Mixed tenses
Complete: "My aunt usually ________ breakfast at home before work." (eat)
eats
Complete: "If I feel tired tonight, I ________ to bed early." (go)
will go - 1st conditional
Complete: "My brother enjoys ________ documentaries." (watch)
Report: "I'm hungry." → She said...
She said (that) she was hungry.
Form a noun from DECIDE.
I need to make a _______ by tomorrow
decision
Complete: "Look at those dark clouds! It ________ soon." (rain)
is going to rain
Complete: "If people ________ more water, there would be fewer shortages." (save)
saved - 2nd conditional
Choose: "We managed (finishing / to finish) the project."
Change to passive: "Someone stole my bicycle."
My bicycle was stolen.
Pick a modal verb: "The lights are off. They ________ be at home."
can't
Complete: "By next July, I ________ at this company for five years." (work)
will have worked
Complete: "I wish I ________ another language fluently." (speak)
could speak
Complete: "She stopped ________ because her phone battery died." (talk)
stopped talking - finished doing something
Report using advise:
Tom: "You should check the timetable before travelling."
He/Tom advised me to check the timetable before travelling.
Form an adjective from RELY.
That is a ________ car that you bought
reliable
Find and correct the mistake: "When I arrived, they had already left for two hours."
"had already left for two hours" → "had already been gone for two hours" or "had left two hours earlier/ago"
Complete: "If the train hadn't been cancelled, we ________ there on time." (arrive)
would have arrived - 3rd conditional
Complete: "I remember ________ that actor years ago at a conference." (meet)
meeting
Rewrite in the passive: "People believe the painting is worth millions."
The painting is believed to be worth millions.
Complete with a modal verb: "Jack got 100% on the exam. He _____________ very hard." (study)
must have studied
Complete: "The researchers ________ the data for months before they discovered the error." (examine)
had been examining
Complete: "Suppose you ________ offered a job abroad. What would you do?"
were - 2nd conditional (question form)
Complete with the correct form and explain why: "The manager regrets ________ the proposal without reading it carefully." (approve)
approving - when we feel sorry about something that happened in the past
I regret to inform you - Used when giving bad news
Transform: "The committee is expected to announce the results the day after." → Use an active reporting structure.
People expect the committee to announce the results tomorrow.
Complete with the correct form of RESPOND
I haven't received a _________ from them yet.
RESPONSE