1. Have you been running? 2. I’m coming 3. Have you forgotten?
4. Had kept 5. Will be lying 6. Gives 7. Will have lived 8. Fell/was getting 9. Hasn’t seen 10. Were freezing 11. Will meet 12. Will be having/will have finished
PASSIVE VOICE 1. I wasn’t given anything for my birthday 2. The information you need will be found on the Internet 3. Japanese motorbikes are said to be excellent 4. Where was that car manufactured? 5. A new bridge over the river Thames is being built 6. Our passports were taken by a bearded man in a uniform 7. The mountains can be seen from a great distance 8. We have been offered a better room by the manager of the hotel 9. I will be met at the airport by all my friends 10. This man mustn’t be moved, he is seriously hurt 11. I wasn’t allowed to leave the city (by the police) 12. The wine should be opened some time before it is drunk 12. I was being followed down the street 14 . I was surprised to know that you had been robbed
REPHRASING 1. If only I hadn’t behaved so badly with him 2. In spite of (her) being worn out, she went shopping 3. It’s the worst meal that I have ever eaten 4. We had such miserable weather that we came home earlier 5. The older you grow; the more forgetful you become 6. I wish people wouldn’t throw papers on the ground 7. We are having the plans for our new house made 8. His wife doesn’t get up so/as early as he does 9. You might/may have left your glasses on the bus 10. Unless they hit me first, I wouldn’t hit anybody 11. Trying to lose weight is very frustrating for many people 12. We are used to working with a computer (because we have ……) 13. You shouldn’t have borrowed that book without permission 14. James and Susan have been going out together for two months 15. Since the accident he hasn’t been able to work
CONDITIONAL SENTENCES 1. If you put too much weight on the shelf, it will break 2. If she weren’t so shy (were more extrovert), she would enjoy parties 3. If I had seen the red light, I would have stopped my car 4. If the team had trained more carefully, they wouldn’t have lost the match 5. John would do his homework if he didn’t watch so much TV 6. She will feel disappointed if you don’t go to her party 7. He would look more attractive if he ever shaved 8. Needed/asked…… 9. Were 10.Becomes 11. Miss/don’t take/don’t catch 12. Would have swum/drowned/shouted for help……… 13. Will be 14. Would you do/buy? 15. get/may get
RELATIVE SENTENCES 1. The noise (that/which) we heard was a thunder 2.The police arrested the thief that/who stole my handbag 3. Mr. Lynch, whose students like him much, is going to retire 4.I’m going on holidays with some friends (who/that) I know well 5. My sunglasses, which I only bought last week, are broken 6. The dark‐haired boy (‐‐‐‐) Jane is dancing with is very attractive 7. Emily, whose sister is a motocross champion, is a rally driver 8. Susan, whose husband died in accident, has been a widow ……… 9. Can you see the kind waiter who/that served us? 10. The chair (‐‐‐‐) I was sitting on suddenly collapsed 11. The knife (‐‐‐) we cut the bread with is very sharp 12. The cat (that/which) we heard all night long was my neighbor’s
REPORTED SPEECH 1. Peter told me that Jane had lent him some money two weeks before and he had to pay her back soon 2. A policeman asked the witnesses if they had seen how the accident had happened the day before 3. Mrs. Baker complained that the children never did what she said 4. She asked her husband how much he had spent on petrol that month 5. Susan agreed that she would share her computer games with her brother the following day 6. The teacher promised that he/she would read his/her pupils’ essays as soon as he/she could. The teacher promised to read his/her pupils’ essays as soon as he/she could 7. The host offered her guests another piece of cake/asked them to have another piece of cake 8. We asked a passer‐by what time the bus for Liverpool left 9. My friend Christine explained to me that she had to pick up Willie from the nursery, so she couldn’t come with me 10. The father told his child not to speak with his mouth full