EXERCISES OF TENSES I. Put the correct tenses of the verbs in brackets: 1. After he (do) his work, he went to the English club with his friends. 2. My sister sometimes (get) up before the sun (rise). 3. He said he (be) mistaken. 4. At this time next week, we (live) in our house. 5. I (speak) to you about that matter after the meeting tonight. 6. His health (improve) since he (leave) India. 7. They (not/ come) home until they (see) everything. 8. I (finish) the book before my next birthday. 9. Why didn’t you listen while I (speak) to you? 10. Some animals (not/ eat) during the Winter. 11. We (meet) Mr. Smith since they (come) this city. 12. I think he (leave) as soon as he (know) the news. 13. I (give) Mr. Brown your letter when I (see) him tomorrow. 14. Mr. and Mrs.White (live) in their new house by next Spring. 15. Our teacher (explain) that lesson to us tomorrow. 16. I hope it (stop) raining by five o’clock this afternoon. 17. He (finish) this work before he leaves. 18. When I (see) Mr. Johnson tomorrow, I (remind) him of that. 19. When the phone rang, I (have) a bath. THE PASSIVE VOICE - THE ACTIVE VOICE I. Turn the sentences into the passive voice: 1. They can’t make tea with cold water. Tea . 2. The chief engineer was instructing all the workers of the plan. All the workers . 3. Someone has taken away some of my books. Some of my books . 4. They will hold the meeting before May day. The meeting 5. They have to repair the engine of the car. The engine of the car 6. The boys broke the window and took away some pictures. Some pictures 7. People send a lot of money on advertising every year. A lot of money . 8. You must clean the wall before you print it. The wall RELATIVE CLAUSES (Restrictive relative clause & non-restrictive relative clause) I. Put the correct relative pronouns: 1. The vendor’s wife, . has been married for ten years, has just had the first baby. 2. My friend, you met yesterday, wants to speak to you. 3. The Hanoi train, . should arrive at 14.30, is late. 4. Smoking is a bad habit is nevertheless popular. 5. Tom and Mary, . are playing in the garden, are very good children. 6. My wife, to you were speaking just now, wants you to come to dinner. 7. Beethoven, . music you have been listening to, was one of the world’s famous composers. 8. The chief of the police, work is very important, takes care of the public safety. 9. The Tower of London, about .a lecture is to be given tomorrow, is a famous historic building. 10. You eldest son, I happened to meet just now, has become a handsome boy. 11. We saw many soldiers and tanks . were moving to the front. 12. We have just met the young scientist to the committee will give the first prize. 13. Dr. Fleming, discovered penicillin, was awarded the Nobel Prize for medicine in 1945. 14. He joined the political party .was in power. 15. Karl Marx is the German philosopher principles have changed the world’s history. 16. It is easy to find faults in people . we dislike. CONDITIONAL SENTENCES ( There are three types of condition.) I. Put the correct tenses of the verbs: 1. If I made a promise, I (keep) it. 2. If he (come), please (tell) me. 3. If you (go) to Paris, where you (stay)? 4. If there (be) no sunshine, we all (die) soon. 5. I (do not) that if I (be) you. 6. If she (read) in bad light, She’ll ruin her eyes. 7. He will be late for the bus if he (not start) at once. 8. Jim isn’t at home now. If he (be) at home, I (visit) him. 9. Fred fails the test because he doesn’t study. However, If he (study) hard for the test, he (pass) it. 10. If I (see) the film , I (tell) you about it. 11. He is sent to prison because he refuses to pay the fine. If he (pay) the fine, he (not be) sent to prison. 12. I’ll look for your notebook and if I (find) it I (give) you a ring. 13. She doesn’t tell me she was a vegetarain till half way through the meal. If he (tell) me earlier, I (cook) her something more suitable. 14. If the milkman (come), please tell him leave two pints. 15. They don’t know you were in Kontum. If they (know), they (visit) you. EXERCISES OF PURPOSES I. Put in blanks with so that or in order that, in order to, so as not to, to: 1. I am buying paint . paint my room. 2. He left his gun outside he could not frighten children. 3. be disturbed, Mary locked the door. 4. He was playing very softly . he couldn’t disturb anyone. 5. They rushed into the burning house save the child. 6. She didn’t scold her children annoy her neighbours. 7. Our parents stayed at home . they could watch television. 8. . pass the next examination, we have to study harder. 9. Nick hurried be late for school. 10. My brother is learning English . he can find a good job. I. Choose the correct form of the verbs: 1. I wish it (stopped/ would stop) raining. 2. She wishes it (hadn’t snowed/ wouldn’t snow) yesterday. 3. I wish I (knew/ would know) the answer to your question. 4. He wishes they (visited/ had visited) us when they were in town. 5. She wishes she(had spoken/ spoke) better English. 6. I wish things (were/ had been) nice in the past. 7. My sister wishes she (had lived/ lived) nearer the school. 8. I wish my family (had been/ were) at the seaside last summer holidays. 9. I wish I (hadn’t to/ didn’t have to) go to school on Saturdays. 10. My mother wishes Mary (came/ had come) to her party last Sunday. I . Put So That or Such That: 1. Her throat was sore that she could hardly speak. 2. He had . a sore throat that he couldn’t sing. 3. His voice was . soft that we could hardly hear him. 4. She had a bad health that they took her straight to hospital. 5. He had suffered . a serious injury that they took him into hospital. 6. She lived . far away that we hardly ever saw her. 7. This work is difficult that all we can’t do it. 8. It is . a boring film that everybody went out. 9. It is an interesting story that I have read it three times. 10. She is . intelligent that all we admired. -------------------------- . to find faults in people . we dislike. CONDITIONAL SENTENCES ( There are three types of condition.) I. Put the correct tenses of the verbs: 1 Some pictures 7. People send a lot of money on advertising every year. A lot of money . 8. You must clean the wall before