Ejercicios de Inglés: Tiempos Verbales, Reported Speech, Passive Voice y Conditionals

1. Complete in brackets

-Tomorrow it will be cold and windy with snow.

-We were talking about you when you called.

-She hasn't finished the exercise yet.

-I am writing a mystery book at the moment.

-I got home to find Anna has already phoned.

-By next June I will have finished school.

-Peter doesn't usually work on Friday.

-She didn't phone her friend last night.

-This time next week I will be flying to Egypt.

-The concert has already started. We can't go in now.

-Steve had never gone abroad before last year.

-This time tomorrow we will be sitting in the sun on the beach.

2. Reported Speech

-My father declared that we were leaving the following day at seven o'clock.

-Marta explained that Eva hadn't come to the class the day before because she had been ill.

-My sister ordered me not to listen to him.

-The receptionist wanted to know what my name was.

-Caroline said that she would speak to Alex that evening.

3. Rewrite to mean the same

-Smoking in public places should be banned by the government.

-Mr Owen, who is my uncle, teaches French.

-I was given that for my birthday.

-Lane Park is the school where I go.

-You need to listen to all the speakers.

-The teenager asked the policeman to listen to what they were saying.

-Unless they go to the debate, they won't have their say.

-The issues were discussed in Parliament.

-In spite of being arrested, he was released later without charge.

4. Passive Voice

-My motorbike was stolen the day before my birthday.

-Many people's lives are improved by the internet.

-A concert will be organized in Salisbury.

-The truth had been found out by Peter before he graduated.

5. Modal Verbs

-The bands must write their own songs.

-You must attend the meeting.

-She can't pass the exam.

-You should use insect repellent if you travel to the jungle.

6. Conditional

-Would you try to invent something if you had a good idea?

-Gary wouldn't have gone swimming if he had known about it.

-If the weather is good tomorrow, we will go to the park.

-If James had told the police, he wouldn't have gone.

7. Defining or Non-Defining Relative Clauses

-The woman who had seen the accident wanted to speak to the police.

-My motorbike, which is very old, doesn't work very well.

-The park where they sometimes play concerts is a great place to spend the day.

8. Have Something Done

-I am going to have my eyes tested by the optician.

-We get our grass cut by the gardener.