Narrative & Past Drama
Fill in the blanks: "I ________ (walk) home when I realized I ________ (leave) my keys at the office."
was walking / had left
Use a Passive Future form: "The new bridge ________ (expect / finish) by the end of next year."
is expected to be finished
Complete the Double Comparative: "The more time you spend on your project, ________."
the better it will be / the more successful you'll be.
Use the correct Reporting Verb Pattern: "The teacher ________ (remind / us / do) our homework."
reminded us to do
Complete the Mixed Conditional: "If I ________ (not/buy) that expensive car last year, I ________ (have) more money now."
hadn't bought / would have
Use Future in the Past to describe a plan that failed: "We ________ (visit) the museum, but it was closed for renovations."
were due to visit / were about to visit / were going to visit
Which tense emphasizes duration up to a future point? "By June, I ________ (study) English for five years."
will have been studying (Future Perfect Continuous).
Combine using a Non-defining Relative Clause: "My brother lives in Tokyo. He is a chef."
My brother, who is a chef, lives in Tokyo.
Change to a Complex Passive: "People say that he is a millionaire."
He is said to be a millionaire.
Rewrite using Inversion: As soon as she finished her meal, she left.
No sooner had she finished her meal than she left.
Rewrite this to express annoyance about a friend's habit: "You always interrupt me when I'm speaking."
I wish you wouldn't (always) interrupt me when I'm speaking.
Make a deduction: "The lights are off. They ________ (must / sleep)."
must be sleeping
Use a Perfect Participle Clause to shorten this: "Because she had lost her passport, she couldn't board the plane."
Having lost her passport, she couldn't board the plane.
Correct the Word Grammar: "I was surprised how much did it cost."
I was surprised (at) how much it cost. (Remove 'did' in an indirect structure).
Create a Complex Question for emphasis: "What ________ (be / it / that) you are trying to say?"
What is it that you are trying to say?
Combine a past habit with a narrative tense: "Every summer, my grandfather ________ (sit) on the porch and tell us stories about the war."
would sit
Complete the sentence for a formal arrangement: "The President ________ (suppose / arrive) at 10:00 AM."
is supposed to arrive
Identify the Noun Phrase components (Pre-modifier, Head, Post-modifier): "A beautiful, old wooden table with carved legs."
Pre-mod: beautiful, old wooden; Head: table; Post-mod: with carved legs.
Use a Reporting Verb + Preposition: "The police ________ (accuse / him / steal) the car."
accused him of stealing
Rewrite using Inversion: "He didn't realize the danger until he saw the smoke."
Not until he saw the smoke did he realize the danger.
Correct the error in this sentence: "By the time the police arrived, the thief was already escaping through the back window."
...the thief had already escaped (Past Perfect for an action occurring before another past event).
Which preposition is used with both these nouns: "A credit ________" and "An appeal ________"?
to
Rewrite using a relative clause referring to a period of time: "I remember the summer. We first met then."
I remember the summer when we first met.
Use a Passive without 'be': "The letter ________ (send) yesterday reached me today."
sent (The letter sent yesterday...).
I'm not really into sweets, but I'll have a piece of cake ________ interest.
out of