Future
Causatives
Distributives
Passive voice
Verb patterns
100
Choose the correct option :
Don't phone use between seven and nine.
We'll watch/be watching the football
Don't phone use between seven and nine.
We'll be watching the football
100
Choose the correct causative : make / have / let
Isobel is _______ her nails ______ (paint).
Isobel is having her nails painted.
100
Complete the sentence using a causative to mean the same as the first.
She's got burns on her left and right hand.
She's burnt _____ her hands.
She's burnt both her hands.
100
Choose the correct option :
Your car isn't here. It has taken / been taken to the garage.
Your car isn't here. It has been taken to the garage.
100
Choose the correct verb :
I won't forget to pay / paying the bills while you're away.
I won't forget to pay the bills while you're away.
200
Choose the correct option :
They want the painting tomorrow, but I won't have finished/I'm not finishing by then.
They want the painting tomorrow, but I won't have finished by then.
200
Choose the correct causative : have, get, let, make
Yesterday, the police officer ______ me _______ (show) him my license.
Yesterday, the police officer made me show him my license.
200
Complete the sentence using a causative to mean the same as the first.
Both of the restaurants are expensive.
______ is cheap.
Neither is cheap.
200
Choose the correct option :
I'm not surprised your camera isn't working. It ________ out in the rain!
a)shouldn't have left
b)shouldn't have been left
c)shouldn't being left
I'm not surprised your camera isn't working. It shouldn't have been left out in the rain!
200
Choose the correct option :
I've tried so hard to understand/understanding this English teacher, but I just can't.
I've tried so hard to understand this English teacher, but I just can't.
300
Choose the correct answer :
Patient : Excuse me, nurse. How long will the doctor be?
Nurse : I'm sorry. The doctor's very busy. She'll probably be able to see you after four.
Patient : And by then, I'll be/have been waiting here for more than six hours!
Patient : Excuse me, nurse. How long will the doctor be?
Nurse : I'm sorry. The doctor's very busy. She'll probably be able to see you after four.
Patient : And by then, I'll have been waiting here for more than six hours!
300
Reorder the words.
grey, / coloured / I / have / I'm / so / my / six / going / hair / weeks. / every
I'm going grey, so I have my hair coloured every six weeks.
300
Complete the sentence using a causative to mean the same as the first.
All of the students passed the exam.
_________ passed the exam.
Every student passed the exam.
300
Reorder the words :
given / mother / by / father. / ring / was / to / That / my / my
That ring was given to my mother by my father.
300
Put the verb in the correct form
______ (talk) on a mobile phone in a restaurant really annoys me - it's so rude.
Talking on a mobile phone in a restaurant really annoys me - it's so rude.
400
Put the verb in the correct tense :
Jane : Carol's lost a lot of weight!
Mary : Yes, she's been on a very good diet. By next week she'll have been ____ (go) to a weight loss class for over six weeks! If she carries on like this she'll have _____ (lose) over five kilos by the end of next month.
Jane : Carol's lost a lot of weight!
Mary : Yes, she's been on a very good diet. By next week she'll have been going to a weight loss class for over six weeks! If she carries on like this she'll have lost over five kilos by the end of next month.
400
Choose the correct option :
Don't worry, sir. I _______ you the contract this afternoon.
a) will have my assistant fax
b) will have faxed my assistant
c) have my assistant done fax
Don't worry, sir. I will have my assitant fax you the contract this afternoon.
400
Fill in the blanks with causatives.
There are two good holidays on this website, and they're ______ on popular islands, Tenerife and Corfu. I haven't been to ______ of them.
There are two good holidays on this website, and they're both on popular islands, Tenerife and Corfu. I haven't been to either of them.
400
Rewrite this sentence in passive voice.
The French government gave the Statue of Liberty to the United States in 1886.
The Statue of Liberty was given to the Unites States by the French government in 1996.
400
Complete the sentence with the correct form of the verb:
The driver was tired and felt like having a break. So he stopped driving.
The driver stopped driving _______ a break.
The driver stopped driving to take a break.
500
Choose the correct options :
By the start of next month I'll have travelled/been travelling for more than three months! It's been an amazing experience. After I get home I'll be boring/I am boring you for weeks with all my stories.
Everything's fine here, but I'm getting a bit short of money now. By the end of the week I'll have used up/I'll use up most of it. Could you send me some more?
By the start of next month I'll have been travelling for more than three months! It's been an amazing experience. After I get home I'll be boring you for weeks with all my stories.
Everything's fine here, but I'm getting a bit short of money now. By the end of the week I'll have used up most of it. Could you send me some more?
500
Fill in the blank
A man who paid £500 for a Rolex watch only discovered it was a fake when he (get / it / repair) by a local jeweller.
A man who paid £500 for a Rolex watch only discovered it was a fake when he got it repaired by a local jeweller.
500
Fill in the blanks.
There are two butchers in my town and they ______ sell very good meat, but unfortunately ______ of them sells fish. We can buy fish from a fresh fish van, but that doesn't come _____ day.
There are two butchers in my town and they both sell very good meat, but unfortunately either of them sells fish. We can buy fish from a fresh fish van, but that doesn't come every day.
500
Rewrite one of the sentences in passive voice:
Live Aid was the most successful fund-raising event of the 1980s. A group of well-known British and American musicians organised it in July 1985.
Live Aid was the most successful fund-raising event of the 1980s. It was organised in July 1985 by a group of well-known British and American musicians.
500
Choose the correct options :
Hi Caroline,
You know when we last spoke you said I should stop to feel / feeling sorry for myself here and find something to do? Well, I have! I needed to get / getting out to meet people, so I decided I'd try to join / joining a group of some kind.
Hi Caroline,
You know when we last spoke you said I should stop feeling sorry for myself here and find something to do? Well, I have! I needed to get out to meet people, so I decided I'd try joining a group of some kind.