conditional
Oraciones condicionales tipo I
Completa las frases.
- If it rains, we will stay at home.
- If you do not know the way, I will pick you up.
- My mum will bake a cake if you come to see us.
Oraciones condicionales, tipo II
Completa las frases.
- If you studied harder, you would get better marks in your tests.
- If I were rich, I would travel around the world.
- She would come to the market with us if she did not have to work.
Oraciones condicionales, tipo IIICompleta las frases.
- If you had helped us, we would have finished the work in next to no time.
- I would have called you earlier if I had not lost your phone number.
- They would not have gone to the theatre by car if the weather had been better.
- exercises
Modal Verbs
___ you help me?
aCan
bMight
cShould
dWould
They ___ practice more if they want to win the championship.
amay
bmight
cshould
dwould
You ___ not drink and drive.
amay
bmight
cshall
dwould
emust
___ you always be late?
I ___ like to go to New York someday.
amay
bmight
cwill
dshould
ewould
They ___ to work less.
amay
bmight
cwill
dshall
eought
fshould
gmust
It ___ be dangerous to drive if you are tired.
acan
bwill
cshall
dought
eshould
fwould
___ you help me move?
aMight
bWill
cOught to
dShould
Will be doing and will have done
Put the verb into the correct form, future continuous and future perfect.
1. This time tomorrow, Maria will be sunbathing on a beach in Majorca. (sunbathe)
2. Wake me up by nine o'clock - I will have slept long enough by then. (sleep)
3. Look, I can give you a lift to the station - I will be driving that way anyway. (drive)
4. It's strange that when we get to Sydney, we will have flown half way round the world. (fly)
5. Don't phone me between 7 and 8. We will be having dinner then. (have)
6. Phone me after 8 o'clock. We will have finished dinner by then. (finish)
7. Tomorrow afternoon we're going to play tennis from 3 o'clock until 4.30. So at 4 o'clock, we will be playing tennis. (play)
8. Do you think you will still be doing the same job in ten years' time? (still/do)
9. By the time you get home I will have cleaned the house from top to bottom. (clean)
10. Tom is on holiday and he is spending his money very quickly. If he continues like this, he will have spent all his money before the end of his holiday. (spend)
exercises
Past Perfect Continuous
- She had been crying
- She had been running
- He had been smoking
- He had been driving all day
- They hadn't been listening
- He had been working on it all morning
Complete the sentences using Past Perfect Continuous:
Had Peter been doing such kind of things before or was that the first time?
We had been travelling all day before we got to Madrit.
Had you been working in a garage? Why were you so dirty when I saw you
They hadn't been practising the piano for long before they were ready to perform.
Had she been training guide dogs for a long time before she changed her job?
My friends hadn't been drinking alcohol before they went to that club.
Had Maria been driving for many hours when that accident happened?
The man hadn't been painting the walls all day long.
It hadn't been raining before we went out.
Why had you been behaving so strangely before I talked to you?
Will
Going to
Present Perfect Simple
I Put each of the following verbs into either the past simple or present perfect:
A: Just a moment! I Haven’t thought (think/not) of a good idea yet!
- How long did you live (you/live) there before coming here?
- When did you join (join/you) the company?
- have you worked (you, work) in Pakistan?
- He's the most difficult customer I have dealt with him (deal with).
- I spoke (speak) to him last week.
- We sang (sign) a binding contract last year and it is still valid.
- The reason I look so brown is that I have just come back(come back/just) from a business trip to Barbados.
- Sales fell in 1995 but then have risen in 1996. (rise, fall)
- I have not seen (see, not) her since last year.
- They left (leave) a few minutes ago.
II Put the verbs in brackets into the correct form:
1) We have wacthed (watch) TV when it Started (start) to rain.
2) I wanted (want) to visit you yesterday, but you wasn't (be) not at home.
3) Look! It rained (rain), so we can't (go) to the beach.
Past simple
A. Fill in the correct form of "was" or "were"
A class trip to Jerusalem
Yesterday our class 1. were on a trip. It 2. was a trip to Jerusalem. At seven o’clock we 3. were still at home. Our things 4. were ready. At half past seven we 5. were at school. All the pupils 6. were there. Our teachers 7.were there and the buses 8. were there, too. At eight o’clock we 9. were on the buses on the way to Jerusalem.
We 10 were in Jerusalem all day. The weather 11.was very pleasant. It 12. was a long day but it 13. was very interesting.
At six o’clock in the evening we 14. were back at our school. It 15. was a nice class trip.
B. Write Yes/No
questions to the following answers
1. Yes,
we were in the park on Saturday.
WERE YOU IN THE PARK ON SATURDAY?
YES, WE WERE
2. No,
I wasn’t angry about what she said.
WERE YOU ANGRY ABOUT
WHAT SHE SAID?
NO. I WASN’T
3. No,
he wasn’t late this morning.
WAS JULIAN LATE THIS MORNING?
NO. HE WASN’T
4. No,
the weather was nice yesterday.
WAS RAINING YESTERDAY?
NO, IT WASN'T
5. Yes,
I was in the kitchen a minute ago.
WHERE WERE YOU A
MINUTE AGO?
6. No,
Karen wasn’t sick yesterday.
WAS KAREN SICK
YESTERDAY?
NO. SHE WASN’T
7. Yes,
I was at home last night.
WERE YOU AT HOME
YESTERDAY?
YES, I WAS
8. Yes,
Or was in my class last year.
WAS OR IN MY CLASS
LAST YEAR?
YES, HE WAS
9. No,
Gal was in Israel last year.
WAS GAL IN PARIS
LAST YEAR?
NO, HE WASN’T
10. Yes,
Ben was in Haifa a week ago.
WAS BEN IN HAIFA A
WEEK AGO’
YES, HE WAS C. Write WH questions
about the underlined words
1. WHERE WAS THE CIRCUIT
LAST MONTH?
The circuit was here
last month.
2. WHERE WERE YOU ON SUNDAY?_
I was at the zoo on
Sunday.
3. WHY WERE THE PUPILS LATE FOR THE SCHOOL THIS MORNING
Many pupils were late for
school this morning because of the traffic.
4. WHERE WERE YOU LAST SUMMER?
We were in Eilat last
summer.
5. WHERE WERE THE APPLES?
Some apples were in the basket.
6. WHERE WAS TOMER YESTERDAY AFTERNOON?
Tomer was at the library yesterday afternoon.
7. WHERE WERE MR AND MRS SEGEV
TWO HOURS AGO?
Mr. and Mrs. Segev were at
home two hours ago.
8. WHERE WAS
THE DOG?
The dog was in the garden.
9. WHY WAS EYAL AT HOME?
Eyal was at home because
he was sick.
10. WHAT WAS THE WEATHER LIKE YESTERDAY?
The weather was very
pleasant yesterday. D. Add d, +ed or +ied
to the following verbs
1. call CALLED
2. clean
CLEANED
3. play PLAYED
4. close
CLOSED
5. cry
CRIED
6. drop DROPPED
7. wait WAITED
8. practice PRACTICED
9. notice NOTICED
10. jog JOGGED
E. Fill in the
passages with the verbs in brackets. Use the past simple
A minute before we 1. LEFT (leave) Casablanca, a women 2. GOT (get) on the plane. She 5. DIDN’T
HAVE (not have) much luggage for an
international flight. From the moment I 6.SAW (see) her I 7. THOUGHT (think) she was an interesting person. The only empty
seat 8. WAS (be) next to me. She 9.
ASKED (ask) me if she 10. COULD (can) sit there.
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