Past Perfect
Form a sentence in the Past Perfect tense:
we / forget / do / homework
We had forgotten to do our homework.
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"I don't want to go."-he said.
He said he didn't want to go.
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"What are you doing?"-he asked me.
He asked me what I was doing.
Active or passive?
The film was directed by Peter Jackson.
Passive
Find the odd one out:
cat / whale / shark / dog / bat
shark (not a mammal)
Which happened first?
After Tom had got on the bus, he realized he was on the wrong bus.
Tom got on the bus
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"I can do whatever I want!"-said the little boy.
The little boy said he could do whatever he wanted.
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"How do you do?"-asked the assistant.
The assistant asked how I did.
Active or passive?
They mine this crystal in Siberia.
Active
Find the odd one out:
rainforest / valley / oasis / savannah / suburbs
suburbs (not a geographical feature)
Which happened first?
The children had lit the campfire before they started singing.
The children lit the campfire.
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"I don't care about politics from now on"-shesaid
She said she didn't care about politics from then on.
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"How are you going to manage all those tasks?"-my mum asked.
My mum asked how I was going to manage all those tasks.
Active or passive?
I was born on 28 Novembre.
Passive
Find the odd one out:
hawk / parrot / badger / budgie / falcon
badger (not a bird)
Which sentence is correct?
After I poured the tea in my cup, I had started drinking it.
After I had poured the tea in my cup, I started drinking it.
After I had poured the tea in my cup, I started drinking it.
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"I didn't enjoy the party Ihad 3 days ago."-he said.
He said he hadn't enjoyed the party he had 3 days before.
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"Did you enjoy this fantastic movie?"-he asked me.
He asked me if I enjoyed that fantastic movie.
Rewrite in the passive voice:
The kids have drawn all those lovely pictures.
All those lovely pictures have been drawn (by the kids).
Find the odd one out:
snake / tortoise / boa / frog / crocodile
frog (not a reptile)
Which sentence is incorrect?
I could feel the heat after I had lit the fire.
I had felt the heat after I lit the fire.
I had felt the heat after I lit the fire.
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"I have always wanted to read these books and I'm delighted that I could buy them yesterday afternoon."-she said.
She said she had always wanted to read those books and she was delighted that she could buy them the previous afternoon.
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"Where do you think you're going?"-my mother asked furiously.
My mother asked furiously where I thought I was going.
Rewrtie in the passive voice:
They say that Mariah Carey has the best Christmas song.
It is said that Mariah Carey has the best Christmas song.
Mariah Carey is said to have the best Christmas song.
Find the odd one out:
ferry / cart / barge / cruise ship / boat
cart (not on water)