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  1. Mixed tenses.
  2. Modal auxiliary verbs.
  3. Active and passive voice.
  4. Direct and indirect speech.
  5. Conditional sentences.
  6. Imperative sentences.
  7. Gerunds and infinitives.
  8. Time clauses.

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Present simple and continuous + Going to + Future simple (pdf)

Key with answers 1

Exercise 1: Complete the text.
I ___ (not do) housework on Sundays normally. But tomorrow ...

Exercise 2: Make questions.
What ___ after school? - I don't know what I'll do.

Exercise 3: Match sentences.
1. He's getting married
2. He'll get married
a. sooner or later.
b. on Saturday.

Past simple and continuous + Present perfect + Past perfect (pdf)

Key with answers 2

Exercise 1: Choose the correct tense.
___ Frank in Toronto?
a) Did you meet b) Have you met c) Were you meeting

Exercise 2: Complete sentences.
Where is my wine? Someone ___ my wine! (drink)

Future continuous + Future perfect (pdf) Mixed tenses - test 3.

Key with answers 3

Exercise 1: Rewrite sentences.
I'll be on the 10.25 train to London. (travel)
At 10.25 I'll be travelling to London.

Exercise 2: Find similar sentences.
1. In a couple of hours there will be no goods on the shelves.
A. In a couple of hours all goods on the shelves will be disappearing.
B. In a couple of hours all goods on the shelves will have disappeared.

Time clauses + Conditionals (pdf) Time clauses and conditional sentences - test 4.

Key with answers 4

Exercise 1: Complete sentences with time expressions.
after, till, as soon as, before, when, whenever
I want to get up early tomorrow - ___ the sun ___ . (rise)

Exercise 2: Make conditional sentences.
I don't know her number. I can't call her.
If I ___ her number, I ___ her.

Exercise 3: Rewrite sentences. Use conditionals.
It will not snow. We will not go skiing.
If it ___ , we ___ .

Reported speech + Passive voice (pdf) Reported speech and passive voice - test 5

Key with answers 5

Exercise 1: Direct speech into reported speech.
"I used to be slim."
Liz told us ___ .

Exercise 2: Rewrite sentences in the passive voice.
A postman delivered this parcel.
This parcel ___ by a postman.

Exercise 3: Make passive voice questions.
I have seen the riot outside our school.
Yes? ___ ? (anybody/injure)

Other forms:

Modal verbs + Imperative + Gerund vs infinitive (pdf) Verb forms - test 6.

Key with answers 6

Exercise 1: Use modal verbs can, may, must - positive or negative.
Don't talk. You ___ be quiet.

Exercise 2: Make imperative sentences.
eat/something/to/have: ___
it/me/for/let/you/do: ___

Exercise 3: Make questions to match the answers.
___ ?
No, they needn't help her.

Exercise 4: Match sentences.
1. I must eat less.
2. I can't eat less.
a. I am so thin.
b. I'm getting fat.

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