Step 1: Rate & review · Step 2: The story of Vegemite – revise the tenses
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Product: Vegemite is a dark, salty spread made from yeast extract. It is one of the most famous Australian food products and is usually spread thinly on buttered toast.
Task: Try Vegemite (or imagine trying it) and give it a star rating (1 star = bad, 5 stars = excellent). Then write a short review in English: at least 4–5 complete sentences about how it tasted and why you rate it that way. You can only submit once you have written enough complete sentences – the counter below tells you how you are doing. If you are not sure how to start, open the "Need help?" box below for sentence starters and useful words. You can also ask for optional AI feedback before you submit.
Not sure how to put your thoughts into English sentences? Use the sentence starters and words below to help you write your review.
Sentence starters:
Useful words: salty, savoury, strong, intense, bitter, yeasty, sticky, spreadable, dark, unusual, overpowering, "an acquired taste", disgusting, delicious, surprising.
How did Vegemite taste? Why do you give it this rating? Write at least 4–5 complete English sentences.
Your name is optional – you can also use a made-up name or a string of letters/numbers. Then enter your class and click "Submit review" (it unlocks once your rating and your text are ready).
Your (freely chosen) name, your class and your review are saved so your teacher can see them. More in the privacy notice (German).
Great – your review has been sent! Now find out more about Vegemite: in Step 2 you read its story and revise the five tenses.
Go to Step 2 ↓These are the results of your class’s reviews – anonymous, without names.
Task: Now that you have tasted it, read the story of Vegemite – from a businessman’s dream in 1922 to Australia’s national spread. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct tense: Simple Present, Present Progressive, Simple Past, Past Progressive or Past Perfect. The tenses are all mixed up, and not every gap has a signal word – often you have to work out the tense from the context. Watch out for negatives (not / …), adverbs that go into the verb form (already / …) and a few passive forms (– passive).
The underlined words come from Vocab Checks 1 and 2 (book pp. 147–148) – you can look them up in the list below the text.
Start with Level 1 (no help). If you get stuck, switch to a higher level: Level 2 shows the signal words in bold, Level 3 also colours them in the colour of their tense – the same colours as the flashcards at the bottom of the page.
More help in your book: You can find more examples and tips on the tenses on pages 114 and 116 of your English book.
Not sure about a rule? Click (or tap) a card to flip it. On the back you find when to use the tense, the forms (✅ positive, ❌ negative, ❓ question), where the adverb goes (📍) and the signal words (🔎).
More help in your book: You can find more examples and tips on the tenses on pages 114 and 116 of your English book.