The Ultimate Torquay Pub Crawl
You've learned the grammar. You know the slang. Now, you have to survive the Torquay Pub Crawl. You cannot progress to the next pub until you prove you have mastered the grammar of the current one. Finish your pints, check your syntax, and let's go.
You’ve just walked into the first pub and spotted someone fit at the bar. Let's see if you can handle the basic B2 tenses from Module 1 without making a fool of yourself.
1. "I can't believe it. I him for three years, and he just asked me out!"
2. "Ugh, my flatmate about my dating life. It does my head in."
3. "I am absolutely exhausted. I since 9 PM."
You’ve moved to a louder club. The banter is flowing, the music is blasting, and you are deep in Module 2 territory. Time for narrative tenses and bossy imperatives.
1. "We in the corner when her ex-boyfriend suddenly walked in."
2. "If you want my number, me another drink first."
3. "She grabbed him the collar and pulled him onto the dance floor."
It's the next day. You are sitting in Wetherspoons nursing a hangover and eating a fry-up. You need the gossip grammar of Module 3: deductions, reported speech, and passive blame.
1. "Look at him doing the walk of shame! He at someone's house last night."
2. "He is a liar. He told me he single, but his wife just called!"
3. "Don't blame me! All the tequila before I even arrived."
The hangover is fading, but the emotional regret is setting in. You are deep into Module 4. Time for third conditionals, wishes, and defining exactly who ruined your life.
1. "If I had known he was a player, I him my number."
2. "He chews with his mouth open and it's so gross. I wish he doing it."
3. "See that girl? She is the homewrecker ruined my best friend's marriage."
You've made it to the last pub of the night. It's time to test everything you learned in Module 5. Can you handle the ultimatums, the breakups, and the final resolution?
1. "I was reading his private text messages when he suddenly into the room!"
2. "This is an ultimatum. If you don't step up, by tomorrow morning I all my bags."
3. "I bought the revenge dress, and yesterday I by a professional tailor."
Congratulations. You have survived the Torquay Pub Crawl.
You can now flirt, pull, gossip, make excuses, issue terrifying ultimatums, and dump someone with absolute grammatical precision.