Mixed Tenses
Conditionals
Modals and Modal Perfects
Rewrite
Correct the mistakes
100
Use the Past Simple, Past Continuous or Past Perfect Simple. I was pleased to see her, because we .................................... (not see) each other for years.
I was pleased to see her, because we hadn´t seen each other for months.
100

He’ll fix the machine after he ….. the instructions.

b. has read

100

The party was supposed to be a secret. You .......(shouldn't/say)anything.

shouldn’t have said

100

This is the place. We last had coffee together here.(relative clause)

This is the place where we last had coffee together.

100

Be careful, or you break the vase.

...you'll break the vase.

200
Use the Past Simple, Past Continuous or Past Perfect Simple. They .................................... (get) to the bus stop as the bus was arriving.
They got to the bus stop as the bus was arriving.
200

. If the phone rings, I .................................. (answer) it.

If the phone rings, I will answer it.

200

It’s late. You ........(be) very tired.

You must be very tired.

200

The engineer has repaired my television. I...

I have had my television repaired,

200

I live in Portugal for more than 10 years.

I have lived in Portugal for more than 10 years.

300
Use the Past Simple or the Present Perfect Simple. John ........................... (not call) me recently.
John hasn’t called / has not called me recently.
300

If walls could talk, they ….. (tell)many secrets.

a. would tell

300

 Nobody told her anything about the argument. She ....................................... (know) about it.

She couldn´t have known about it.

300

 I’m not as good at English as you are. You...

You are better at English than me.

300

She has worked hardly all her life.

She has worked hard all her life.

400
Use the Past Simple or the Present Perfect Simple. I am so happy to have a cat. I ......................................... (always / want) one.
I have always wanted one.
400

They won’t be able to hear you unless you .................................. (speak) louder.

They won’t be able to hear you unless you speak louder.

400

 It rained last night so the grass is wet. It ...................................................................................................................... . The grass is wet.

It must have rained last night. The grass is wet.

400

 They came to live in New York two years ago. They...

They have been living/lived in New York for two years.

400

I’m sorry I haven’t got more friends. I wish...

I wish I had got more friends.

500
Use the Future Simple, be going to, Future Perfect or Future Continuous. We certainly ................................... (not finish) all the work by this time tomorrow.
We certainly won’t have finished all the work by this time tomorrow.
500

If I had saved some money, I ...........(buy)a house.

would have bought

500

 It’s possible that I took your jacket by mistake. I ......................................................................................................................

I may / might have taken your jacket by mistake.

500

She lost the race in spite of running well. Although...

Although she ran well, she lost the race.

500

Although the weather was horrible, we went skiing. In spite of...

In spite of the horrible weather, we went skiing.

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