Gerunds & Infinitives
I promise _______________ (help) you tomorrow.
TO HELP
(Second conditional) If I _____________ (want) a new car, I _______________ (buy) one.
WANTED / WOULD BUY
I ____________ always lose when I played chess with my father.
I WOULD always lose when I played chess with my father.
ARTICLES (the/a/an or zero article)
I went sailing around ________ Lake Geneva.
zero article
Please covert the following sentence into the passive voice.
The wolf ate the princess.
The princess was eaten by the wolf
He decided ______________ (study) biology.
TO STUDY
(First conditional) If she ______________ (not/go) to the meeting, I _________________ (not/go) either.
DOESN'T GO / WON'T GO
She ____________ be able to dance very well.
She USED TO be able to dance very well
What does the phrase HAVE A GOOD EYE FOR DETAIL mean?
If you have an eye for detail or a fine/good/keen eye for detail, you are good at noticing small but important things that other people might not notice.
Please covert the following sentence into the passive voice.
By next year the students will have studied the passive
By next year the passive will have been studied by the students
We stopped ______________ (have) a rest because we were really sleepy.
TO HAVE
Try and explain why its TO HAVE and not HAVING (if you're unsure ask the students in your group or the teacher).
(Third conditional) If the weather ______________ (not/be) so cold, we _____________ (go) to the beach.
HADN'T BEEN / WOULD HAVE GONE
Make sentences using 'be used to + verb-ing' or 'be used to + noun / pronoun'. You need to choose the correct tense:
She ________________ (drink)a lot of coffee, so she doesn't have a problem with going to sleep afterwards.
is used to drinking
Change the sentence so that they use the structure 'have someone do something' or 'get someone to do something'. Start with 'I'.
The nurse took your temperature. (have)
I had the nurse take your temperature.
Please covert the following sentence into the passive voice.
People speak Portuguese in Brazil.
Portuguese is spoken in Brazil
I couldn't relax so I tried ______________ (take) a hot bubble bath.
TAKING
Try and explain why its TAKING and not TO TAKE (if you're unsure ask the students in your group or the teacher).
First or second conditional?
If you _____________ (get) back late, I _____________ (be) angry.
FIRST CONDITIONAL - GET / WILL BE
Is the following sentence correct or incorrect? (If there is a mistake please correct the sentence)
Teachers are used to working until 10 o'clock at night.
The sentence is correct
Complete the sentence with either despite, however or although.
She went for a long walk, _____________ being cold.
Despite
Please covert the following sentence into the passive voice.
He had written three books before 1867.
Three books had been written before 1867
I forget ___________ (lock) the door, but I'm sure I must have locked it.
LOCKING
Try and explain why its LOCKING and not TO LOCK (if you're unsure ask the students in your group or the teacher).
1st, 2nd or 3rd conditional?
We ______________ (be) home in bed ages ago if you _________________ ( not/lost) the map
3rd Conditional
WOULD HAVE BEEN / HADN'T LOST
Is the following sentence correct or incorrect? (If there is a mistake please correct the sentence)
I soon got used to drive on the right.
Incorrect
I soon got used to DRIVING on the right.
Future Perfect or Future Continuous?
I can't wait! This time next Friday, we ________________ (lie) on a beach in Australia!
Future Continuous
I can't wait! This time next Friday, we WILL BE LYING on a beach in Australia!
**For an extra 500 points explain the difference between the Future Perfect and Future Continuous**
Please covert the following sentence into the passive voice.
Picasso was painting Guernica at that time.
Guernica was being painted at that time by Picasso