Sir COUNDOUL

Fill in the correct form of the verb – All tenses

1. My family have ___________________ (buy) some land in southern France recently. They
___________________ (build) a summer house there at the moment.
2. Andy and Mary ___________________ (go) to a concert tomorrow night. They
____________________________ (look forward to) it the whole week.
3. Jonathon ___________________ (watch) the news on TV every day and it ___________________
(help) him with his English.
4. My car ___________________ (break) down when I ___________________ (drive) home from
work. I ________________________ (fix) it if I ___________________ (know) what was wrong. But I
didn’t so ___________________ (have) to take it to the garage.
5. When he ___________________ (found) Microsoft, Bill Gates was only 20 years old. He
___________________________ (already write) his first computer programme six years earlier.
6. An accident ___________________ (happen) near my house last night. A car _______________
(hit) a young man. He ___________________ (ride) his bike when someone in front of him suddenly
___________________ (open) a car door. Many people ___________________ (see) the accident.
The police ___________________ (interrogate) them last night.
7. Mrs Smith said that one day she ________________________ (retire) from teaching. She said that
she ___________________ (spend) her new free time learning about computers.
8. I ______________________ (not sleep) at all last night. Someone ___________________ (listen)
to music all night.
9. I ___________________ (see) a film a week ago, but I _______________________ (not enjoy) it
very much because I _______________________ (already read) the book. If I ___________________
(not read) the book I ____________________________ (probably enjoy) the film more.
10. The judge sentenced the man to eight years in prison because he ___________________ (rob) a
bank.
11. They ________________________ (stand) in the queue for over an hour when the manager
___________________ (tell) them that there were no more tickets.
12. Alan ___________________ (be) in the car accident yesterday. The other driver
___________________ (lose) control of his car because he ___________________ (fall) asleep.
13. She ___________________ (not see) her father since he ___________________ (start) to work
in Marseille two years ago.
14. I ___________________ (sleep) when the fire broke out.
15. Linda phoned and explained that she _________________________ (not can) to come to the
party the next day because she ___________________ (be) still sick.
16. I ________________________ (just see) the film “The Da Vinci Code”. – ___________________
(you see) it too? – No, I ___________________ (not have) but I ___________________ (read) the
book.
17. My sister ___________________ (fly) home from London today. Her flight
___________________ (arrive) in an hour so I ___________________ (leave) for the airport right
now to get there in time.
18. Unless he ___________________ (sell) more he won’t get much money.
19. While he ___________________ (wait) for the bus there ___________________ (be) a robbery
at the bank. After the robbers ___________________ (go) away the police ___________________
(come) but they ___________________ (not can) to catch them.
20. I ___________________ (use) to ski when I was at the university but I ___________________
(break) a leg five years ago and since then I ___________________ (not ski) any more.
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Moving house I come from a very large family and recently my parents
___________________________ (DECIDE) that they ___________________________ (SPEND)
long enough living in an overcrowded house in Birmingham. “We
___________________________ (MOVE) to the country”, my father
___________________________ (ANNOUNCE) one evening. “I ___________________________
(SELL) this house and we ___________________________ (LIVE) on a farm”. So last week we
___________________________ (LOAD) all our belongings into two hired vans, and for the
last few days we ___________________________ (TRY) to organise ourselves in our new
home. Yesterday, for example, my two brothers and I ___________________________ (START)
painting the upstairs rooms. Unfortunately, while I ___________________________ (MIX) the
paint, one of my brothers ___________________________ (OPEN) the door. Nobody
___________________________ (TELL) him that we ___________________________ (BE) in
the room. So instead of painting the walls we ___________________________ (SPEND) al
morning cleaning paint off the floor. But worse things ___________________________
(HAPPEN) since then. This morning, when I _______________________ (WAKE) up, water
___________________________ (DRIP) through the ceiling next to my bed. We
_____________________ (SPENT) the last five hours repairing the roof. It is not all bad news
though. The school in the village nearby ___________________________ (CLOSE) down two
years ago, and my parents ___________________________ (NOT FIND) another school for us
yet.

PASSIVE VOICE : Change the active to the passive by supplying the correct form .

