English Exercises PASSIVE VOICE I. Passive voice: Mixed types Exercise 1 : Rewrite the following sentence using passive voice. 1. My father waters this flower every morning.  2. A stone broke the window.  3. The servants didn’t do the work.  4. She often takes her dog for a walk.  5. The army will complete that project next year.  6. They won’t punish him.  7. People don’t use this road very often.  8. The manager always welcomes new employees.  9. We are following them.  10. The airplanes are dropping booms.  11. The keepers were feeding the lions.  12. They have taken her to the hospital.  13. They had fastened his whole body to the ground.  14. The school boys had wasted a lot of time.  15. We write letter to our friend once a week.  16. We clean the garages everyday.  17. Someone has given him a lot of money 18. The police arrested two hundred people.  19. We export this computer to seventy different countries.  20. They have cancelled the meeting.  21. We have invited all the students in the school.  22. They posted all the letters yesterday.  23. The police found two children in the forest.  24. They will hold a meeting before May Day.  25. Mary is cutting the cake with a sharp knife.  26. The teacher is going to tell a story.  27. An earthquake destroyed the town.  28. He didn’t type the letter last night.  29. They will pick me up at my house.  30. When did you see him in that bank?  31. My father will take me to Ho Chi Minh City next week.  32. A man returned the keys to me.  33. Mary will see her friends off at the station.  34. Workers were digging a large hole in the ground.  35. Countries are finding a way to solve the problem.  36. They can't make tea with cold water 37. The chief engineer was instructing all the workers of the plant 38. Somebody has taken away some of my books 39. They will hold the meeting before May Day 40. They have to repair the engineer of the car 41. The boy broke the window and took away some pictures 42. A man I know told me about it Nguyễn Thị Thảo Uyên English Exercises 43. No one believes his story 44. Do they teach English here? 45. Will you invite her to your wedding party? 46. Did the teacher give some exercises? 47. Have they changed the window of the laboratory? 48. Is she making big cakes for the party? 49. Why didn't they help him? 50. You mustnt use this machine after 5.30 pm 51. You must clean this machine very time you use it 52. Someone will drive your car to London on Tuesday 53. They will send you your examination results when they are ready 54. In this August, They will build a new house 55. The teacher can give him good marks because he is an excellent 56. Someone will serve soft drinks 57. Tolstoy wrote War and Peace 58. Shakespeare wrote Hamlet 59. Hemingway didnt write Hamlet 60. Someone built that house in 1930 61. They opened the factory at 9 oclock 62. They posted all letter yesterday 63. We invited fifty people to the party 64. Last night someone broke into our house 65. Ba invited Liz to the rice-cooking festival 66. They held the festival in the communal house yard 67. The council leader awarded the first prize to Mekong team 68. Someone will translate this letter into Vietnamese 69. Alexander Bain invented the facsimile in 1843 70. They dry the beans in the sun 71. When will you do the homework? REPORTED SPEECH STATEMENT Exercise 2 Write the following sentences into indirect speech. (Vieỏt caực caõu sau sang caõu tửụứng thuaọt giaựn tieỏp) Example: My name is Lan, she said she said that her mane was Lan I am writing a letter, he told me. He told me that he was writing a letter 1 I am waiting for john. She said she said that she was waiting for john 2 I dont like the idea., he said he said that he did not like the idea 3 The car isnt at my house., she told me she told me that the car was not at my house 4 We have cleaned the room., they saidthey said that they had cleaned the room 5 We are worried about Peter., they told me they told me that they were worried about Peter 6 I am going to the cinema., she said ( near future) 7 I saw her today, he said he said that he had seen her that day 8 I will see you tomorrow, he told me he told me that he would see the next day 9 They were here three months ago. he said he said that they had here three mouths before 10 We visited her this morning., they said they said that they had visited her that morning Nguyn Th Tho Uyờn English Exercises 11 “My parents are arriving tomorrow.” she said she said that my parents was arriving the next day 12 “I don’t like this film.” She said she said that she did not like that film 13 “Peter and Mary are getting married tomorrow.” she saidshe said that Peter and Mary were getting married the next day 14 “Daisy is doing her homework.” Mai said Mai said that Daisy