all tenses 1
Jonathon (watch) the news on TV every day and it (help) him with his English.
watches, helps
My car (break) down when I (drive) home from work yesterday.
broke, was driving
London is far bigger than Paris → Paris is __________ as London (near)
nowhere near as big
You ____ speak to the principal this morning. Why didn't you?
Choose one option: ought to / were supposed to / were able to / must
were supposed to
Our standard of living is _______ it was.
Choose one option: not as quite high / not quite as high as / as not quite high as / quite not as high as
not quite as high as
My family (buy) some land in southern France recently. They (build) a beach house at the moment.
have bought, are building
Her mother (live) in LA for the past five years.
has been living
If you drink more coffee, you won't sleep as well → the ______ the ______ sleep.
the more coffee you drink the worse you will sleep
She _____(believe) his promises - now she's heartbroken!
shouldn't have believed
Please remember (bring) your homework.
I remember (go) to the beach as a child.
to bring, going
Andy and Mary (go) to a concert tomorrow night. They (look forward to) it the whole week.
are going, have been looking forward to
An accident (happen) near my house last night. A car (hit) a young man. He (ride) his bike when someone in front of him suddenly (open) a car door.
happened, hit, was riding, opened
Indian food is far spicier than English food → English food is nothing ______ Indian food.
nothing like as spicy as
You (take) that job offer – the salary was great!
ought to / should have taken
I (wash) out the bottle as soon as I (drink) all my water
will wash, have drunk
My cousins (couch-surf) for a few weeks. They (never / do) it before they (decide) to try it. Yesterday I (get) a call from them while my wife and I (mow) the lawn. They say that by the end of the year they (stay) over at more than 100 houses!
have been couch-surfing, had never done, decided, got, were mowing, will have stayed
Last night, I 1) __ to music when phone 2) ___ ringing. It was sister. She 3) ___ her bag and 4) ___ enough money to get a cab home. She 5) ___ to walk, but when it 6) ___ to rain, she 7) ___ to go to a café.
1) a listened b was listening c had listened
2) a started b had started c was starting
3) a was losing b lost c had lost
4) a didn’t have b hadn’t had c wasn’t having
5) a was starting b started c had started
6) a began b had begun c was beginning
7) a decided b was deciding c had decided
1) b 2) a 3) c 4) a 5) c 6) a 7) a
Rewrite the sentence: He's almost as wealthy as she is (bit).
She is a bit wealthier than he is.
It isn’t necessary to change the sheets, I’ll do it tomorrow. → You _________ the sheets (need)
don’t need to change
Make conditional sentences
I don't know his address. I can't contact him. But if I (know) his address, I (contact) him.
He was ill. He couldn't go skiing. But if he (not be) ill, he (go) skiing.
knew, would contact
had not been; could have gone
I (study) Chinese for a few years now. The reason for that? I (be) to Shanghai twice before I (apply) for the language courses. Ten years ago, when I (fly) to China for the first time, I (have) a lot of troubles because I (shoud / learn) at least some basic phrases. Yesterday my groupmates and I (prepare) for our final exam all evening.
have been studying, had been, applied, flew, had, should have learnt, were preparing,
- (you finish) reading that magazine yet?
- Not quite. I (read) this article about Paris thse days. It’s really interesting.
- (you visit) France, then?
- I (go) there last year. Hopefully, by the next year (go) twice.
have you finished, have been reading, have you visited, went, will have gone
Rewrite the sentence: This hotel isn't nearly as expensive as the other one. (far)
This hotel is far cheaper than the other one.
It's posible that cameras will be cheap enough for me to buy one → I ______ a camera if it's cheap enough (able)
may / might be able to buy
Use gerund / infinitive:
He avoided (talk) to me at the party yesterday and he pretended (not / hear) me when I asked him why.
talking, not to hear