đź›  Sentence Surgery
🏠 Life Skills & Work
⏳ Verb Tenses
🔄 “Used to” & Friends
🌀 Gerunds & Infinitives
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Change this to passive:
The police arrested him.

He was arrested by the police.

100

What are "chores"?

Tasks done regularly at home, like cleaning or laundry.


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He ______ (go) to the store yesterday.

→ went

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Used to, get used to, be used to

She __________ play soccer as a child.

→ used to

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Is this sentence correct or incorrect?

He enjoys to play guitar? 

Incorrect 

He enjoys playing guitar. 

200

Rewrite to passive:
They had sent the invitation.

The invitation had been sent.

200

What is a credit score used for?

To assess how well you manage credit and debt.

200

They ______ (watch) a movie when I called.

→ were watching

200

Used to, get used to, be used to:

I __________ getting up early. (present habit)

→ am used to

200

Fill in:
She forgot ______ the door. (lock)

to lock

300

Add a subject to complete this passive sentence:
__________ was being painted.

The house (or similar)

300

If you owe money to others, what is it called?

Debt

300

She ______ (work) at the company for 5 years.

→ has worked

300

Used to, get used to, be used to:

You’ll ___________ the noise.

→ get used to

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Fill in: 
He promised ______ me later.

to call, to cook for, to help, etc 

400

Fix the sentence:
The cake was eat by the kids.

The cake was eaten by the kids.

400

What does "outreach" mean?

Efforts to help or connect with others in the community.

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John _______ (talk) with his parents when he ______ (get) a call.

→ was talking, got

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Choose the correct option for each blank and explain why:

  1. I _______ play piano every day when I was a kid.

  2. I _______ living alone when I moved out.

  3. Now I _______ waking up early for work.


  • used to

  • got used to

  • am used to

400

True or false: 

A gerund follows a preposition? 

TRUE

They are afraid of losing the match.

500

Fix the mistake and rewrite the sentence correctly:

The documents have wrote by the assistant.

The documents have been written by the assistant.

500

What does "networking" mean?

→ Building relationships that help your career.

500

Rewrite this with the correct tenses:


Yesterday, I wake up late and miss the bus. I run to the stop, but it already leave.

Yesterday, I woke up late and missed the bus. I ran to the stop, but it had already left.

500

Fill in the blank: 

She ____________ spicy food when she was younger, but now she loves it.

didn’t use to eat

500

Fill in the blanks with the correct gerund or infinitive form. 

  1. __________ new things is important for personal growth. (Try)

  2. She’s nervous about __________ in front of a big audience. (speak)

  3. He was excited __________ the job offer. (receive)

  4. They’re committed to __________ their goals this year. (achieve)

  5. I forgot __________ the lights before I left. (turn off)

  1. Trying new things is important for personal growth.
    Explanation: Gerunds can act as the subject of a sentence. "Trying" is the action being talked about.

  1. She’s nervous about speaking in front of a big audience.
    Explanation: After prepositions (like "about"), we always use a gerund.

  1. He was excited to receive the job offer.
    Explanation: After adjectives (like "excited"), we use the infinitive form.

  1. They’re committed to achieving their goals this year.
    Explanation: Even though “to” is here, “committed to” is a phrasal verb, and phrasal verbs ending in “to” are followed by gerunds.

  1. I forgot to turn off the lights before I left.
    Explanation: “Forget + to + verb” is used when you forget to do something. (Compare: “forget + verb-ing” is for forgetting a memory.)