Put the verbs in brackets into the correct tense: present perfect or simple past.

Make questions for which the following would be reasonable answers. Ask about the words in bold type.

I saw Tom. Possible question: Who did you see?

1 a)They went to New York.

b) It takes four hours to get there.

2 a) I didn't think much of it.
b) He earns a hundred pounds a week.

3 a) He (Tom) was fined ten pounds.
b ) It (my room) is twice as big as yours.

4 a) They left the country ten years ago.

b) They came by bus.

5 a) I've been here for two months.

b) They (the students) went to the museum yesterday.

The present continuous and the future simple. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct tense.

1 Tom: Where you (go) for your next holiday? (Where have you arranged to go?)

Ann: I don't know yet but we probably (go) to Spain.

2 We (have) a drink with Peter tonight. (He has invited us.) It's his last night; he (leave) tomorrow.

3 Ann: Do you think we (see) Bill tomorrow?

Mary: I hope so. He probably (look) in on his way to the airport.

4 I (see) my bank manager tomorrow. (I have arranged this.) I'm going to ask him for a loan but I expect he (refuse).

5 I (know) the result tomorrow. As soon as I hear, I (tell) you.

. Put the transitive verbs into the passive voice. Do not mention the agent unless it seems necessary.

1 a)They haven't stamped the letter.
b) They didn't pay me for the work; they expected me to do it for nothing.

2 a) He escaped when they were moving him from one prison to another.
b) She didn't introduce me to her mother.

3 a) A frightful crash wakened me at 4 a.m.
b) When they have widened this street the roar of the traffic will keep residents awake all night.

4 a) They threw away the rubbish.

b) A Japanese firm makes these television sets.

5 a) An earthquake destroyed the town.

b) A machine could do this much more easily.

Put the following statements into indirect speech.

1 I’m going out now, but I'll be in by nine,' he said. (Omit now.)

2 'I'm working in a restaurant, and don't much care for it,' she said.

3 'I can't live on my basic salary,' said Peter. I’ll have to offer to do overtime.'

4 'My young brother wants to be a tax inspector,' said Mary. 'I can't think why. None of my family has ever been a tax inspector.'

5 'We're waiting for the school bus,' said the children. 'It's late again.'

Make questions for which the following would be reasonable answers. Ask about the words in bold type.

1. a) I'd like to speak to Mr Jones please.
b) This is Tom's.

2. a)He stopped it (the train) by pulling the communication cord.
b)I've been waiting for half an hour.

3. a)She (Mary) put it in the dustbin.
b)I threw it away because I was tired of it.

4. a)There are four (hotels in the town).
b) They left it (the lawnmower) outside.

5. a) I found her address by calling at every house in the village.
b)She (Ann) gave me duck and green peas for lunch.

Put the verbs in brackets into the correct tense: present perfect or simple past.

1. Peter: You (know) any English when you first (arrive) here? Paul: No, I (not know) a word.

2. Ann (to Yvonne, who is going to English classes): How long you (learn) English?

Yvonne: I (learn) off and on for about five and a half years. (Use the continuous form.)

3. I (begin) English at secondary school and (do) it for three years. Then I (drop) it for a year and (forget) most of it. Then I (spend) two years at a secretarial college, where I (study) commercial English, and for the last six months I (study) in London.

4. I just (have) my first driving lesson. ~ How it (go)? You (enjoy) it? ~

Well, I not actually (hit) anything but I (make) every other possible mistake.

5. You (book) your hotel room yet? ~ Well, I (write) to the hotel last week but they (not answer) yet.

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