Perfect / Perfect Continuous
Reported orders, requests and advice
Past Modals of Deduction
Wish / If only / should have
Describing a process
100

We (wait) for over forty minutes now!

We’ve been waiting for over forty minutes now!

100

I recommend to drink /drinking/drink/to drinking more water

I recommend drinking more water

100

You’re very good on the violin. You must /might / can / could have practise / practised a lot!

You’re very good on the violin. You must have practised a lot!

100

Open brackets

I wish I (have) more time, but I have to work

I wish I had more time, but I have to work

100

Find the mistake

Begin with, put the ingredients in a bowl.

To begin with, put the ingredients in a bowl.

200

I probably (see) that film about twenty-five times

I’ve probably seen that film about twenty-five times

200

She admitted take/taking/to take/took the money.

She admitted taking the money.

200

Try calling again – they might/can’t/must/could not have hear/heard you the first time.

Try calling again – they might not have heard you the first time.

200

If only I (listen) to my mother, I regret not doing it

If only I had listened to my mother, I regret not doing it

200

Write sentence using the give words

the next / step / mix / the ingredient 

The next step is to mix the ingredients.

300

I was exhausted because I (study) all night.

I was exhausted because I’d been studying all night.

300

My husband persuaded to buy / persuaded buying / persuaded me to buy / persuaded buy  what I want

My husband persuaded me to buy what I want

300

Use Past Modals of Deduction

He built the house entirely by himself. I’m almost certain it was not easy.

It ................... difficult.

It must have been difficult.

300

What word is missing?

I wish they ....... be quiet at night.

I wish they would be quiet at night.

300

Find the mistake

Once you did it, put the dish in the oven

Once you've done it, put the dish in the oven

400
Use correct tenses

I suddenly (remember) I (call) my mother.

I suddenly remembered I hadn’t called my mother.

400

He regretted revealing/reveal/to reveal/that he revealed his secret, now everyone at school knows it.

He regretted revealing / that he revealed his secret, now everyone at school knows it.

400

Use Past Modals of Deduction

A: What’s happened to Giorgio? I haven’t seen him recently.

B: I’m not sure, but I think he ........ (get) a new job in another department.

I’m not sure, but I think he might/may/could have gotten (got) a new job in another department.

400

Write the full sentence

We should / arrive / earlier. Now there are no seats

We should have arrived earlier. Now there are no seats

400

Choose 1 option 

Avoid take /to take / taking selfies with your back to the light.

Avoid taking selfies with your back to the light.

500

You can borrow the book next week. I (finish) it by then.

You can borrow the book next week. I'll have finished it by then.

500

He sometimes claimed / have been married 13 times.

He sometimes claimed to have been married / that he has been married 13 times. 

500

Use Past Modal of Deduction

A: I’ve finally finished my novel after years of hard work.

B: Congratulations! That ............. easy.

B: Congratulations! That can't have been easy.

500

Looking back, there’s nothing I really wish I (not do)

 Looking back, there’s nothing I really wish I hand't done

500

Write the sentence using the words

careful / not / wake / the baby 

Be careful not to wake the baby.