Verb Tenses
He ______ (watch) a film at the moment.
He IS WATCHING a film at the moment.
If it rains, we _________ (stay) at home.
My neighbour is a woman _____ has three daughters.
My neighbour is a woman WHO has three daughters.
Which modal verb do you use to express ability in the present?
CAN
If the direct speech sentence is in the PRESENT SIMPLE, the reported speech sentence must be in...
I ______ (bring) a cake to yesterday's party.
They ________ (travel) around the world if they had money.
They WOULD TRAVEL around the world if they had money.
Can you omit the relative pronoun? "I know a man whose son is an astronaut."
No, we can't omit WHOSE
Was / Were able to = specific ability, something that you were able to do at a specific moment
"I will come to your party next Saturday" Susan said.
Susan said (that) she would come to my party the next/following Saturday
We ______ (not live) in Milan for three years.
We HAVEN'T LIVED in Milan for three years.
If I __________ (not be) ill yesterday, I ________ (go) to the party.
If I HAND'T BENN ill yesterday, I WOULD HAVE GONE to the party.
Join these two sentences with a relative pronoun:
My friend is very intelligent. She studies at Harvard.
My friend, who studies at Harvard, is very intelligent.
Which modal verb do you use to express positive certainty? (you are 100% sure of something)
MUST
"Could you open this window for me, please? my mum asked me.
My mum asked me to open that window for her.
We arrived at 8.05, but the train _____ (already / leave).
We arrived at 8.05, but the train HAD ALREADY LEFT.
I _________ (go) to the doctor if I ________ (be) you.
I WOULD GO to the doctor if I WERE you.
Join these two sentences with a relative pronoun:
The man is cautious. His father had a history of heart disease.
The man whose father had a history of heart disease is cautious.
Complete the sentence with the correct modal verb:
They _______ (be) home because they have travelled to the USA.
They CAN'T BE home because they have travelled to the USA.
"What have you been doing here lately?" Peter asked.
Peter asked us what we had been doing there lately.
The children were wet because they _______ (play) football in the rain.
The children were wet because they HAD BEEN PLAYING football in the rain.
REPHRASE THIS SENTENCE USING A CONDITIONAL: We forgot to bring a map, so we got lost.
If we had brought a map, we wouldn't have got lost.
Join the two sentences using a relative pronoun:
He was a man. Everybody had a great respect for him.
He was a man for whom everybody had great respect.
Complete the sentence with the correct modal verb:
You ________ (listen) to me and not go to the party last night.
You SHOULD HAVE LISTENED to me and not go to the party last night.
"Yes, I committed the crime," Sam said.
- Sam admitted to having committed/ committing the crime.
- San admitted that he had committed the crime.