Task 1 - Ask Questions About The Underlined Parts of The Sentences
This document contains 5 tasks involving verb tenses and forms, active and passive voice, and reported speech. Task 1 involves asking questions about underlined parts of sentences. Task 2 involves completing sentences with the correct verb form (simple present, present continuous, future, etc.). Task 3 uses if clauses. Task 4 rewrites sentences in the active voice. Task 5 changes direct to reported speech using past tense verbs and reporting verbs like said and asked.
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Task 1 - Ask Questions About The Underlined Parts of The Sentences
This document contains 5 tasks involving verb tenses and forms, active and passive voice, and reported speech. Task 1 involves asking questions about underlined parts of sentences. Task 2 involves completing sentences with the correct verb form (simple present, present continuous, future, etc.). Task 3 uses if clauses. Task 4 rewrites sentences in the active voice. Task 5 changes direct to reported speech using past tense verbs and reporting verbs like said and asked.
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Task 1 Ask questions about the underlined parts of the sentences.
1) This book is interesting.
____________________________________________________________________ 2) Melissa has been learning English for five years. ____________________________________________________________________ 3) Joe listens to music every day. ____________________________________________________________________ 4) The children are playing with the dog. ____________________________________________________________________ 5) This is my uncle's car. ____________________________________________________________________ Task 2 Write the correct from of the verbs in the brackets. Use Present Simple, Present Continuous, Future Simple or be going to to express future. 1) I __________________ my dentist this afternoon. (to see) 2) The lesson __________________ at 8 o'clock tomorrow. (to start) 3) When we __________________ home, we __________________ lunch. (to arrive, to have) 4) I think you ________________ the election. (to win) 5) 'Why are you holding that axe?' 'I __________________ that apple tree.' (to cut down) 6) Where _____ you __________________ on holiday this summer? (to go) 7) As soon as he __________________ his speech, we _________________ some break. (to finish, to have) 8) What _____ you __________________ for Christmas? (to buy) 9) We __________________ a party on Saturday. (to have) 10) 'I'm so cold!' 'I __________________ you a jumper.' (to bring) Task 3 IF CLAUSE: Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verbs in the brackets. 1) If they _________________ out of petrol, they _______________________ in time yesterday. (not to run, to arrive) 2) If I ________ you, I wouldn't iron the socks. (to be) 3) If you ___________ ready, ______________ your books. (to be, to close) 4) If Jason _______________________ a car, he ____________________ his car ______________. (can / to mend, not to repair causative!) 5) If you didn't leave the window open, the flies _____________________. (not to come in) 6) __________ you _________________ if Mr Davis _________________ you back?. (to mind, to call) 7) If Tom _________________ so much hamburgers, he wouldn't be ill now. (not to eat) 8) If you _________________ too much TV, your eyes _____________________. (to watch, to ruin passive)
Task 4 Rewrite the sentences into
active voice. 1) This newspaper isn't being read. _____________________________ _____________________________ _____________________________ 2) They have been evacuated because of the volcano. ____________________________________________ ___________________________________________ 3) I think these parcels will be delivered soon. ____________________________________________ ___________________________________________ 4) Were your books sold in this shop? ____________________________________________ ___________________________________________ 5) My boyfriend should have been asked about that question. ____________________________________________ ___________________________________________
Task 5 - Change these sentences
to reported speech in the past by changing the verb form and adding reporting verbs such as tell, say or ask. 1) Sam: 'Call back your mum, Sarah.' ____________________________________________ ____________________________________________ 2) Mum: 'If Carl hadn't heard the news, we would have stayed in a traffic jam.' ____________________________________________ ____________________________________________ 3) David: 'Where were you lying in the sun, Hilary?' ____________________________________________ ____________________________________________ 4) Lionel to me: 'Iron is solid in room temperature.' ____________________________________________ ____________________________________________ 5) Mary to Paul: 'Do you often catch a cold in winter?' ____________________________________________ ____________________________________________
Task 1 Ask questions about the underlined parts of the sentences.
1) This book is interesting. ____________________________________________________________________ 2) Melissa has been learning English for five years. ____________________________________________________________________ 3) Joe listens to music every day. ____________________________________________________________________ 4) The children are playing with the dog. ____________________________________________________________________ 5) This is my uncle's car. ____________________________________________________________________
Task 2 Write the correct from of the verbs in the
brackets. Use Present Simple, Present Continuous, Future Simple or be going to to express future. 1) I __________________ my dentist this afternoon. (to see) 2) The lesson __________________ at 8 o'clock tomorrow. (to start) 3) When we __________________ home, we __________________ lunch. (to arrive, to have) 4) I think you ________________ the election. (to win) 5) 'Why are you holding that axe?' 'I __________________ that apple tree.' (to cut down) 6) Where _____ you __________________ on holiday this summer? (to go) 7) As soon as he __________________ his speech, we _________________ some break. (to finish, to have) 8) What _____ you __________________ for Christmas? (to buy) 9) We __________________ a party on Saturday. (to have) 10) 'I'm so cold!' 'I __________________ you a jumper.' (to bring) Task 3 IF CLAUSE: Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verbs in the brackets. 1) If they _________________ out of petrol, they _______________________ in time yesterday. (not to run, to arrive) 2) If I ________ you, I wouldn't iron the socks. (to be) 3) If you ___________ ready, ______________ your books. (to be, to close) 4) If Jason _______________________ a car, he ____________________ his car ______________. (can / to mend, not to repair causative!) 5) If you didn't leave the window open, the flies _____________________. (not to come in) 6) __________ you _________________ if Mr Davis _________________ you back?. (to mind, to call) 7) If Tom _________________ so much hamburgers, he wouldn't be ill now. (not to eat) 8) If you _________________ too much TV, your eyes _____________________. (to watch, to ruin passive)
Task 4 Rewrite the sentences into
active voice. 1) This newspaper isn't being read. _____________________________ _____________________________ _____________________________ 2) They have been evacuated because of the volcano. ____________________________________________ ___________________________________________ 3) I think these parcels will be delivered soon. ____________________________________________ ___________________________________________ 4) Were your books sold in this shop? ____________________________________________ ___________________________________________ 5) My boyfriend should have been asked about that question. ____________________________________________ ___________________________________________
Task 5 - Change these sentences
to reported speech in the past by changing the verb form and adding reporting verbs such as tell, say or ask. 1) Sam: 'Call back your mum, Sarah.' ____________________________________________ ____________________________________________ 2) Mum: 'If Carl hadn't heard the news, we would have stayed in a traffic jam.' ____________________________________________ ____________________________________________ 3) David: 'Where were you lying in the sun, Hilary?' ____________________________________________ ____________________________________________ 4) Lionel to me: 'Iron is solid in room temperature.' ____________________________________________ ____________________________________________ 5) Mary to Paul: 'Do you often catch a cold in winter?' ____________________________________________ ____________________________________________