Perfect Tenses
Complete the sentence correctly:
I ____ _____ a college student for 2 years. Time flies!
have been
My dress is too loose. I need to _____ it _____ (tighten)
take it in
I'll go.
He said he would go.
at telling
If he ______ _______ _______ _______ _______ (not-make up one's mind) soon, he won't be able to find the tickets.
doesn't make up his mind
Complete the sentence correctly:
By next month, I ____ _____ ______ (be) a teacher for 10 years!
will have been
I'm super excited for my vacation!
looking forward to
Mary has worked
He is sorry _____ ______ (be) late
for being
If he ______ _______ taking drugs, it will cause his death.
doesn't stop
Complete the sentence correctly:
After my father _____ _______ (left), we _______ (make) a mess.
Had left, made
Substitute the italic word with a correspondent idiom:
I haven't decided where I'm going to have dinner yet.
made up my mind
Mary is fixing the faucet
He said Mary was fixing the faucet
I wish I _____ ______ ______ (eat out) last Friday.
had eaten
If I had had a dinner party, I _____ _____ ______ (invite) you.
would have invited
I drink 2 cups of coffee in the morning.
3 in the afternoon.
2 in the evening.
By the time I go to bed...
I will have drunk 7 cups of coffee.
Name 3 refurbishing vocabulary-expressions
Change the plumbing
rewire the house
change the light bulbs
unclog the drains
varnish the window
paint the walls
plaster the ceiling
John can build a deck
He said John could build a deck
He believes ______ _______ (help) his friends
in helping
If I _____ _____ (not-have) a splitting headache, I would _____ ______ _____ (go out) with my friends last Friday
hadn't had / have gone out
Complete the sentence correctly:
My parents ______ _______ _______ (get married) before my mom ______ _______ (get pregnant).
had gotten married, got pregnant
I'm so angry at my sister! She's stolen my book!
fed up with
Peter works well
He said Peter worked well.
They wish they _____ _____ _____ (able) to try, but they weren't.
had been able
If I ____ _____ ______ ______ out (feel like/go), I wouldn't _____ ______ ______ (steal-passive)
hadn't felt like going/have been stolen