Tense Detective
Complete: I ______ (not see) Maya since Monday.
haven’t seen
Complete: If it ______ (rain) tomorrow, we ______ (stay) at home.
rains / will stay
Complete: English ______ (speak) in many countries.
is spoken
Choose: A vet is a person who / which helps sick animals.
who
What is the difference? You mustn’t do it. / You don’t have to do it.
mustn’t = prohibition; don’t have to = no necessity
Complete: While we ______ (wait) for the bus, it suddenly ______ (start) to snow.
were waiting / started
Complete: If you ______ (not hurry), you ______ (miss) the bus.
don’t hurry / will miss
Complete: The window ______ (break) during the storm last night.
was broken
Complete: That’s the café ______ we met last Saturday.
where
Correct the mistake: She doesn’t likes horror films.
She doesn’t like horror films.
Choose the correct form: Tom has lost / lost his keys yesterday. Explain why.
lost – because yesterday refers to a finished past time.
Rewrite using unless: If you don’t study, you won’t pass the test.
Unless you study, you won’t pass the test.
Change to passive: They built this school in 1998.
This school was built in 1998.
Join the sentences: I bought a phone. The phone can take excellent photos.
I bought a phone which/that can take excellent photos.
Complete: This test is ______ (difficult) than the last one, but it isn’t ______ difficult ______ our maths test.
more difficult / as / as
Complete: I ______ (know) Ben for six years, but I ______ (meet) his sister only last week.
have known / met
Which is correct? “When I will get home, I’ll call you.” / “When I get home, I’ll call you.” Explain.
When I get home, I’ll call you. No will in the time clause.
Change to passive: Millions of people watch this programme every week.
This programme is watched by millions of people every week.
Complete: The woman ______ car was stolen called the police.
whose
Correct the mistake: I have seen Emma yesterday at the shopping centre.
I saw Emma yesterday at the shopping centre.
Complete all three gaps: Look at those clouds! It ______ rain. I think we ______ get wet if the bus ______ soon.
is going to / will / comes
Find and correct two mistakes: If Sarah will finish early, she calls us.
are made / was made
Complete both: These phones ______ (make) in China, but this particular phone ______ (make) in Korea last year.
are made / was made
Join the sentences using whose: I know a boy. His father is a famous actor.
I know a boy whose father is a famous actor.
Find and correct all the mistakes: There was too much people at the party, so we didn’t had enough chairs.
There were too many people at the party, so we didn’t have enough chairs.