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VERBAL TENSES: Put the verbs in brackets into the most appropriate form
When the bus (stop) in a small square, Helen (read) her
magazine and (not realize) that she .(arrive) at her
destination. This is Santa Teresa, Martin said you ..(arrive) home! I
suppose your cousin (wait) for us. Come on, I (carry) the
bags. Helen thought, all those years when I .(live) in New York, I
.(dream) of this moment. And now it (be) real. I cant
believe it! Here I . (be). I (stand) in the square. Santa
Teresa was Helens birthplace, but she .(leave) the town at the age of six.
She had some memories of the town, and some photographs but (she
belong) here still? She (not know). Nobody . (wait) in the
square. Perhaps her cousin Maria (not receive) Helens letter. What
..(we do) now? asked Martin. There isnt even a hotel here.
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Put the verbs in brackets into the most suitable verb tense.
If you .(find) a wallet in the street, what would you do with it?
I must hurry. My friends will be annoyed if I (not be) in time.
I didnt realize that Gary was in hospital. If I .. (know) it, I
(visit) him.
If the phone rings (you answer) it?
I cant decide what to do. What. (you do) if you (be)
in my position?
Did you go to the beach yesterday? No, it was too cold. If it .
(be) warmer I .(go)
What do you read newspapers? Because if I . (not read)
newspapers, I .. (not know) whats happening in the world
What shall we do tomorrow? Well, if it (be) fine we
. (go) to the beach

3. Put the following active sentences into passive voice.

1. Someone is following us ..
2. My mother taught me to swim when I was a child.
..
3. My father built this house many years ago. ...
4. Someone must have stolen my wallet. .
5. They have postponed the concert.
6. They didnt give me the money
7. John gave Jane a bunch of flowers
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Join these sentences by means of a relative pronoun.

A woman lives next door. Shes a doctor . ..
You lost the keys. Have you found them? .
We were invited to a wedding. We couldnt go to it.

4. A waitress served us. She was very impolite and impatient

5. I met a boy. Her mother writes horror stories.

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6. My brother Jim lives in London. He is a doctor.

7. Amy was in a very bad mood. Her car had broken down.

8. Im using an office at the moment. Its very small.

5. Put the following sentences into reported speech.

1. Im living in London now Karl said.
2. Sharon and Paul have got married this year I told my friends _______
..
3. My car was stolen some days ago Sheila said
4. Where are you from? the students asked the teacher

5. Does he enjoy his job? They asked .

6. Who lives in that house? I asked
7. Dont make noise, children said the teacher .
8. Take this money to the bank my father told me. ..
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Rewrite the following sentences using the form get/have + something+ V part.
I arranged for someone to fix the DVD player .
In a hotel, they make your bed. .
The dentist took out one of my teeth yesterday
I have to take my computer in for repair ..
You can ask them to send the book to you by post ..
I want the artist to do a tattoo on my shoulder ..
You ought to take those shoes to be mended .
7. Complete these sentences using the correct word or phrase from the pair in
brackets.
1. You .................. take flowers to your hostess if you dont want to. (mustnt/
neednt)
2. She ..................... do all the work herself, because nobody will help her.
(must/has to)
3. Im so tired, I really ....................... go to bed (must/have to)
4. Yesterday all the students ........................ read a poem aloud (must/had to)
5. Do you think I ....................... put in an application or not? (should/have to)
6. The customer insisted that the manager ..................... apologise (should/must)
7. The boy next door ...................swim when he was five, but he never learnt to sail
(can/ could)
8. In the past people ..................... have larger families than they do nowadays (used
to/ should)
9. You ......................... smoke in here. Its against the rules (mustnt/ neednt)
10. Do you think hell .......................... to come up with the money in time? (can/
be able).

