Modals & Semi-Modals
Find the perfect modal verb:
Sue should have phoned by now. It’s already 6 o’clock
Sue should have phoned by now. It’s already 6 o’clock
Find the gerund, bare infinitive or full infinitive:
We were pleased to see our team win jeopardy.
We were pleased to see our team win jeopardy.
Find the action being completed:
The house was destroyed by the fire.
The house was destroyed by the fire.
Which conditional is used? (Zero, First, Second or Third)
If you buy recycled paper, you will save trees.
FIRST
Find the relative clause:
Jobs that pay a million euros a year are not very common.
Jobs that pay a million euros a year are not very common.
Complete the sentence with one word:
I ___ to work at the check-out all day yesterday.
I had to work at the check-out all day yesterday.
Complete sentence with the correct form of the verb:
Sue would rather ___ (go) to France than Scotland for her birthday.
Sue would rather go (go) to France than Scotland for her birthday.
Find the passive structure:
The law must be obeyed by everyone.
The law must be obeyed by everyone.
Complete the phrase with the correct preposition:
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Complete the sentence using the correct relative pronoun or adverb:
The reason ___ I quit was to concentrate on my studies.
The reason why I quit was to concentrate on my studies.
Choose the correct word:
I might/would have told you the answer, but the teacher was looking.
I would have told you the answer, but the teacher was looking.
Choose the correct words:
Sue denied knowing/to know anything about the secret party.
Sue denied knowing anything about the secret party.
Choose the correct words:
Before she went to prison, Sue was having a tattoo done/had a tattoo done on her back.
Before she went to prison, Sue had a tattoo done on her back.
Choose the correct phrase:
If the species didn’t adapt/hadn’t adapted to life on Earth, it wouldn’t have survived.
If the species hadn’t adapted to life on Earth, it wouldn’t have survived.
Complete the rule
____ and ____ refer to things
Which and that refer to things
Complete the second sentence so that it haas a similar meaning to the first sentence. Use the word in bold.
I’m sure it was exciting to be the first human in space. been
It ______ exciting to be the first human in space.
It must have been exciting to be the first human in space.
Which is the indirect question?
A) Could you tell me where the gym is?
B) I wonder if you know where the gym is.
B) I wonder if you know where the gym is.
Complete the second sentence so that they have a similar meaning to the first sentence. Use the word in bold.
Someone used a large rock to hit an innocent bystander. was
An innocent bystander _________ a large rock.
An innocent bystander was hit with a large rock.
Complete the sentence with the correct form of the verbs:
Why did we stay at a fancy hotel? We ______ (help) the environment if we ______ (book into) an eco-hotel.
Why did we stay at a fancy hotel? We would have helped the environment if we booked into an eco-hotel.
Choose the correct words:
Not being/Not been able to speak German, I asked Sue to translate for me.
Not being able to speak German, I asked Sue to translate for me.