Enzhe Revision 13.10

Have: Main vs. Auxiliary

100

Identify the function of 'had' in: "She had already left when I called."

Auxiliary, Past Perfect 

200

Fill in the blank using the causative 'have': 

"I need to ________ (my car / repair) before the road trip tomorrow."

have my car repaired

300

Make this sentence negative without using 'don't/doesn't/didn't':

 "We have a lot of time to spare."

We haven't 

400

Find and correct the mistake: 

Has he to work tomorrow?

Does he have to work tomorrow? 

500

Explain the grammatical and semantic difference between:

1. "I had the mechanic check the brakes."
2. "I had my brakes checked by the mechanic."

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Past Conditionals

100

Situation: I didn't study, so I failed the exam yesterday.

If I had studied, I wouldn't have failed the exam.

200

Situation: He lost his passport last week. He cannot travel with us today.

If he hadn't lost his passport last week, he would be able to travel with us today.

300

Complete the sentence based on the context:

If I ________ (not/be) afraid of heights, I ________ (go) skydiving with you guys yesterday.

weren't/ would have gone 

400

Translate using the correct conditional type: 

Если бы я не знал английский на уровне C1 (сейчас), меня бы не наняли на эту работу в прошлом году.

If I didn't know English at a C1 level, I wouldn't have been hired for this job last year.

500

Complete the sentence using a modal verb other than 'would' to express past possibility:

If she had accepted the job offer, she ________ (potentially/be) a CEO by now."

might be, could be 

I wish/If only

100

Situation: I don't have enough money to buy this laptop right now.

I wish I had enough money to buy this laptop.

200

Situation: I deeply regret shouting at my sister yesterday.

If only I hadn't shouted at my sister yesterday.

300

Express a desire to change a current annoying habit of someone else: 

I wish my roommate ________ (stop) leaving dirty dishes in the sink.

would stop 

400

Rewrite using I wish: 

I'm sorry I didn't have the courage to speak up during the presentation.

I wish I had had the courage to speak up during the presentation.

500

What is the exact difference in meaning?

1. "I wish I lived in Paris."
2. "I wish I had lived in Paris in the 1920s."

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Error correction (Boss level)

100

You had your house painted last month, hadn't you?

didn't you?

200

I wish you told me yesterday that you weren't coming to the theater.

had told 

300

If I hadn't been so busy these days, I would have joined you for dinner last night.

I wasn't 

400

If we would have had to move to London next month, we would have started packing weeks ago.

had had 

500

I wish you would be taller so you could reach the top shelf.

You were