Mixed Tenses + Modals
"I saw the accident here yesterday", Sandy explained
Sandy explained that she had seen the accident there the day before / the previous day.
Form the sentence:
if you / put / sugar / in / water / it / dissolve
If you put sugar in water, it dissolves.
Rewrite using the passive or causative:
Ella paid someone to clean her house. (had)
Ella had her house cleaned.
Future Perfect Simple or Future Continuous?
Finally, when you see the red house, you ...... your destination.
a. will be reaching b. will have reached
b. will have reached
"We are going to take these pictures to the museum this afternoon", they said.
They said that they were going to take those pictures to the museum that afternoon.
Form the sentence:
if they / read / the directions / they / prevent / the accident
If they had read the directions, they might / would have prevented the accident.
From active to passive
She was sending emails from her laptop
Emails were being sent from her laptop
Present Perfect or the Past Perfect?
1. Vera …………………… always …………………… (live) in Brighton. She was born there and never moved away.
2. Before Jeff worked here, he …………………… (work) in a florist’s shop.
1. Vera has always lived in Brighton. She was born there and never moved away.
2. 2. Before Jeff worked here, he had worked in a florist’s shop.
Dave asked if Linda was coming to the concert that night.
"Do you know who broke the window?, they asked.
"Is Linda coming to the concert tonight?" Dave asked.
They asked me if/whether I knew who had broken the window.
What would you say in the following situation:
You didn’t do your homework.
Possible answers: I would have done my homework if I had known about it.
Combine the sentences with a relative pronoun.
We had a teacher from Ireland. Her name was Marnie.
We had a teacher from Ireland whose name was Marnie
Write a second sentence with the words given using the causative.
She is going to buy her dress in a shop.
not make
She is not having the dress made.
Modal Perfect:
Kelly was upset after the phone call. She ……………………… (must / receive) bad news
I feel so ill. I ……………………… (should / eat) all those biscuits.
She must have received bad news.
I shouldn't have eaten all those biscuits.
"Let's go by train", she said.
"From one of the windows of my flat, I may see the Eiffel tower", he said.
She suggested going by train./ She suggested that we go by train.
He said that from one of the windows of his flat he might see the Eiffel tower.
Form the sentence:
I / ski / every day / if / I / live / in Switzerland
I would ski every day if I lived in Switzerland.
Combine the sentences with a relative pronoun
I plan to attend the Wimbledon tennis tournament. It is held every summer.
I plan to attend the Wimbledon tennis tournament, which is held every summer.
Change from active to passive in two different ways:
Bob has sold Ted a second-hand car.
A second-hand car has been sold to Ted by Bob.
Ted has been sold a second-hand car by Bob.
Write with modal or modal perfect:
A: Look – all the trees are burnt!
B: There 1. ……………………… (be) a forest fire here.
A: People 2. ……………………… (be) more careful when they go camping.
1. must have been
2. should / ought to be
"When will you pay back the money father lent you?, my brother asked.
"Please, don't tell anyone", she told me
My brother asked when I would pay back the money father had lent me.
She told me not to tell anyone.
What would you say in the following situation?
Your sister has long showers and wastes a lot of hot water.
If you didn’t have such long showers, there would be more hot water for everyone in the house.
Combine the sentences with a relative pronoun.
My parents enourage me to do well. They're very supportive.
My parents, who are very supportive, encourage me to do well.
Rewrite the following passage in the passive voice:
Our school is organizing a contest. The teachers will choose the best project about the environment.
The students must include pictures and drawings in their projects. The school will give the winner a set of encyclopaedias.
A contest is being organized by our school.
The best project about the environment will be chosen by the teachers.
Pictures and drawings must be included in the projects.
The winner will be given a set of encyclopaedias / A set of encyclopaedias will be given to the winner.