Advanced English Grammar Exercises and Practice

1. Passive Voice: Sentence Transformation

• 1. Julie taught me the grammar.
• 2. Sophia has told them the truth.
• 3. The baby loves being held.
• 4. People used to eat more meat in the past.
• 5. The company should have managed the situation differently.
• 6. They pick up the garbage early in the morning.
• 7. Someone was digging a hole in the garden.
• 8. People estimate the city had more than one thousand inhabitants in the 19th century.
• 9. I had my nails done.
• 10. People think pollution is not a minor problem.

2. Conditionals: Completion and Construction

• 1. If he didn't have to work late, he could go out with his girlfriend.
• 2. If we go out with friends, we normally go to a restaurant.
• 3. If you hadn't had experience working abroad, they wouldn't have hired you.
• 4. If you hadn't decided to study years ago, you wouldn't be working now.

3. Modal Verbs Practice

• 1. She needn't have said anything; it was useless.
• 2. I could play much better ten years ago, but yesterday I was able to beat him anyway!
• 3. Dad had to go and see a doctor yesterday because his cough was getting worse; he gave him some medicine.

4. Vocabulary Review

• 1. Life expectancy
• 2. Senior citizens
• 3. Live and learn

5. Sentence Connectors: Despite, As, and Therefore

• 1. I didn't find the book very interesting; therefore, I didn't finish it.
• 2. We'll come over on Sunday as David has to work on Saturday.
• 3. Despite the rain, we enjoyed the festival.

6. Irregular Verbs: Past, Participle, and Meaning

• 1. Spring – Sprang – Sprung (To sprout/grow)
• 2. Grind – Ground – Ground (To mill/crush)

7. Advanced Sentence Transformation

• 1. Cindy gave up smoking in January.
• 2. Despite the bad weather forecast, we chose to travel to Greece.
• 3. How long have you been working here?
• 4. You must remember to pay the bill today.
• 5. I suggest joining the beginner's class.
• 6. When we arrived, the teacher had been speaking for ten minutes.
• 7. Unless you have a doctor's note, you won't get paid for time off.
• 8. I wish you would stop interrupting the class all the time!
• 9. My bike was stolen last Saturday.
• 10. They are expected to arrive in time for dinner.
• 11. I enjoy being cared for.
• 12. Why don't you have your eyesight checked?
• 13. Dr. Yunus is presumed to have helped a lot of people.
• 14. She might not have seen you that day.