was doing her homework 15 “I met her three hours ago.” Tam told meTam told me that he had met her three hours before 16 She said, “I can’t find my umbrella” she said that she couldn’t find her umbrella 17 They said, “We are learning English now” they said that they were learning English at that time 18 “My friend is coming next week”, Tom said. Tom said that his friend was coming the following week 19 “ I’ll help my mum with housework this weekend” He said he said that he would help his mum with housework that weekend 20 “We shall overcome this difficulty”, they said they said that they should overcome that diffculty 21 “ My father is a doctor here”, my friend said my friend said that your father was a doctor there 22 “I am going on holiday tomorrow”, the boy said to his neighbor.the boy said to his neighbor that he was going on holiday the next day 23 “ You will have to finish all these exercises before next week”, the teacher said to his students the teacher said to his students that he would have to finish all those exercises before the following week 24 “I came back here early yesterday,” she said. she said that she had come back there early the day before 25 “ I’ve broken the vase,” she said she said that had broken the vase 26 “I will never see you again,” the boy said to the girl. the boy said to the girl that he would never see you again 27 He said to her, “You are my friend.”he said to her that he was his friend 28 Johnny said to his mother, “I don’t know how to do this exercise.” Johnny said to his mother that he did not know how to do that exercise 29 “We are waiting for the school bus”, they said the children. they said the children that they were waiting for the school bus 30 Marry said, “My father died a year ago”.Marry said that her father had died a year before 31 John said, “I have finished studying my lesson”.John said that he had finished studying his lesson 32 Mary said, “I can not go to the movies with you, John”.Mary said John that she could not go to the movies with his 33 “I shall expect to see you next Wednesday.” Mary said to her friend.  Mary said to her friend that she should expect to see you the following Wednesday 34 She said, “I went to the doctor yesterday.” she said that she had gone to the doctor the day before 35 He said, “I have a toothache.” he said that he have a toothache 36 She said, “I’ll write him a prescription.” she said that she would write him a prescription 37 They said, “We’re going to the drugstore.” they said that they were going to the drugstore 38 He said, “The doctor gave me some pills.” he said that the doctor had given his some pills 39 She said, “I go to the supermarket every day.” she said that she went to the supermarket every day 40 He said, “I have received the envelope.” he said that he had received the envelope 41 They said, “We visited Cannery Row.”  42 She said, “I feel very sick.”  43 He said, “I bought some popcorn.”  44 They said, “We’re flying to California.”  45 He said, “I’m cutting off the main valve.”  46 “My uncle will not plant the vegetables tomorrow afternoon”, she said.  47 “Mr. and Mrs. Pike have just read these newspapers”, Nga said.  48 She said, “I often listen to music at night.”  49 Lan’s mother said, “My daughter usually brushes her teeth before meals.”  50 They said, “We have to do the assignments now.”  51 Lan says, “My sister seldom rides a bike to school.”  52 They said, “Our teacher sometimes explains the difficult lesson.”  Nguyễn Thị Thảo Uyên English Exercises 53 Nam said, “I am doing my homework now.”  54 "Our teacher will go to Leipzig tomorrow." Emily said.  55 "I was writing a letter yesterday." Helen told me.  56 "My father flew to Dallas last year." Robert told me.  57 "Tim went to the stadium an hour ago." Lisa said.  58 "My mother will celebrate her birthday next weekend." Patricia said.  59 "I am going to read a book this week." Michael said to me.  60 "We will do our best in the exams tomorrow." Jason and Victoria told me.  61 "We didn't eat fish two days ago." Andrew remarked.  62 "I spent all my pocket money on Monday." Alice said.  63 "John had already gone at six." David said.  64 "Mandy is at home." John said.  65 "Frank often reads a book." Max told me.  66 "I'm watching TV." Susan said to me.  67 "I am going to ride a skateboard." Richard said to me.  68 "We have cleaned the windows." Stephen and Claire said.  69 "I didn't have time to do my homework." Richard told me.  70 "My mother will be 50 years old." Mrs. Jones told me.  71 Nam said “I am told to be at school before 7 o’clock”  72 Thu said “All the students will have a meeting next week”  73 Phong said “My parents are very proud of my good marks”  74 Her father said to her “You can go to the movie with your friend”  75 The boys said “We have to try our best to win the match”  VERB TENSE The past continuous (QKTD) Exercise 1: Rewrite each sentence as a positive, negative , or question : Example: At this time yesterday they (play) __were playing___ football. At this time yesterday they were not playing football. At this time yesterday were they playing football? 