Infinitives and Gerunds
Complete with a gerund or infinitive: Before ___________ (start) the trip, a woman fainted in the bus.
Before starting the trip, a woman fainted in the bus.
Rewrite: Helen had worked in the company for several years, so she got promoted.
Having worked / Working in the company for several years, she got promoted.
Choose the correct modal verb: Tomorrow there's a school trip. You don't have to / can't / mustn't attend to class if you don't want to.
Tomorrow there's a scool trip. You don't have to attend to class if you don't want to.
Make a conditional: Tom started working late so he didn't finish the project on time.
If Tom hadn't started working late, he would have finished the project on time.
Combine into one sentence containing a relative clause: Four Loko has already been banned in several states. This beverage made young drinkers extremely ill.
Four Loko, a beverage which made young drinkers extremely ill, has been banned in several states.
Complete with a gerund or infinitive: Software developers spend time __________ (create) apps that make users' lives simpler.
Software developers spend time creating apps that make users' lives simpler.
Rewrite: Anna applied for the job. She didn't think she would get it.
Applying / Having applied for the job, Anna didn't think she would get it.
Choose the correct one: It was supposed to be a secret party. You shouldn't say / shouldn't have said anything.
It was supposed to be a secret party. You shouldn't have said anything.
Turn it into passive: Society believes that cosmetic surgery is changing the conception of the individual.
It is believed that cosmetic surgery is changing the conception of the individual / Cosmetic surgery is believed to be changing the conception of the individual.
Rephrase: "John did it wrong again" (accuse)
John was accused of doing it wrong again.
Complete the sentences using the correct forms of the words in italics: My parents would ___________ (love / I / become) a brain surgeon.
My parents would love me to become a brain surgeon.
Rewrite: The data analyst realized that something was wrong and she informed the authorities.
Realizing that something was wrong, the data analyst informed the authorities.
Complete with an appropriate modal verb: ______ you come here for one second?
Can / Could you come here for one second?
Turn into passive: They blamed me for the accident but I wasn't responsible of it.
I was blamed for the accident but I wasn't responsible of it.
Join the two sentences with a relative pronoun: The man in the bus had a mobile phone who didn't stop ringing. He was being noisy.
The man in the bus whose mobile phone didn't stop ringing was being noisy.
Complete with the correct form of the words in italics: Do you ____________ (like / we / tell) the rest about the changes?
Do you like us to tell the rest about the changes?
Rewrite: We saw the truck driver as he picked up his mobile phone.
We saw the truck driver picking up his mobile phone.
Complete the sentence with the correct form of the verb and a modal perfect: It's possible that she ___________ (not go) to the exhibition.
It's possible that she might not have gone to the exhibition.
Make a construction with "have/get something done": The hairdressed has dyed my hair.
I have had my hair dyed
Change this question into Reported Speech: Are you OK?
She asked me whether / if I was OK.
Rephrase the following sentences with the given word, keeping the original meaning: We could eat during the meeting. (allowed)
We were allowed to eat during the meeting.
The team walked off the pitch. They were tired and disappointed.
The team walked off the pitch being tired and disappointed.
It must have rained a lot last night because the road is slippery.
Rephrase: My best friend lives far away from me. (wish)
I wish my best friend didn't live far away from me.
Change into reported speech: Do not talk to me in such a way! My sister said to me. (order)
My sister ordered me not to talk to her in such a way.