Verb tenses
Yesterday my car _______ (break) down when I ______ (be) on my way to work.
Yesterday my car broke down when I was on my way to work.
If it _____ (not rain) tomorrow, we _____ (go) to the beach.
If it doesn't rain tomorrow, we'll go to the beach.
I wish you _____ (not live) so far away. We can't see each other in person anymore.
I wish you didn't live so far away. We can't see each other in person anymore.
Make a sentence using the prompt:
Hugh / warn / his mother / not open the door.
Hugh waned his mother not to open the door.
The future of the project ________________ if we don’t meet the deadline.
The future of the project is at stake if we don’t meet the deadline.
They ____________________ (never / be) abroad, so we _______________ (decide) to take them to France.
They had never been abroad, so we decided to take them to France.
If I _____ (be) a millionaire, I ______ (buy) a huge mansion and a sports car.
If I were/was a millionaire, I would buy a huge mansion and a sports car.
If only he _______ (listen) to what his friends had been telling him.
If only he had listened to what his friends had been telling him.
Make a sentence using the prompt:
Her doctor / advise / she / try a drier climate.
Her doctor advised her to try a drier climate.
The two companies met yesterday to ______________ the remaining differences.
The two companies met yesterday to iron out the remaining differences.
By this time next month, she _________________ (return) from her trip to Mexico.
By this time next month, she will have returned from her trip to Mexico.
Make a second conditional sentence based on this situation:
She doesn't have a dog because she doesn't have a backyard.
If she had a backyard, she would have/get a dog.
Make a sentence using "I wish"/"if only" based on this situation:
I don't live in the countryside at the moment but I want to.
I wish I lived in the countryside.
OR
If only I lived in the countryside.
Make a sentence using the prompt:
You / can't / accuse / he / be rude. He's always so polite.
You can't accuse him of being rude. He's always so polite.
Traffic suddenly _________________ because of the accident on the highway.
Traffic suddenly ________________ because of the accident on the highway.
Last night, I ____ (still cook) dinner when my husband ____ (come) home.
Last night, I was still cooking dinner when my husband came home.
Make a third conditional sentence for this situation:
She didn't offer me a better price. I didn't buy her car.
If she had offered me a better price, I would've bought her car.
Make a sentence using "they wish"/"if only" based on this situation:
They ate so much chocolate. They're feeling very sick now.
They wish they hadn't eaten so much chocolate. They're feeling very sick now.
OR
If only they hadn't eaten so much chocolate. They're feeling very sick now.
Fill in the blank with the correct preposition and form of the verb in brackets.
She admitted ___________ (cheat) in the exam.
She admitted (to) cheating / having cheated in the exam.
I wouldn’t _________________ that mistake; it wasn’t your fault.
I wouldn’t lose sleep over that mistake; it wasn’t your fault.
When we ____ (arrive) at the airport, the flight _____ (already take off), so we _____ (have to) catch another one.
When we arrived at the airport, the flight had already taken off, so we had to catch another one.
Make a third conditional sentence for this situation:
We didn't attend the party because they didn't invite us.
We would've attended the party if they had invited us.
OR
If they had invited us to the party, we would've attended it.
Make a sentence using 'if only" based on the following situation:
They need you tomorrow but you won't have time to help them.
If only I would have time to help you tomorrow.
Change the form of the words written in italics to make a correct sentence:
Instead of staying at home and cooking dinner, yesterday I suggest / take / she out to dinner for a change.
Instead of staying at home and cooking dinner, yesterday I suggested taking her out to dinner for a change.
We plan to ___________ our grandparents this weekend to see how they’re doing.
We plan to call on our grandparents this weekend to see how they’re doing.