The correct answers are I'll have the spicy garlic noodles, please. and We'll have two orders of the loaded nachos to share.
We use "will have" (often contracted to "I'll have" or "We'll have") to order food at a restaurant. "I'm have" and "We'll to have" contain incorrect verb structures.
Modal verb
- ✅ She can swim. — ❌ She can to swim. (modal + bare infinitive, no to)
- ✅ You must leave now. — strong obligation
- ✅ It might rain. — possibility (~50%)
- ✅ He should apologise. — advice/recommendation
Modal verbs (can, could, may, might, must, shall, should, will, would) are auxiliaries expressing ability, permission, possibility, obligation, or speculation. Always + bare infinitive. Never inflected (she can, not she cans).
Rule: modals never take to after them, never add -s for third person, and can't combine directly (must can ❌ — use must be able to).
Future tense
- ✅ I*'ll** help you.* — spontaneous decision (will)
- ✅ I*'m going to** study medicine.* — planned intention
- ✅ I*'m meeting** Sam at six.* — fixed arrangement (present continuous)
- ✅ The train leaves at 8. — scheduled event (present simple)
English has no single future tense — it uses will, be going to, present continuous, and present simple for different shades of future meaning. The choice signals whether you're predicting, planning, arranging, or stating a schedule.
Pattern: spontaneous → will. Planned → going to. Arranged → present continuous. Timetabled → present simple.
Declarative sentence or clause
- ✅ Roses are red. — declarative (statement, ends with period)
- ✅ She must be out of her mind. — declarative (opinion stated as fact)
- Compare: Are roses red? — interrogative (question)
- Compare: Close the door. — imperative (command)
A declarative sentence states a fact or opinion: subject + verb + rest. It's the default word order in English — the base from which questions, commands, and exclamations are derived.
Pattern: subject comes before the verb, and the sentence ends with a period. If subject and auxiliary swap → question. If subject disappears → command.
Simple tense
- ✅ I go to work every day. — present simple (habit)
- ✅ She went home yesterday. — past simple (completed action)
- ✅ I will call you later. — future simple (promise/decision)
- ✅ Water boils at 100°C. — present simple (general truth)
The simple aspect is the default, unmarked verb form. Present simple = habits, facts, schedules. Past simple = completed actions. Future simple = predictions, promises, decisions. No auxiliary needed (except will for future and do for questions/negatives).
Rule: if the action is a fact, habit, completed event, or scheduled future — and you don't need to emphasise it being in-progress or connected to now → simple tense.
Apostrophe
- ✅ the dog's bone (possession) — ❌ the dog's are barking (wrong — plural, no apostrophe)
- ✅ it's raining (= it is) — ❌ the cat licked it's paw (wrong — possessive its has no apostrophe)
- ✅ don't, they're, we'll (contractions) — ❌ apple's for sale (wrong — plain plural)
- ✅ James's book or James' book — both accepted for names ending in s
The apostrophe ( ' ) marks either possession (the eagle's feathers) or missing letters in contractions (do not → don't). It never makes a plural.
Rule: if you mean "belongs to," add 's. If you're shortening two words into one, apostrophe replaces the missing letters. Otherwise — no apostrophe.
A2 | Elementary | Pre-intermediate
- ✅ I went to the cinema yesterday. — past simple
- ✅ I have visited Paris twice. — present perfect (life experience)
- ✅ If it rains, I'll take an umbrella. — first conditional
- ✅ You should see a doctor. — modal for advice
These patterns are A2 — the second CEFR level. At A2 you move past survival phrases into real grammar: past tenses, the present perfect, basic conditionals, and modals for advice/obligation.
Marker: if you can describe yesterday and give simple advice, but struggle with abstractions or nuance, you're at A2.
Medium
- If I were you, I would apologise. — one rule (second conditional), but distractors like was tempt you
- Answers require active thought, not instant pattern recognition
- Vocabulary and context are realistic, not artificially simplified
- Usually tests one rule, but the wrong answers are plausible
Medium marks middle-difficulty challenges: A2–B1, one rule tested, but with realistic distractors that require genuine understanding.
Use "Medium" when Easy feels too obvious but Hard feels overwhelming. This is where most productive learning happens — the sweet spot of difficulty.