TENSES
Complete the sentence using the correct future form that expresses a fixed personal arrangement:
This time next Friday, we __________ dinner with our new clients.
(correct answer: are having)
Complete the sentence using the correct form to express a general truth:
If you __________ ice, it melts.
(correct response: heat)
(Name of structure: Zero Conditional)
Complete the passive sentence using Present Perfect Passive:
The new bridge __________ yet. (finish)
(correct response: hasn’t been finished)
Complete the sentence expressing deduction about the present:
He isn’t answering. He __________ be asleep.
(correct response: must)
Full correct form: must be asleep
Complete the sentence using the correct verb pattern:
He avoided __________ the question. (answer)
(correct response: answering)
Complete the sentence using the correct tense that emphasises duration and visible result:
His hands are dirty because he __________ the car.
(correct response: has been repairing / has been fixing)
Correct the mistake:
If I would know his number, I would call him.
(correct response: knew)
Full correct sentence:
If I knew his number, I would call him.
Explain why passive is used by completing the sentence correctly:
My car __________ last night. (steal)
(correct response: was stolen)
(The focus is on the action, not the person.)
Complete the sentence expressing deduction about the past:
She isn’t here. She __________ left already.
(correct response: must have)
Complete the sentence using the correct infinitive structure expressing purpose:
She whispered __________ wake the baby.
(correct response: not to)
Full sentence: not to wake
Explain why Past Perfect is required in this sentence by completing it correctly:
By the time the police arrived, the thief __________.
(correct response: had escaped)
(The key concept: earlier past action before later past action.)
Complete the sentence using the correct mixed conditional:
If I had studied medicine, I __________ a doctor now.
(correct response: would be)
Change this sentence into passive without changing the meaning:
People believe that this painting is very valuable.
(correct response: This painting is believed to be very valuable)
Correct the mistake:
You mustn’t finish this today. It’s optional.
(correct response: don’t have to)
Explain: mustn’t = prohibition, don’t have to = no obligation
Complete the sentence using the correct relative pronoun and explain its function:
That’s the woman __________ husband is a pilot.
(correct response: whose)
(Function: possession)
Say the name of the tense used in this sentence:
"I will have finished the report by tomorrow."
Future Perfect Simple
Complete the sentence expressing regret about a present situation caused by a past action:
I wish I __________ harder at university.
(correct response: had worked / had studied)
Complete the sentence using Past Continuous Passive:
The suspect __________ by the police at 9 pm. (question)
(correct response: was being questioned)
Complete the reported speech sentence correctly:
She told me __________ late again.
(correct response: not to be)
Full correct form: She told me not to be late again.
Correct the mistake:
This exercise is more easier than the previous one.
(correct response: easier)
Full correct sentence: This exercise is easier than the previous one.
Correct the mistake:
When I got to the cinema, the film already started.
(correct response: had already started)
Full correct sentence:
When I got to the cinema, the film had already started.
Explain the grammatical structure by completing correctly:
If she __________ earlier, she wouldn’t have missed the train.
(correct response: had left)
(Name of structure: Third Conditional)
Correct the mistake:
The office is cleaned when I arrived.
(correct response: was being cleaned)
Full correct sentence:
The office was being cleaned when I arrived.
Complete the sentence using the correct structure after "would rather" referring to another person:
I would rather you __________ tomorrow. (come)
(correct response: came)
(Important rule: past simple after would rather + subject)
Complete the sentence using the correct comparative structure:
The sooner we leave, the __________ we will arrive.
(correct response: earlier)
(Name of structure: double comparative)