REVIEW

A) Rewrite the following sentences using modals.

1. If you want my advice, get a good lawyer!

You should get a good lawyer!

2. A university degree is not necessary for that job.

You ...

3. He can only leave work at ten o’clock tonight. ( able )

He ...

4. Perhaps my father will pick you up.

My father ...

5. It isn’t necessary to make an appointment at the hairdresser’s.

You ...

6. Eating is forbidden in class. ( eat )

You ...

7. The boss allows the workers to have one afternoon off a week.
The workers ...

8. Don’t take the CD without asking permission.

You ...

9. My car needs cleaning. I’ll take it tomorrow.

I ...

10. She hasn’t phoned. Perhaps she is abroad. ( may )

She ...

11. Perhaps Mike will be to busy to see us. ( be )

Mike ...

12. I expect her to pass her driving test. She drives well.
She ...

13. I suggest you go and see a doctor

You ...

THE PASSIVE VOICE

A. Write the following sentences in the passive.

1. They first developed the polio vaccine in the 1950´s.

2. To record you must press the red button and the black button at the same time.

3. You should make the sandwiches just before you leave.

4. People are sending blankets and clothes to the flood victims.

5. Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone in 1876.

6. The technicians were repairing my fax machine when I arrived.

7. The crew will bury the sailor at sea.

8. Toyota sells cars in many countries.

9. They add sugar to fruit in order to make jam.

10. The tour guide showed us around the city.

11. She paid the workers three months´salary when she closed down her business.

12. The boss has offered him a rise for his hard work.

13. Did you take the car to the garage yesterday?

14. We will call you when your turn comes.

15. My parents may give my brother the car for the first time tonight.

16. Do they clean the rooms every day?

17. They are painting their house this week.

18. Everyone in our school knows her well.

19. They are going to redecorate the room.

20. She didn´t tell anyone about the phone call.

CONDITIONALS
1.) Choose the correct answer.

1. If you like this CD, I’ll lend / I would lend it to you. 4. If he sends / sent me
an e-mail, I’d reply at once.
2. You won’t / wouldn’t get lost if you had a GPS. 5. We’ll miss
the bus unless we will leave / leave now.
3. We’ll discuss it if you come / will come over tonight.

2.) Choose the correct answer.

1. If you don’t help me with the homework,… a. I won’t be able to do it

b. I wouldn’t do it
2. John will take pictures of your family … a. unless he forgets his
camera b. if you would ask him
3. If we saved some money, … . a. we bought a new
computer b. we could buy a laptop

3.) Complete the sentences with the correct affirmative or negative form of the verbs in
brackets.

1. You wouldn’t disturb people if you ………………………………… (wear) headphones.

2. If she goes online, she ………………………………… (find) all the information she needs.
3. Jack can’t travel to America unless he ………………………………… (get) a passport.
4. If I ………………………………… (have) a Palm Pilot to help me, I wouldn’t be so well
organised.
5. Unless the police catch the thief, they ………………………………… (find) the jewels.
 6. What would you buy if you ………………………………… (win) the lottery?

6.) Complete each sentence according to the meaning of the original sentences. Use the
1st, 2nd or 3rd conditionals.

1. We didn’t visit the museum because it was closed. We …………………………………………

the museum if …………………… …………………………… open.
2. The temperature may reach 0º C tonight and the lake will freeze. If the temperature
………………………………… 0º C tonight, the lake ………………………………… .
3. She hasn’t got a laptop so she can’t work when she’s travelling. If she
………………………………… a laptop, she …………………… ……………………… when she
travels.
4. Hurry or you’ll miss the bus. You ………………………………… the bus unless you
………………………………… .
5. Bill had an accident because he was careless. If Bill ………………………… careless, he
………………………………… an accident.
6. Robbie is only nice to Ellie because she lets him borrow her iPod. Robbie
………………………………… so nice to Ellie if she ………………………………… her iPod.

Write the verbs in the correct tense: Present Simple/Cont., Past Simple/Cont
Present Perfect (Simple/Continuous), Past Perfect (Simple/Continuous).

1. I closed the door quietly because he(try)...................................to sleep.

2. How many times(she-call)....................................since he came to N.Y.?

3. The children are filthy. Where (they-be)...............................................?

4. I´m going to bed. I(work)..........................................for hours and I am tired.

5. Mary was cleaning the windscreen when she (notice)................................ a crack in the glass.

6. I couldn´t open the office door because someone (lock)................................it.

7. I agree: I (not think)......................................you should apologize.

8. When I phoned her she(do).........................................her homework.

9. When I shouted they (jump)...............................off the roof and (run)..................away.

10. Don´t phone her just now. She (talk).........................................to her boss.

11. Oh! You (have).....................................a shave! You look strange without a beard.

12. Sorry, I (not understand)........................................... Could you say that again, please?

13. There was nobody at the office. Mr. Brownlow (tell).................................... the staff to go home.

14. How many times (you see)................................................him since he went to Edinburgh?

15. They are very angry. They (try)..............................................to see you for the last two or three hours.
16 I had a pleasant surprise when I got to my room: someone (put).....................................some flowers
there for me.

17. Don´t make a noise: the children (try).............................................to sleep.

18. We (sit).............................................in the sunshine for about twenty-five minutes when I suddenly felt
sick.

19.He´ll be ready in a moment. He (clean).....................................his shoes.

20. It´s the most comfortable car I (ever-drive).....................................................

B) Write questions for the following answers:

1. It´s sunny but very windy.

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2. The train always arrives at 10.30

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3. Melanie and John were going to interview a famous actor in Miami.

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4. It took them three hours to get there.

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5. She´s had that book since she was at school.

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