-If ……… 2/ It didn’t rain, so my vegetables in the garden could not grow well - If ……… 3/ I didn’t see the signal, so I didn’t stop.. -If ……….[r]
(1)TENSES Put the verb in brackets into the correct tense:
1.Until yesterday I ( never hear ) - about it
2.Sam ( already leave ) - when we ( get ) - there 3.How you ( break ) - your arms?
4.How long ( you/ study ) - English? - I ( learn ) - English since I was twelve
5.Who is that woman? I ( never/ see ) - her before
6.I ( phone ) -you when I ( get ) - home from work
7.While Dad ( watch ) - TV last night, Mum ( read ) - the newspaper
8.I ( slip ) - on the ice while I ( cross ) When I got home, Bill ( lie ) - on the sofa The television was on but he ( not / watch ) - it He ( fall ) - asleep and (snore )
- loudly I ( turn ) - the television off and just the he ( walk ) - the street 9.I ( meet ) - Mary while I ( go ) - to the bookshop yesterday I ( ask )
- her to go with me She and I ( want ) - to find a good dictionary At last both of us ( buy ) - the same ones after we ( look ) - for and ( read )
- many kinds of dictionary carefully 10.( you/ meet ) - Tom at the party last night?
- No, he ( already/ go ) - home when I ( arrive ) - at the party
11.When I saw that Mike was having trouble, I ( help ) - him He ( be ) - very appreciative 12.Last night, I ( go ) - to a party When I ( get ) - there, the room was full of people Some of them ( dance ) -, and others ( talk ) - One young woman ( stand ) - by herself I ( never / meet ) - her, so I ( introduce )
- myself to her
13.When I got home, Bill ( lie ) - on the sofa The television was on but he ( not / watch ) - it He ( fall ) - asleep and (snore ) - loudly I ( turn ) - the television off and just the he ( wake ) -
14.I went to John’s room and ( knock ) - on the door but there ( be ) - no answer Either he ( go ) - out or he ( not / want ) - to see any one
15.When I ( finish ) - all this work, I will go for a walk 16.She got a job after she ( graduate )
-17.I had a cup of tea before I ( leave ) - for work
18.By the time I ( go ) - to New York, I ( turn ) - off the lights 19.By the time he comes, we ( already/ open ) - it
20.It is raining hard We ( get ) - wet if we ( go ) - out As soon as it ( stop ) - raining, we ( leave ) -
PASSIVE Change these sentences into passive
1 A group of students have met their friend at the railway station.
→ 2. They didn’t allow Tom to take these books home
→ 3. The teacher won’t correct exercises tomorrow
→ 4. How many trees did they cut down to build that fence?
→ This well-known library attracts many people
→ 5. All students attended the meeting
→ 6. People say that he is intelligent
→ 7. He can’t repair my bike
→ 8. Mary has operated Tom since 10 o’clock
→ 9. This is the second time they have written to us about this
(2)10. Mr Smith has taught us French for years
→ 11. They didn’t look after the children properly
→ 12. Nobody swept this street last week
→ 13. People drink a great deal of tea in England
→ 14. People speak English all over the world
→ 15. Tom was writing poems
→ USED TO + INF// BE/ GET USED TO + V- ING 1>Complete the sentences with an appropriate form of USED TO or BE/ GET USED TO
1 The new managing director is good at making speeches He ……….appearing in public, because he ……….an actor
2 He …………walking long distances He …… live in the mountains, where there were no buses
3 Before I got this job, I (not)……….travelling several miles to work I …………work in my father’s shop, and we ……… live over the shop
4 These young lions were born in Africa and they (not) ………being in cages The old lion …………be in a circus, se he ……….seeing people staring at him, but he doesn’t like living in a cage, either
5 When I first worked in an office, I ………write my own letters because I (not) ………… having a secretary take them down from dictation
