PASSIVE VOICE & REPORTED SPEECH
CHANGE TO ACTIVE VOICE: The bill will be signed into law by the President.
The President will sign the bill into law.
0: The ground ________ (be) dry unless it ________ (rain).
is; rains
CORRECT THIS SENTENCE: I can to help you.
I can help you.
FUTURE TENSES: _______ you ______ (call) me later?
Will...call
COMPLETE WITH A GERUND OR TO + INFINITIVE: I’m happy _________ (help).
to help
CHANGE TO DIRECT SPEECH: We were told we would like our new puppy.
“You will like your new puppy.”
1st: If you ______ (invite) me to your house, I ________ (bring) cookies.
invite; will bring
COMPLETE WITH HAVE TO, MUST OR SHOULD: ____ I really _________ call her?
Do; have to
PAST TENSES: I _____ (catch) the ball and ______ (throw) it to my team mate.
caught; threw
COMPLETE WITH A/AN, THE, OR - : ______ water is cold.
The
CHANGE TO PASSIVE VOICE: We are going to buy a house.
A house is going to be bought (by them).
2nd: I __________ (call) my mother if it ___________ (be) her birthday.
would call; was
COMPLETE WITH MAY, COULD, OR CAN’T: The murderer ______ be Lindsey because she was at work at the time of the crime.
can't
PAST TENSES:
We __________ (drive) home when she _____ (call) us.
were driving; called
COMPLETE THE SENTENCE WITH ONE WORD: The car, _______ my sister bought last year, is green.
which
CHANGE TO REPORTED SPEECH: Jack said, “I want to buy this car but it’s already been sold.”
Jack told me that he wanted to buy that car but it had already been sold.
3rd: If she ____________ (not eat) all that cake, she ________ (not feel) so sick.
hadn’t eaten; wouldn’t have felt
COMPLETE THE SENTENCE: I My new sweater is too small. I ______________ (must / buy) the wrong size.
must have bought
FUTURE TENSES: What ________ you __________ (do) with your life five years from now?
will...be doing
COMPLETE WITH A PHRASAL VERB WHICH MEANS ‘RAISE A CHILD’: I was _________ in a small town near Auckland.
brought up
CHANGE TO PASSIVE VOICE: The little girl’s mother bought her a gift.
A gift was bought for the little girl by her mother.
3rd: ________ you _________ (help) me if I __________ (ask) you to?
Would…have helped; had asked
COMPLETE WITH THE CORRECT MODAL VERB TO SHOW REGRET: I really ________ called her last night, but I was so tired.
should have
PAST TENSES: I _____________ (lie) in bed for 30 minutes when it ________ (occur) to me that I ought to get up.
had been lying; occurred
COMPLETE THE SENTENCE WITH THE CORRECT PREPOSITIONS: I stayed _____ the party until 10 pm, and then went ______ home.
at; --