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Verb Forms and Sentence Structure Exercises

The document contains a grammar exercise with multiple parts testing different grammar concepts. It includes filling in blanks with correct verb forms, completing conditional sentences, rewriting sentences using modal verbs and relative clauses, and changing sentences between active and passive voice. The exercise covers a wide range of English grammar rules and structures.
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Verb Forms and Sentence Structure Exercises

The document contains a grammar exercise with multiple parts testing different grammar concepts. It includes filling in blanks with correct verb forms, completing conditional sentences, rewriting sentences using modal verbs and relative clauses, and changing sentences between active and passive voice. The exercise covers a wide range of English grammar rules and structures.
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A) FILL IN THE BLANKS WITH THE CORRECT VERB FORM. a) - Where........................... (you, go)?. - To the cinema.

I want to see American Beauty. b) She ........................ (live) here for ten years. She loves Spain and she is very happy here. c) If you want my advice, ....................... (tell) him the truth. d) Tom took a photograph of me while I ................................... (not, look) e) When Marta came home, her boyfriend ..................... (go), so she couldnt see him f) I . (go) to the library every day, but now I dont go any longer. f) g) Jason is interested in ........................ (study) Physics. - Its a little cold in this room - Is it? I ..................................... (turn on) the heating then. h) .............................. (you, meet) any interesting people at the party last week? i) When she (finish) all her homework, I will let her go out with you. B) COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONAL SENTENCES a) If she sold her car, she ..................................... (not get) much money for it. b) They ..................................... (go) to the party last Saturday, if you had invited them. c) Leroy wont pass his exams, unless he ..................................... (study) much harder. d) If you see David, ..................................... (not tell) him anything about our secret. e) If I had known your address, I ..................................... (write) to you at Christmas. f) They wouldnt survive in Siberia if they ..................................... (not have) heating. C) FINISH EACH SENTENCE IN YOUR OWN WORDS a) If I found a lost cat, b) If you pass your exam,

c) I should have come, d) You would be better, D) MAKE THE CORRECT CONDITIONAL a) If I . (be) you, I .. (check) my facts before I wrote that letter. b) If you . (be) so hungry, you . (not miss) breakfast. c) If he (not/catch) the 5.30 train, he (not arrive) for another two hours. d) He . (feel) very tired today if he .. (play) rugby yesterday. e) If the snake bite .. (be) poisonous, you (feel) very ill now. d) If I . (be) in your position, I (answer) his letter by now. E) WRITE THE CORRECT SENTENCES USING I WISH a) I cant drive, but Id like to. b) I cant get to sleep because my brother keeps snoring. c) I hadnt any cigarettes left, and someone needed one last night. d) George isnt here, I miss him. e) Last summer was very hot, I hate hot weather. f) My brother and sister are fighting over the computer. F) COMPLETE EACH SENTENCE WITH THE CORRECT MODAL VERB a) I ............................. (not see) the screen. You ............................. (take) off your hat, please? b) Some dinosaurs ............................. (eat) a ton of meat a day. c) You............................. (do) the washing-up. I've already done it.

d) He's a very good student. I'm sure he ............................. (pass) without difficulty. e) Yesterday Peter ............................. (not get) to school in time for the exam. f) He............................. (solve) very hard mathematics problems. He ............................. (be) very clever. G) REWRITE EACH SENTENCE USING A MODAL VERB a) Its forbidden to take pictures. You .. (prohibition) b) It isnt necessary to feed the cats. Ive already fed them 3. You .. (lack of obligation) c) It is prohibited to take pets into the museum. You .. (prohibition) d) It isnt necessary to change the sheets. Ill do it tomorrow. You .. (lack of necessity) e) Students arent allowed to leave the dormitory after 11 p.m. Students .. (permission) f) Kindergarten students neednt wear school uniforms. Kindergarten students .. (lack of obligation) H) COMPLETE EACH SENTECE WITH THE CORRECT RELATIVE PRONOUN a) I was born in 1936, the Civil War started. b) I know an exciting place you and your boyfriend can go on holidays. c) He is the guy car is parked in front of our house. d) The woman lives here is always complaining. e) The flat hes rented, is in central London, is really expensive. f) We have stayed in Marys is in a small village in the south of England. I) REWRITE EACH SENTENCE IN ONE, USE RELATIVE CLAUSES WRITE COMMAS IF IT IS NECESSARY. a) She showed me a photograph of her son. Her son is a policeman. b) The new stadium will be opened next month. The stadium holds 90,000 people. c) John is one of my closest friends. I have known John for eight years d) The boy is one of my closest friends. He is waiting for me.

e) Thank you for your letter. I was very happy to get your letter. f) The letter is in the drawer. Peter has sent the letter to you. J) TURN THESE SENTENCES INTO PASSIVE a) The milkman brings the milk to my door but the postman leaves the letters in the hall. b) Someone turned on a light in the hall and opened the door. c) An ambulance took the sick man to hospital. d) They no longer make that car in Britain. e) They haven't decided anything yet. f) The council will build five hundred new houses in this area. K) TURN THESE SENTENCES INTO ACTIVE a) Soon, A housework robot will be invented. b) Computers are being used all over the world. c) Bananas are grown in the canary islands. d) Television was invented by the British engineer John Baird. e) The chief has been chased by policemen f) Will we be taught by Mr Smith next year? L) REWRITE THESE SENTENCES USING THE STRUCTURE HAVE + STH + DONE. a) The mechanic changed the oil in my car. b) The hairdresser cut my hair in a completely different style. c) A decorator has repainted our house. d) A friend of mine, whos an electrician, is going to repair my DVD player next week. M) REWRITE THESE SENTENCES INTO INDIRECT SPEECH a) Mark:"Open your bag!" b) Sally:"Don't touch my camera!" c) Jane: Do you want to dance?" d) James:"Kate often surfs the net at night." e) Sara: What were you foing last night? f) Mary:"Yesterday I felt fine." N) REWRITE THESE SENTENCES INTO DIRECT SPEECH

a) He told me to hurry and suggested stopping for a moment to have a drink b) She asked me if I knew the way to the station and I answered I did c) They asked me what I wanted to have for dinner and I said I didnt want anything as I had just had a sandwich d) She told me to look where I was going. e) They said that while they were bathing they saw someone examining their clothes. f) He said that the new carpet had arrived.

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