-GRAMMAR EXERCISES -ADVANCED LEVEL

1- Complete each sentence with the correct modal below.

shouldn’t have may can’t mustn’t must have don’t have to

can could have couldn’t should have must
1. He looks very tired he ......................... gone to bed too late after the party had
finished.
2. I ………….. speak Russian, but I ………….. speak English and Latvian.
3. We really …………….. eaten four ice-creams yesterday.
4. You ……………. prepared for your test better, then you hadn’t got an F.
5. You …………… go if you like.
6. Little children ……………. play with matches.
7. If Peter had not had his seat belt fastened, he ……………. died in that car
crash.
8. We …………. read this article for tomorrow, but we ………………. learn it
by heart.
9. No matter how much I tried, I ………………. understand the rule.

2- Complete the sentences. Use the gerund or the infinitive.

1. I cannot arrange ................ (meet) them.

2. They could ................. (do) that work long ago.
3. I really appreciate your ................ (tell) me.
4. I can help them ................ (find) the necessary information.
5. They should agree ................. (sign) this contract.
6. I cannot allow ................ (do) it.
7. It appeared .................. (be) true.
8. They admitted ......................... (cheat) during their exam.
9. We try to avoid.................. (quarrel).
10. I can .................... (manage) myself.
11. I can’t help ................... (detest) malicious people.
12. They cannot afford .................. (buy) a brand new car.
13. I adore ................... (listen) to good music.
14. They advised us ...................... (come) later.

3- Finish these sentences in a logical way

1. By the end of this month ……………………………….

2. Unless they had told ……………………………………
3. We are having the garden ………………………………
4. Joanna is too excited ……………………………………
5. He is smiling. He must have ……………………………
6. Unfortunately I cannot account for………………………
7. They ………………………………………… for the last two years.

4- Rephrase the following sentences.

1. We do not check our sight ourselves. We usually……………………..

2. We did not treat our pet dog ourselves. We ………………..

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3. Mr. and Mrs. Green will not repair the car themselves.
They…………………….
4. We have not made this medicine ourselves. We …………………….
5. I cannot talk on the phone right now. I …………………..
6. My children do not iron their clothes themselves. They ……………………...
7. Before we went to cruise last year, we…………………….
8. Children are not going to make their costumes themselves. They
……………...
9. When you stay at a hotel, you do not usually cook your breakfast yourself.
You…….
10. When we had a leak in one of our pipes, we did not weld it by ourselves,
we…………...
11. Students will not correct their test themselves. They ……………….
12. We did not bake the cakes before we laid the table we …………………..
13. Patients do not determine their diagnosis themselves, they …………………..
14. We are not building our house ourselves, we ………………….

5- Complete each sentence with the correct form of the verb.

1. When my mother told me to rewrite the exercise I …………… (think) that it

…………. (take) me less time.
2. You ………………. (dial) the wrong number, please try again.
3. Your essay ……………… (just/correct) and it …………….. (give) to you
back tomorrow.
4. Why ……………… (the baby/cry)? I……………..(think) he …………….
(fall) down and ………….. (hurt) himself.
5. You look tired. ………………. (you/have) enough sleep last night?
6. Our neighbors …………….. (just/buy) a new car. They ……………. (win) in
a lottery.
7. By the time the party is over, we ………………. (run) out of vine.

6- Complete each sentence with the correct form of the verb.

1. It ………….. (consider) that men are more inclined to stress than women.
2. As soon as I …………….. (remember) that I ……………… (not/plug) out the
iron, I ……………… (hurry) home.
3. By the time you ………………. (finish) this course, you ……………. (learn)
much new.
4. My mother said: “You …………….. (should/think) about your behavior now,
it is no use …………… (cry) over the split milk.”
5. My mother said that I …………….. (should/think) about my behavior then, it
was no use …………… (cry) over the split milk.”
6. I ……………… (live) in this house for five years before it …………… (pull)
down in 2002.
7. Children …………….. (not/always/understand) what adults ………..(want)
them ……………. (do).
8. I really ……….. (hope) you ……………..(do) everything right this time.
9. You ……………… (always/break) your promises! You are very unreliable!

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7- Rewrite these sentences using passive voice or have something done.

