passive voice
Change to passive: People speak English in many countries.
English is spoken in many countries.
Change to reported: “I’m tired,” she said.
She said she was tired.
Complete: If I had more free time, I ___ (read) more books.
would read
Complete: If I had studied harder, I ___ (pass) the test.
would have passed
Is this correct? The cake was eat by my brother.
No. Correction: The cake was eaten by my brother.
Correct the error: He told me he will help me tomorrow.
He told me he would help me the next day.
Correct the error: If I will see him, I will tell him the news.
If I saw him, I would tell him the news.
Correct the error: If we leave earlier, we would have caught the bus.
If we had left earlier, we would have caught the bus.
Fill in: This book ___ (write) by a famous author in 2005.
was written
Change to reported: “We have never been to Italy,” they said.
They said they had never been to Italy.
Make your own sentence: If I lived in another country, …
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Make your own sentence: If I had met my favorite celebrity, …
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Make passive: The police arrested the thief yesterday.
The thief was arrested (by the police) yesterday.
Make reported: “I can’t find my keys,” she said.
She said she couldn’t find her keys.
True or False? The 2nd conditional talks about imaginary situations in the present or future.
→ True
True or False? The 3rd conditional talks about possible future actions.
→ False — it talks about the past that didn’t happen.
Identify the tense and voice: The report will be finished by Monday.
Future simple passive
Change to reported: “We’ll meet you at 8,” they said.
They said they would meet me at 8.
Change to 2nd conditional: I don’t have a car, so I can’t drive to work.
If I had a car, I would drive to work.
Change to 3rd conditional: I didn’t bring an umbrella, so I got wet.
→ If I had brought an umbrella, I wouldn’t have got wet.