1. Put the verbs in brackets into the appropriate form: present simple/ continuous;
past simple/ continuous and present perfect simple.
1. Britain .(have) an election at least once every four years.
2. I .. (negotiate) a pay deal with my boss at the moment.
3. The Titanic (travel) to New York when it
(hit) an iceberg and sank in the Atlantic.
4. James Dean . (drive) a sports car when he
(die).
5. . (you finish) that book yet?
6. I (go) to LA in 1987.
7. You .. (do) a lot of interesting things on your life.
8. Who . (invent) the wheel?
9. I . (not drink) coffee since 1998.
10. American football .. (become) very popular in England.
11. Robert .. (never go) abroad for his holidays. Its too expensive.
12. While I . (write) a letter the phone .. (ring)
2. Put the verbs in brackets into BE GOING TO, WILL, FUTURE
CONTINOUS or FUTURE PERFECT.
1. I think my sister ......................(win) the competition.
2. ................................(you use) your car tonight?
3. Youve convinced me! I .....................(buy) it.
4. Look out! You ....................(fall).
5. I ......................(study) Law the following year.
6. The phone is ringing. I ...................(answer) it.
7. Hurry up! The concert .........................(start) by the time we get there.
8. In a years time, Terry .........................(save) enough money for a holiday.
9. Im so excited! At this time tomorrow, I ........................(travel) to Rome.
10. The film starts at 7.00 and its three hours long. At 9.00 we
......................(watch.
3. Join each pair of sentences with a relative pronoun.
1. I returned the book. I borrowed it form Sally
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2. She took me to the station. I got the train there.
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3. Theres the man. His house collapse.
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4. It was a terrible experience. I will never forget it.
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5. My summer holidays were fantastic. I spent them in France.
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6. The fire station is in the centre of the town. It was built last year.

7. Maurice is taking flying lessons. He turned 18 last week.

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8. Billy brought cakes to the party. His father is the local baker.

4. Rewrite the following sentences using an appropriate modal verb.

1. It is impossible that he has already finished.

2. It wasnt necessary for you to give him a present

3. I advise you to stop eating chocolate

4. I insist that you do your homework

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5. It was wrong of him to kick that dog.........................................................
6. Will you let me speak to George, please?

7. It is possible that he is lying

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8. He wasnt able to write until he was eight
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5. Write these sentences into their passive form.
1. They gave him a watch when he retired

2. She will send you a fax

3. They are going to show me a new technique

4. People expect him to win

5. Journalists have reported that the President is very ill.

6. Everyone knows that the statement was untrue

7. The ancient Greeks built the Acropolis

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8. Somebody will clean the room tomorrow

6. Write the following direct sentences into indirect ones.

1. Ive finished all my work, she said
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2. Why are you looking at me like that? , she asked him
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3. Dont play with matches, his mother said
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4. Ive forgotten to bring my lunch with me he said
................................................................................................................
5. Will you be home soon? she asked her husband
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6. Go to bed Father told the children

7. What time does the next bus leave? he said. I need to get to the station

8. Dont go swimming in the lake, she said. The water is filthy

..

9. Lets go shopping tomorrow she said. The sales have started

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10. Please dont take my ring she said. It was a present
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7. Fill in the gaps with the ING or the INFINITIVE forms of the verbs in
brackets.
1. He hates .(answer) the phone, and very often he lets it
.(ring)
2. If you go on (let) you dog (chase) cars
hell end by .(be) run over.
3. I prefer ..(drive) to (be driven)
4. I advised you .(start) (look) for a flat at
once.
5. (Lie) .on the beach is much more pleasant than
.(sit) in the office.
8. Rewrite the following sentences using the form get/have + something+ V
part.
1. I arranged for someone to fix the DVD player
.............................................................................................
2. In a hotel, they make your bed.
.............................................................................................
3. The dentist took out one of my teeth yesterday
............................................................................................
4. I have to take my computer in for repair
.............................................................................................
5. You can ask them to send the book to you by post
.............................................................................................
6. I want the artist to do a tattoo on my shoulder
...............................................................................................................
7. You ought to take those shoes to be mended
..............................................................................................................
9. Fill in the gaps with the appropriate verb forms.
1. If it (be) fine tomorrow, we ..(go) to
the coast.
2. Why
didnt
you
phone?
If
you
.(phone)
I
(give) you a lift home.
3. I dont like this flat. I think I ..(be) happier if I
.(live) in a bigger one.
4. If Ann .(not drive) so fast, she (not have) an
accident.
5. Unless she (study) harder, she ..(not pass).
6. If you .(drink) less coffee, you ..(sleep) better.