Tenses
Choose present simple or present continuous:
(He/eat) rice every day?
Change from the active to the passive.
They grow coffee in Kenya.
Coffee is grown in Kenya.
Complete with the correct modal verb.
Tell your sister she ...............stay the night here if she wants to.
Tell your sister she CAN stay the night here if she wants to.
Fill in the gap using the verb in brackets.
If Claire.....................late again, the hockey trainer will be furious (to arrive)
If Claire arrives late again, the hockey trainer will be furious.
Convert into reported speech.
- I like ice cream.
- She said...........
She said she liked ice cream.
Choose present simple or present continuous.
They (not/come) to the party tomorrow.
They aren't coming to the party tomorrow.
Change from active to passive.
They haven't cleaned the kitchen yet.
The kitchen hasn't been cleaned yet.
Complete with the correct modal verb.
When I was younger, I ............... run very fast.
When I was younger, I COULD run very fast.
Fill in the gap using the verb in brackets.
If I had some spare money, I ..................... a TV (to buy)
If I had some spare money, I would buy a TV.
Convert into reported speech.
- I have read this book.
- She said that.......
She said that she had read that book.
Choose present perfect or past simple.
They.........to Venice three years ago (to go)
They went to Venice three years ago
Change from active to passive.
We must do something before the situation gets out of control.
Something must be done before the situation gets out of control.
Your cold is getting worse and you have a runny nose. You ......... to see the doctor.
Your cold is getting worse and you have a runny nose. You OUGHT to see the doctor.
Fill in the gap using the verb in brackets.
If you...................a digital camera, you could send photos by email (to have)
If you had a digital camera, you could send photos by email.
Convert into reported speech.
- "Can I go to the disco?", Tim asked his mother.
- Tim asked his mother...
Tim asked his mother if he could go to the disco.
Complete the sentence.
We had already eaten when John ........... (come) home.
We had already eaten when John came home.
Complete with the correct active or passive form of the verb.
I remember......................to the circus by my father (take).
I remember being taken to the circus by my father.
She...................got lost. Otherwise she'd be here by now.
She MUST HAVE got lost. Otherwise she'd be here by now.
Fill in the gap using the verb in brackets.
If I'd known you were coming, I..................a cake (to bake)
If I'd known you were coming, I would have baked a cake.
Convert into reported speech.
- The man said to us: "Keep off the grass!"
- The man ordered us...
The man ordered us to keep off the grass.
Complete the sentence.
(Looking through the window) It's cloudy today. It.....................rain.
It's cloudy today. It's going to rain.
Complete with the correct active or passive form of the verb.
All the papers......................in by next Friday (must hand)
All the papers must be handed in by next Friday.
You ............ step into the headmaster's office without permission.
You MUSTN'T/CAN'T step into the headmaster's office without permission.
Fill in the gap using the verb in brackets.
If just one person had remembered my birthday, I .................sad (to be)
If just one person had remembered my birthday, I wouldn't have been sad.
Convert into reported speech.
- "Let's go to the cinema on Tuesday", said Mary.
- Mary suggested...
Mary suggested going to the cinema on Tuesday.
Mary suggested that we should go to the cinema on Tuesday.