6 What time ……….go to bed when you were a child?
7 I ………be wild and reckless when I was young, but now I’m not
8 I (not) ……….do any physical exercises, but now I exercise for an hour every day 2> Rewrite the following sentences using USED TO :
1 I walked to work
I used _ I never made so many mistakes
I never used _ The accounting department was on the 18th floor
The accounting department used _ Tom was a good employee and worked hard
Tom used _ I bought all my clothes in that store
I used This building was occupied by a large insurance firm
This building used _ She often played with dolls when she was a little girl
She used There were some trees in this field
There used He never did his work poorly
He never used _ 10 He took a great interest in his piano lessons
He used ATTITUDINAL ADJECTIVES
Give the correct form ( - ING or - ED) of the verbs in brackets
1 I seldom visit art galleries I’m not very ……… in art ( interest) We went for a very long walk It was very ……… ( tire)
3 Why you always look so …………? Is your life really so ……… ? ( bore)
4 He’s one of the most ……….people I’ve ever met He never stop talking and never says anything ………… ( bore – interest)
5 I was …… When I heard they were getting divorced They had always seem so happy together ( astonish) I’m starting a new job next week I’m quite ……… about it ( excite)
(3)CONDITIONAL SENTENCES Put the verbs in brackets into the correct forms
1 If it doesn’t rain, I (come)……… to see you If it didn’t rain, I ( come)………… to see you I ( drive) ………….to work if I had a car
4 Where in Vietnam would you like to live if you (can) ………… choose? If the weather (be) …………good, we’ll have lunch outside
6 They would have paid you more if they (be told) ………….of its value
7 If I ( realise) ………that Greg wanted to get up early, I would have woken him up If you had had breakfast, you (not / be)………hungry
9 Many people would be out of work if that factory (close)………down 10 If he (study)……….harder, he would have passed the exam
Rewrite these sentences, using conditional sentences 1/ She didn’t eat anything because she wasn’t hungry
-If ……… 2/ It didn’t rain, so my vegetables in the garden could not grow well - If ……… 3/ I didn’t see the signal, so I didn’t stop
-If ……… 4/ They missed their plan because they got in the bad traffic
- If ………
5 Dick often causes accidents because he drives carelessly.
- If ……… 6 Listen carefully or you won’t understand the lesson
- If ……… 7 The weather is not fine, that’s why we can’t go out
- If ……… 8 The weather may be fine tomorrow, we will go for a picnic
- If ……… THE INFINITIVE OR THE GERUND Give the correct form of the verbs in brackets :
1. Tom regrets ( spend ) too much time ( play ) computer games 2. Students stopped ( make ) noise when the teacher came in 3. He’ll try ( not make) the same mistake again
4. Would you mind ( turn ) off the radio ?
5. When you see Tom, remember ( give ) him my regards
6. They postponed ( build ) an elementary school for lack of finance 7. It’s no use ( advise ) him He never allows anybody (give) advice 8. Is there anything here worth ( buy ) ?
9. We missed ( watch ) a football match last night 10. The principal tells him ( come ) in
11. My parents decided ( take ) a taxi because it was late 12. Do you agree ( lend ) me some money ?
13. Tom refused (give) me his address
14. You’ll be able ( ) it yourself when you are older
15. I didn’t know how ( get ) to your house , so I stopped ( ask ) the way 16. We found it very difficult ( reach ) a decision
17. I will remember ( give ) Mr Brown your message 18. She remembers ( be ) taken to the zoo by her mother
19. Do you feel like ( go ) to the concert or would you like ( stay ) at home ? 20. My family is considering (take) a trip to the USA next year
21. The police didn’t permit ( camp ) in this wood for security reasons 22. We don’t allow people ( smoke ) in the lecture room
23. The teacher advised ( review) the grammatical structures carefully 24. He’ s used to ( go ) on foot to work
(4)26. She is looking forward to ( see ) her friends
27. Sometimes students avoid ( look ) at the teacher if they don’t want (answer ) a question 28. You should try ( wear ) any shirts you want to buy
29. The teacher recommends us ( prepare) the lessons well before ( come ) to class 30. There are people can’t help ( laugh )when they see someone ( slip ) on a banana skin
REPORTED SPEECH Change these sentences into reported speech
1 “ I’ll see you tomorrow”, she said He said
2 “ I saw her on my way to school yesterday”, he said He said He said, “ I’ll leave here tomorrow” He said
4 Mary told me, “ I saw them at this place” Mary told “ I met her about months ago”, he said He told me “ I’m trying to listen to the music”, she said She said
7 “ I must go out to post this letter now, Mum”, he said He told “ I can’t speak any foreign languages”, he said
9 “What did you yesterday?”, the wife asked The wife asked
10 “ Do you like watching detective stories?”, my sister asked me My sister asked RELATIVE CLAUSES
Join these sentences, using Relative Clause
1 A girl was injured in the accident She is now on hospital
2 A man answer the phone He told me you were away
3 You’ve all met Michael Wood He is visiting us for a couple of days
4 We are moving to Manchester Manchester is in the north – west