English Speaking Clinic Performance Review Review · 2026-08-04

Written for homework: "I will keep my cool, and it will prevent to poach each other." The scenario was hypothetical — a rival has just taken your account. Which repair is right?4 pts

A.I would keep my cool, and that would prevent us from poaching each other's clients. — the whole scenario is hypothetical, so the modals stay in step, and prevent takes from + -ing.B.I will keep my cool, and it would prevent us from poaching each other's clients. — only the second clause is hypothetical, so only that modal moves.C.I would keep my cool, and it will prevent us to poach each other's clients. — prevent takes to + verb once the first modal has moved.D.I will keep my cool, and it will prevent us poaching each other's clients. — the modals were already fine.

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Written for homework: "this kind of channel conflicts is a real issue between me and my partner." Repair the noun being used as an adjective. The order me and my partner is grammatical; putting the other person first is a style preference, not something to mark wrong.4 pts

One word. The first noun modifies the second, so the second carries the number.

This kind of channel is a real issue between me and my partner.

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Which of these repairs match the handout? (Select all that apply.)4 pts

A."He born by Taiwanese parents." → He was born to Taiwanese parents. — born is always passive, and the preposition is to.B."I'm very conflict about which one should I buy." → I was conflicted about which one I should buy. — conflicted is the adjective, and a wh- clause used as an object keeps statement word order.C."At the end of the time, I choose the expensive one." → In the end, I chose the more expensive one. — in the end is the outcome; at the end of X is a position.D."more cheaper" → more cheap — cheap is a one-syllable adjective, so the comparative is built with more.

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Said while retelling the episode: "It's make Jan frustrated, and he keep asking her about it." Two verbs are in the wrong tense, and frustrated is the wrong feeling — she is not stuck on a problem, she is being put off. Repair all three.4 pts

The 4 points are split across the three blanks. One word per blank. Any adjective that means not at ease will do for the middle blank; the two tenses are what is really being marked.

It Jan , and he asking her about it.

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II. The Tense Timeline

The line drawn on the whiteboard: now, the past, and the past of the past. 4 points each; multi-blank questions split those points evenly across the blanks. Five questions, 20 points in total. One word per blank.

Two past events in one sentence: you were writing this morning, and you borrowed the pen yesterday. Mark which one came first.4 pts

Points are split evenly across the two blanks.

I was writing my book with the pen that I from Brendan yesterday.

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You overslept, and you were late. Say the opposite of what happened — the counterfactual we built in class.4 pts

The 4 points are split evenly across the four blanks.

If I up early, I arrived on time.

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You really did get up early this morning, and you really did get to work on time. Which sentence says that, and why is the other kind wrong?4 pts

A.I woke up early this morning, so I arrived on time. — both things happened, so there is nothing hypothetical for would to do.B.I woke up early this morning, so I would arrive on time. — would is what links a cause to its result in the past.C.If I woke up early this morning, I would arrive on time. — the if makes it a statement of fact about this morning.D.I had woken up early this morning, so I would have arrived on time. — two past events need the past perfect in the first clause.

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Now write the purpose version, twice: the habit you keep, and the reason you got up early that one day. The two clauses need different tenses.4 pts

The 4 points are split evenly across the four blanks. Each half is a modal followed by be — and the two modals are not the same one.

I wake up early every day so that I late. ／ I woke up early so that I late.

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Which of these are true of the timeline in the handout? (Select all that apply.)4 pts

A.had + past participle exists to show which of two past events came first; if the order is already obvious, English does not force you to use it.B.Whether you use would have + p.p. or would + base verb depends on when the unreal situation sits, not on how unlikely it is.C.so introduces a result and so that introduces a purpose — and a real, completed result never takes would.D.PP stands for present perfect, which is why the pattern is called the perfect tense.

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III. Asking Questions

The guessing game, where every one of us fell over the same rule. Matching, 1 point per box (8 points); the rest 4 points each, split evenly across blanks where needed. Four questions, 20 points in total.

Match each question on the left with what it is actually asking on the right. Write the letter in the box beside the question.8 pts

1 point per box, 8 in total. Each letter is used exactly once.

What does he do?
What has he worked on?
What is he best known for?
Is he still alive?
Have we met him in person?
Was he in the military?
Is he a fictional character?
Can you give me a hint?