1. At this time yesterday we (play) _______were playing___________ tennis in the schoolyard. 2. At 7:00 pm yesterday he (watch) _________was watching_______________ TV. 3. Yesterday while my father (watch) ________is watching_____________ TV, my mother (read) __was reading ___the newspaper, my sister (do) ___was doing______her homework and I (play) _was playing___________ chess with my friend. 4. What were you doing when I phoned you? I (have) ________________was having____a bath. 5. She (do) _______was doing___________________her homework at the time yesterday. 6. Marry (water) __________was watering____________the flowers at 3:00 p.m yesterday. 7. They (visit) ________were visiting__________________the zoo at ten o’clock yesterday. 8. Peter and I (do) ___________were doing__________the exercise at this time last night. 9. Last night my father (feed) ___________was feeding_____________the pigeons at 7:00. 10. At this time last year we (learn) ___________was learning____________English in London. Exercise 2: Put the verb in the past simple tense or the past continuous : 1. When I (arrive) _____ arrived _______ at this house, he still (sleep) _______was sleeping_______. Nguyễn Thị Thảo Uyên English Exercises 2. The light (go) ____went_____ out while we (have) ______were having___________dinner. 3. Bill (have) ___was having_____________ breakfast when I (stop) ____stopping_________ at this house this morning. 4. When I (arrive) ___arrived________________at this house, he still (sleep) ________was sleeping________________. 5. As we (cross) _________were crosssing_____________the Street, we (see) ______saw_______________an accident. 6. Tom (see) _____saw_________a serious accident while he (stand) _________was standing_________at the bus stop. 7. The children (play) ______were playing___________ football when their mother (come) ___came________back home. 8. The bell (ring) _____rang_________________while Tom (take) ______was taking_____________ a bath. 9. He (sit) _______was siting_______________in a car when I (see) _____saw_________________him. 10. We (clean) ______were cleaning_______________the house when she (come) _____came__________yesterday. PHRASES OF PURPOSE Used “ in order to” ; “so as to” or “to” 1. I went to the garden center__________________get some fertilizer for my flowers 2. My roommate asked me ________________repair my bike 3. I bought a new screwdriver___________________repair the keajt faycet 4. Mary likes_______________go ice shating every weekend 5. When the teacher asked him a question, Bodpretended__________________understand what she was saying 6. Please open the door__________________let some fresh air in 7. Jack chkimbed into a chair___________________change a light bulb in the ceiling 8. I really want____________________learn Italia be fore I visit Venice next year 9. Mare has to work at two jobs_________________support herself and her three children 10. Helen has to practice at least four hours every day_________________be ready for her piano recital next month 11. I jog three times a week____________________stay healthy 12. It is a good idea________________________.know where your children are at all times 13. Jack finally went to the dentist__________________get some relief from his toothache 14. Fred needs to find her_______________________talk to her 15. My morther always said I should eat lots of green vegetables___________________make my body strong - ED AND -ING PARTICIPLE Used - ed and -ing participle: Nguyễn Thị Thảo Uyên English Exercises 1. I like the house. It was painted green.  2. The boy is Bao. He is playing basketball.  3. She gives me a gift. The gift was bought yesterday.  4. The woman is my mom. She is talking to you.  5. Do you know the woman? The woman is talking to Tom. 6.The taxi broke down. It was taking to us to the airport.  7. Most of the goods are exported. They are made in this factory. 8. A new factory has just opened in the town. The factory employs 500 people.  9. The man was taken to the local hospital. He was injured in the accident  10 . The musician is internationally famous. He appeated in the concert last night …. Good luck to you! Nguyễn Thị Thảo Uyên . English Exercises PASSIVE VOICE I. Passive voice: Mixed types Exercise 1 : Rewrite the following sentence. know told me about it Nguyễn Thị Thảo Uyên English Exercises 43. No one believes his story 44. Do they teach English here? 45. Will you invite her to