1-B2

She Asked If I Was Ready

Reported questions

Journalists · 1960s: Historic press conferences

P1-EP41 A2-B1

Life Is Short

No article (general)

Marcus Aurelius · 180 AD: Roman emperor's wisdom

P2-EP41 B1-B2

He Told Me to Wait

Reported commands

D-Day commanders · 1944: D-Day planning and orders

P2-EP42 B1-B2

She Suggested We Try

Reported suggestions + verb patterns

Thomas Edison · 1880s: Edison's team brainstorming sessions

P1-EP42 A2-B1

Some Help, Any Questions?

some/any/no

American colonists · 1773: Boston Tea Party protest

P2-EP43 B1-B2

According to Scientists…

Reporting verbs variety

Modern media and scientists · Modern era: Science communication and media

P1-EP43 A2-B1

Every Child, All People

every/all/most/some

Eleanor Roosevelt · 1948: Universal Declaration of Human Rights

P2-EP44 B1-B2

Do You Know Where…?

Embedded/Indirect questions

Lost explorers · 19th century: Lost explorers seeking directions

P1-EP44 A2-B1

A Great Man, A Tall Building

Adjective order & position

Abraham Lincoln · 1863: Gettysburg Address

P2-EP45 B1-B2

Isn’t It Amazing?

Negative questions

Great orators (Churchill, King, Kennedy) · Various: Great orators and rhetorical power

P1-EP45 A2-B1

Big, Bigger, Biggest

Comparatives & Superlatives

Gustave Eiffel · 1889: Eiffel Tower completion