Athe one achievement most people would name first
Bwhether the two of us have ever been in the same room as him
Cwhether he was ever a serving member of an armed force
Dhis job
Ewhether he was invented for a book, a film or a show
Fthe specific projects or work behind his name
Ga nudge towards the answer without giving it away
Hwhether he belongs to the present or to history

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Said in class: "What kind of video he makes?" and "What kind of business he involved in?" Both are missing the same kind of word. Repair them.4 pts

The 4 points are split evenly across the four blanks. One word per blank.

What kind of videos he ? ／ What kind of business he involved ?

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You want to know whether the two of you have ever been in the same room as this person, at any point up to now. Which question is right?4 pts

A.Have we ever met him in person? — up to now, so the present perfect; and in person is face to face rather than on a screen.B.Did we ever meet him in person? — a completed past action, which is what ever calls for.C.Have we ever met him in the person? — the present perfect is right, and the idiom takes an article.D.Do we ever meet him personally? — a general question about the present, so the present simple.

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Which of these match the handout? (Select all that apply.)4 pts

A.Is he a man? sounds more natural than Is he a male? in a casual guessing game; the second is grammatical but sounds clinical or form-like.B.What kind of sport does he play? — kind of is normally not followed by an article.C.Whoever lets the other person get it first gets a point. — whoever already contains its own subject, and the main verb stays singular.D.Once an auxiliary such as does is added, the main verb keeps its -s ending: What kind of videos does he makes?

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IV. Words in Use

The homework vocabulary round, plus what came out of it. Matching, 1 point per box (6 points); single-answer 4 points each; multiple-answer 6 points, with credit and penalties per tick. Four questions, 20 points in total.

Match each word on the left with its meaning on the right. Write the letter in the box.6 pts

1 point per box, 6 in total. Each letter is used exactly once.

obnoxious
noxious
toxic
conflicted
third wheel
scrutinize

Aharmful or poisonous, usually said of a substance
Bthe extra person in a room built for two
Ctorn between two things you both want
Dloud or rude enough to offend the people around you
Eto examine something very closely, looking for what is wrong with it
Fdoing steady damage to the people around it, said of a person or a workplace

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Michael tells Angela she was totally satisfactory this year. Why is that not the compliment it looks like, and what is the name for the technique?4 pts

A.On the English scale of praise, satisfactory and adequate are the lowest possible pass, so using them on a person reads as an insult — damning with faint praise.B.They are perfectly warm words; the offence is that Michael says them to everybody, so nobody feels singled out.C.They are too formal for a spoken review, which is why they land badly — the technique is called overstatement.D.They mean the review is not yet finished, so the employee is left waiting — the technique is called hedging.

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Three verbs, three strengths — solve, resolve, address. Put each into the sentence where it belongs, and change its form to fit.4 pts

Points are split evenly across the three blanks. One word per blank, and each verb is used exactly once.

We still need to this equation. ／ The two sides finally the conflict. ／ We're the root cause this quarter.

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Which of these are true, according to the handout? (Select all that apply.)6 pts

A.Relations is normally plural in institutional expressions such as diplomatic relations and labor relations, while relationship is the natural choice for two people; singular relation still exists for a general connection.B.An executive is a senior manager; an executor carries out a will; an executioner is the one who carries out a death sentence.C.To settle is to accept something that is merely good enough, and it carries a negative edge — which is why I didn't want to settle works where I didn't want to leave any regret does not.D.Not that there's anything wrong with that comes from The Office and is used to make a compliment sound sincere.

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V. Short Answer

Answer in English, and write these by hand — no AI. New rule, and it is graded here: three to five sentences each, unless the question says otherwise. The value of each question is printed beside its number (6 + 7 + 7). Three questions, 20 points in total.

Retell the Jim-and-Dwight subplot of Performance Review in three to five sentences. Keep the whole thing in the past tense. Say what Dwight believed, name one thing Jim or Pam said to keep him believing it, and say when he finally turned up — the day and roughly the time. Careful with the next day and next Friday: they are a week apart.6 pts

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Write four sentences about one morning you overslept. Sentence 1: what actually happened, in the past tense. Sentence 2: the counterfactual — If I had..., I would have.... Sentence 3: the purpose version — I woke up early the next day so that I wouldn't.... Sentence 4: one regret, using should have or shouldn't have with a consequence attached.7 pts

This is the section somebody asked for out loud. Each sentence sits on a different part of the timeline — check which one before you write it.

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Someone hands you a card with a famous person on it and you have to guess who it is. Write the five questions you would ask, in order, and say in one sentence why you would open with that first one. Every question must be grammatical — check your auxiliaries.7 pts

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