1. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct tense:

1) The sun _________________ (rise) in the East

2) This time next week we _____________________ (fly) to America

3) When his wife _________________ (get) home from work, Ian __________________ (preparate) the

supper.

4) Tom knew my cousin because he ___________________ (meet) her in Amsterdam.

5) How long ________________ (you/ wear) this sweater?

6) Helen: Oh dear! I’ve trying to on this can of juice but it just wasn’t open.

Mark: I _________________ open for you

7) The children ____________________ (write) on the board when the teacher ________________ (come)

8) By the time we arrive at the hospital, Claire ___________________ (give) birth to her baby

9) He ___________________ (send) the advertisement to the agency yet.

10) I _____________________ (fly) to London three months ago and I _________________ (see) her

2. Match these sentences using a relative pronoun

1) Van Gogh only sold one painting during his lifetime. Many people highly values him nowadays

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2) Archaelogist have been working hard on an excavation site. Some Roman vases have been found there

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3) The coach worked hard. His experience made us win the game

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4) I’ll come back another day. You won’t be so busy then

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5) Tomas is very angry with us. I was talking to him yesterday.

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3. Rewrite the sentences using a modal verb: (shouldn’t, must, might, should, will be able to, needn’t, has to,

could)

1) It’s not necessary to attend all the lessons.

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2) It’s obligatory to him to wear a uniform at homes

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3) It’s likely that he has already married

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4) I’m sure that he hasn’t broken the vase

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5) She was allowed to take part in the contest

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6) He will have the capacity to pass the proof

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7) It’s advisable for him to learn a foreign language

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8) It was wrong for her to insult you

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4. Complete the second sentence so that it has the same meaning as the first sentence

1) I don’t do sport so I’m not very fit

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2) He didn’t know she was a vegetarian and he cooked a steal

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3) I didn’t sleep well last night, so I fell asleep in class.

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4) He never does his homework and he gets bad results at school

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5) She didn’t go out with her friends because she felt ill

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6) We arrived late because my car broke down on the way

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5. Rewrite the sentences in the passive. Omit by + agent if possible1) People eat more chocolate in Switzerland than anywhere else in the world

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2) They will give us a vocabulary test next Thursday.

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3) Cervantes wrote Don Quijote in the seventeenth century

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6. Rewrite the sentences in reported speech1) ‘My sister will give us a lift tonight’, said Martina.

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2) ‘Can I take a photo of you?’ Yang asked us.

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3) ‘Why don’t we go bowling tonight?’ suggested Jacob

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4) ‘Tell me everything’, the policeman ordered the man

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5) ‘I’m going travelling next week’, said Laura.

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6) ‘We’ve got football practise tomorrow’ Jonathan reminded us

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7) ‘I came here last week’, Sandrine told us.

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