MODAL VERBS
DON'T TALK TO HIM! ('D)
YOU'D BETTER NOT TALK TO HIM
TURN INTO THE PASSIVE IN TWO WAYS
THEY GAVE THE PRIZE TO SUSAN.
THE PRIZE WAS GIVEN TO SUSAN.
SUSAN WAS GIVEN THE PRIZE.
COMBINE THE TWO SENTENCES. USE THE FORMAL AND THE INFORMAL STRUCTURES.
THE POLICE BELIEVE THIS IS THE GUN.
THE MURDER WAS COMMITTED WITH IT.
THE POLICE BELIEVE THIS IS THE GUN WITH WHICH THE MURDER WAS COMMITTED.
THE POLICE BELIEVE THIS IS THE GUN (THAT) THE MURDER WAS COMMITTED WITH.
REPHRASE USING THE CAUSATIVE:
WE ARE GOING TO REPAIR OUR CAR. (WE)
WE ARE GOING TO HAVE OUR CAR REPAIRED.
WE NEED TO CANCEL THE MEETING. (OFF)
WE NEED TO CALL THE MEETING OFF.
PERHAPS HE FORGOT ABOUT THE PARTY.
HE MAY/MIGHT HAVE FORGOTTEN ABOUT THE PARTY
TURN INTO THE PASSIVE:
THEY TOLD ME TO BE HERE AT FIVE.
I WAS TOLD TO BE HERE AT FIVE.
COMBINE THE TWO SENTENCES. USE THE FORMAL AND THE INFORMAL STRUCTURES.
I HAD AN UNCLE IN GERMANY. I INHERITED A LOT OF MONEY FROM HIM.
I HAD AN UNCLE IN GERMANY FROM WHOM I INHERITED A LOT OF MONEY.
I HAD AN UNCLE IN GERMANY (THAT) I INHERITED A LOT OF MONEY FROM.
REPHRASE USING A CAUSATIVE:
I DID MY NAILS. (GOT)
I GOT MY NAILS DONE.
WATER IS ESSENTIAL FOR LIFE. WE CAN ONLY SURVIVE FOR THREE DAYS WITHOUT IT.
(WITHOUT)
WE CAN ONLY GO WITHOUT WATER FOR 3 DAYS.
REPHRASE IT USING TWO DIFFERENT MODALS:
YOU SHOULD COME
YOU OUGHT TO COME
YOU'D BETTER COME
TURN INTO THE PASSIVE:
THEY ARE GOING TO BUILD A NEW HOSPITAL NEAR MADRID.
AN NEW HOSPITAL IS GOING TO BE BUILT NEAR MADRID.
WHAT ARE THE MISSING WORDS?
I HAVE TWO BEST FRIENDS, BOTH OF ________ ARE FROM GERMANY.
SHE LEFT EARLY, ________ WAS A PITY.
BOTH OF WHOM
WHICH
I DIDN'T USE ____________ (PLAY) TENNIS.
I AM GETTING USED __________ (EAT) WITH CHOPSTICKS.
I AM NOT USED TO ___________ (TRAVEL) LONG DISTANCES.
I DIDN'T USE TO PLAY TENNIS.
I AM GETTING USED TO EATING WITH CHOPSTICKS.
I AM NOT USED TO TRAVELLING LONG DISTANCES.
I'M SO EXCITED ABOUT THE HOLIDAY!(LOOKING)
I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THE HOLIDAY.
WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE?
YOU NEEDN'T HAVE COME.
YOU DIDN'T HAVE TO COME
1- YOU DIDN'T NEED TO COME, BUT YOU DID.
2- YOU DIDN'T NEED TO COME, AND YOU DIDN'T.
TURN INTO THE PASSIVE:
WHEN WILL THEY PUBLISH THE BOOK?
WHEN WILL THE BOOK BE PUBLISHED?
COMBINE USING A RELATIVE PRONOUN.
I KNOW A MAN. HIS WIFE WORKS FOR THE FBI.
I KNOW A MAN WHOSE WIFE WORKS FOR THE FBI.
USED TO, WOULD OR BOTH
When I was a child I _________ live a small village, so I __________ ride my bike to school in the morning.
used to
I used to live in a small village
I used to ride / would ride
I HAVE TO REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF SWEETS I EAT. (CUT)
I HAVE TO CUT DOWN ON THE NUMBER OF SWEETS I EAT.
YOU ATE TOO MUCH AND NOW YOU FEEL ILL.
YOU SAY:
I .................................................. SO MUCH!
I SHOULDN'T HAVE EATEN SO MUCH!
FIND THE MISTAKE:
THE BOOK WAS WRITTEN BY THEY.
BY THEM!!
1492 IS THE YEAR ____________ AMERICA WAS DISCOVERED.
THAT'S THE REASON __________ I DON'T WANT TO LEAVE.
SUSAN, _____________ HAS JUST FINISHED HER DEGREE, IS TRYING TO FIND A JOB.
WHEN
WHY
WHO
Write the verbs in the correct tense:
By this time tomorrow, I _______________ (finish) all my exams and I ________________ (get) ready for the summer holidays.
will have finished
will be getting
TOM AND SUSAN HAVE STOPPED DATING. (UP)
TOM AND SUSAN HAVE BROKEN UP.