Verb Tenses
Identify the tense: "By next month, she will have been working here for five years."
Future Perfect Continuous
Convert to passive: "The committee is reviewing the proposals."
"The proposals are being reviewed by the committee."
Choose the correct modal: "You ___ (should/must/might) have informed us earlier about your decision, but you didn't. We're disappointed."
should
Report this sentence:
"I will call you tomorrow," he said.
He said he would call me the next day.
Choose correctly: "I can't help ___ (to feel/feeling) nervous."
feeling
Correct the tense: "I have been seeing that movie already; let's watch another."
I have already seen that movie...
Complete the sentence:
"Mistakes ___ (make) frequently in this type of analysis."
are made
ewrite using a modal verb of obligation: "It's necessary for you to submit your assignment by midnight."
"You must submit your assignment by midnight."
Change the direct speech to reported: "Have you seen my keys?" he asked.
He asked if I had seen his keys.
Complete the sentence: "She suggested ---------- (meet) at six o'clock."
meeting
Correct the sentence: "She studies English for two hours."
Option 1: She studies English for two hours EVERY DAY.
Option 2: She has been studying English for two hours.
Convert to active voice: "The novel was written by Jane Austen in 1821."
Jane Austen wrote the novel in 1821.
Differentiate clearly in meaning: "You don't have to attend." vs. "You mustn't attend."
You don't have to attend" means attendance is optional; "You mustn't attend" means attendance is prohibited.
Rewrite this in reported speech.
"Don't ever speak to me like that again," the manager told the employee.
The manager told the employees not to ever speak to him like that again.
Explain the meaning difference: "I stopped smoking." vs. "I stopped to smoke."
"I stopped smoking" means you ceased the habit; "I stopped to smoke" means you paused another activity to smoke.
Complete using future perfect tense: "By the end of this year, I ___ (complete) my dissertation."
will have completed
Rewrite in passive voice, keeping the tense: "Someone must have stolen the files."
"The files must have been stolen."
Identify and correct the mistake: "She mustn't have been at the meeting yesterday, I saw her in the park."
She can't/couldn't have been at the meeting.
Rewrite in direct speech: He asked me where I had bought the jacket.
"Where did you buy the jacket?" he asked me.
Rewrite correctly: "He remembered to have locked the door."
He remembered locking the door.
Explain the difference in meaning between: "I had cooked dinner when he arrived." and "I had been cooking dinner when he arrived."
Arash decides.
Change this sentence to passive:
"People believe that the company hid the evidence."
Two options are possible.
Option 1: It is believed that the company hid the evidence.
Option 2: The company is believed to have hidden the evidence.
Complete the sentence.
"She's not answering her phone. She ------------ left already."
must have
(certain speculation about the past)
"I might go to Paris next summer, but I have to save money first" she said.
She said the she might go to Paris the following summer, but she had to save money first.
Choose the correct form and explain why: "I regret ___ (informing/to inform) you that your request was denied."
to inform" because it expresses regret about something currently happening or about to happen (formal announcement).