1. Tom opens the door.

2. Tom is opening the door.
3. Tom has opened the door.
4. Tom opened the door.
5. Tom was opening the door.
6. Tom had opened the door.
7. Tom will open the door.
8. Tom is going to open the door.
9. Tom will have opened the door.
10. Shakespeare wrote that play.
11. Bill will invite Ann to the party.
12. Alex is preparing that report.
13. Waitresses and waiters serve customers.
14. The teacher is going to explain the lesson.
15. Shirley has suggested a new idea.
16. Two horses were pulling the farmer's wagon.
17. Kathy had returned the book to the library.
18. By this time tomorrow the president will have made the announcement.
19. I didn't write that note, Jim wrote it.
20. Alice didn't make that pie. Did Mrs. French make it?
21. Does Prof. Jackson teach this course? I know that Prof. Adams doesn't teach it.
22. Mrs. Andrews hasn't signed those papers yet. Has Mr. Andrews signed them yet?
23. Is Mr. Brown painting your house?
24. His tricks won't fool me.
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TAG QUESTIONS :Finish these sentences by adding a tag questions with the correct form of the verb
and the subject pronoun.

1. Tom won't be late,………………………….. ?

2. They were very angry, ………………………… ?
3. Ann is on holiday, …………………………… ?
4. You weren't listening, ………………………… ?
5. Sue doesn't like onions,…………………….. ?
6. There are a lot of people here, ……………………… ?
7. Let's have dinner, …………………………… ?
8. This isn't very interesting,……………………….. ?
9. I'm too fat, ……………………?
10. You wouldn’t tell anyone, ……………………… ?
11. Jack's applied for the job,……………….. ?
12. Listen, ………………… ?
13. You've got a camera,……………………… ?
14. You can type , …………………………….. ?
15. I shouldn't have got angry, …………………………. ?
16. Don't drop it, ……………………… ?
17. He won't mind if I go early, ……………………… ?
18. They had to go home, ……………………………. ?
[Link] could help you, …………………………… ?
20. He'd never seen you before, ………………………… ?
21. Acorns grow on oak trees, ……………………………… ?
22. You don't mind if I watch television, …………………………….. ?
23. Dylan Thomas was a Welsh poet,…………………………….. ?
24. You will be home early tonight, …………………………… ?
25. I haven't much time to catch the train, ……………………….. ?
26. I always meet you in the park, ………………………. ?
27. Let's all go to the zoo after lunch, ……………………………… ?
28. You'd like cream in your coffee, …………………….. ?
29. Pass me the butter and the marmalade, ………………………. ?

If Transformation Or If sentences

Exercise 1: Fill the gaps in the sentences using the words given.

1. If I had more money, __ (you/marry) me?

2. He wouldn't help you if__ (he/not/like) you.
3. __ (you/find) the machine is quite simple to operate if you look at the
manual.
4. __ (your parents/not/be) proud if they could see you now?
5. If__ (I/not/revise) thoroughly, I may fail my test.
6. If you wanted to buy someone a really good present, what sort of thing __
(you/look for)?
7. You'd have a lot more friends if__ (you/not/be) so mean.
8. How __ (you/feel) if you were in my position?
9. Would you change your job if__ (you/can)?
10. If I __ (not/ arrive), they wouldn’t have known what to do.
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11. If I __ (lend) you this book, will you take great care of it?
12. If road travel __ (not/ be) cheaper than rail travel in this country,
we wouldn’t have so many traffic jams.
13. If we __ (not/ protect) wild life now, there will be nothing left for future
generations.

Exercise 2: Put the verb into the correct form.

Example:

If I knew (know) her number, I would telephone her.

I wouldn't buy (not buy) that coat if I were you.

1. I (give) you a cigarette if I had one but I'm afraid I haven't.

2. This soup would taste better if it (have) more salt in it.
3. If you (not go) to bed so late every night, you wouldn't be so tired all the
time.
4. I wouldn't mind living in England if the weather (be) better.
5. I'd help you if I (can) but I'm afraid I can't.
6. If I were you, I (not marry) him.
7. We would happily buy that house if it (not be) so small.
8. If you (go) to bed earlier, you wouldn't be so sleepy in the morning.
9. She (lose) weight, if she ate fewer sweets.
10. If the meat (be) a little more done, this would be an excellent meal.
11. This apartment (be) perfect if it were a little larger.
12. If my daughter (be) here, I would be very happy.
13. If you (find) a job abroad, would you take it?
14. If I decided to apply, you (give) me a reference?
15. What would happen to car manufacturers if we all (ride) bicycles?

Exercise 3 : Write a sentence with if...

Example:
We don't visit you very often because you live so far away.
If you didn't live so far away, we'd visit you more often.

1. He doesn't speak very clearly, that's why people don't understand him.
2. That book is too expensive, so I'm not going to buy it.
3. We don't go out very often because we can't afford it.
4. It's raining, so we can't have lunch in the garden.
5. I have to work tomorrow evening, so I can't meet you.