1. The handyman is repairing our garage door at the moment.

a______________________________________________________________
b______________________________________________________________
2. Children weed our garden every summer.
a______________________________________________________________
b______________________________________________________________
3. The mechanic had repaired our car by the time we came to the garage.
a______________________________________________________________
b______________________________________________________________
4. They were checking our e-mails while we were resting.
a______________________________________________________________
b______________________________________________________________
5. Mary and John will book a room for us.
a______________________________________________________________
b______________________________________________________________
6. They delivered us our tickets just as we had dealt.
a______________________________________________________________
b______________________________________________________________

8- Complete with simple or perfect modals

1. He is sitting at the door of his house. He …………….. (lose) his key.

2. Little children ……………….. (not/even/talk) their native language.
3. My little sister is three years old, but she already ………………. (count) to
ten.
4. I really regret telling you that. I ……………… (not/tell) you that!
5. I do not understand why he did not greet me in the morning. He is always very
polite. He ………………. (be) in a great hurry.
6. What is Peter doing in the kitchen? What is that noise? He …………… (make)
himself some sandwiches.

9- Gerunds or infinitive.

1. He advised us ………………. (not/wait).

2. They attempted …………….. (run).
3. I do not fancy ……………. (meet) him.
4. The man ordered ………… (surrender).
5. They will threaten …………… (quit).
6. I cannot delay ……………… (finish) work.
7. She keeps …………….. (tell) lies.
8. I regret ………………… (not/do) it on time.
9. I would sooner ……………….. (leave) the job at all.

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KEY

Exercise 1

1. must have
2. can’ t /can
3. shouldn’t have
4. should have
5. may
6. mustn’t
7. could have
8. must/don’ t have to
9. couldn’t

EXERCISE 2

1. to meet
2. do
3. telling
4. find/to find
5. to sign
6. to do
7. to be
8. cheating
9. quarreling
10. manage
11. detesting
12. to buy
13. listening
14. to come

EXERCISE 4
1. We do not check our sight ourselves. We usually have our sight checked.
2. We did not treat our pet dog ourselves. We had it treated.
3. Mr. and Mrs. Green will not repair the car themselves. They will have it
mended.
4. We have not made this medicine ourselves. We had it made.
5. I cannot talk on the phone right now. I am having my teeth mended.
6. My children do not iron their clothes themselves. They have them ironed.
7. Before we went to cruise last year, we had had our tour planned.
8. Children are not going to make their costumes themselves. They are going to
have them made.
9. When you stay at a hotel, you do not usually cook your breakfast yourself.
You have it cooked.
10. When we had a leak in one of our pipes, we did not weld it by ourselves, we
had it welded.
11. Students will not correct their test themselves. They will have them corrected.
12. We did not bake the cakes before we laid the table we had them baked.
13. Patients do not determine their diagnosis themselves, they have them
determined.

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14. We are not building our house ourselves, we are having it built.

EXERCISE 5

1. thought/would take
2. have dialed
3. has just been corrected/will be given
4. is the baby crying/think/has fallen/hurt
5. did you have
6. have just bought/can have won
7. will have run

EXERCISE 6

1. is considered
2. remembered had not plugged hurried
3. finish will have learned
4. should think crying
5. should have thought crying
6. had lived was pulled
7. do not always understand want to do
8. hope will do
9. are always breaking

EXERCISE 7

1
a. Our garage door is being repaired at the moment.
b. We are having our garage door repaired at the moment.
2.
a. Our garden is weeded every summer.
b. We have our garden weeded every summer.
3.
a. Our car had been repaired by the time we came to the garage.
b. We had had our car repaired by the time we came to the garage.
4.
a. Our e-mails were being checked while we were resting.
b. We were having our e-mails checked while we were resting.
5.
a. The room will be booked for us.
b. We will have our room booked.
6.
a. Our tickets were delivered for us just as we had dealt.
b. We had our tickets delivered just as we had dealt.

EXERCISE 8

1. could have lost

2. cannot even talk

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3. can count
4. should not have told
5. must have been
6. can be making

EXETRCISE 9

1. not waiting
2. to run
3. meeting
4. to surrender
5. to quit
6. finishing
7. telling
8. not doing
9. leave