Advanced English Grammar Practice: Conditionals, Passive Voice, and Tenses

Practical English Usage and Situational Language

This section presents various situational phrases and statements:

• I think that playing truant is very bad because you can fail your exams. You should stop doing it.
• Excuse me, could I meet the director on Monday at 12 o’clock? I have to ask him about my results. Thank you.
• I’m sorry for the interruption. I promise I won’t do it again.

Mastering the Passive Voice and Causative Structures

Standard Passive Voice Examples

• The new car hasn’t been chosen by them.
• Some apples were bought by my mother.
• Some exercises will be done tonight by us.

Double Object Passive Voice Transformations

The information has been given to her by the children.

She has been given the information by the children.

Some food can be cooked for them by her.

They can be cooked some food by her.

The letters are being sent to him by them.

He is being sent the letters by them.

Causative Verbs (Have/Get Something Done)

• My mother had her eyes checked yesterday.
• Jane is going to have her jacket cleaned.
• My father has had his car fixed.

Conditional Sentences: Types and Usage

Type 1, 2, and 3 Conditional Examples

1. If I had the recipe for empanadas, I would make them. (Type 2)
2. If he didn’t eat a lot of fast food, his health wouldn’t be deteriorating. (Type 2)
3. If we didn’t have enough money, we wouldn’t eat out. (Type 2)
4. If you eat healthy food every day, you’ll feel great. (Type 1)
5. If the pizzeria had been expensive, we wouldn’t have eaten there. (Type 3)
6. If they hadn’t been very noisy, the teacher wouldn’t have asked them to go out. (Type 3)

Using "Unless" in Conditional Sentences

7. He won’t start cooking unless he has food.
8. I wouldn’t cook this evening unless I got the recipe.
9. We wouldn’t have had a picnic unless it had been sunny.

Future Tenses: Perfect and Continuous

Future Perfect Tense Examples

1. Won’t have studied
2. Will have finished
3. Will have shown

Future Continuous Tense Examples

4. Will be watching
5. Won’t be working
6. Will be swimming

Review of Verb Tenses

Examples using the verb "to keep the secret":

• The men aren’t keeping the secret because of the promise. (Present Continuous Negative)
• Will the men keep the secret because of the promise? (Future Simple Question)
• The men haven’t kept the secret because of the promise. (Present Perfect Negative)
• Didn’t the men keep the secret because of the promise? (Past Simple Negative Question)
• The men are keeping the secret because of the promise. (Present Continuous Affirmative)

Composition Practice: Student Qualities

What qualities do you think a good student should have?

In my opinion, the main qualities that a good student should have are responsibility and good behavior, and that is what I’m going to explain now.

On the one hand, I think that responsibility is essential for being a good student because if you’re responsible and you do your homework every day, you will have very good marks and you won’t be stressed during test time.

On the other hand, from my point of view, having good behavior and listening in class are qualities that a good student should possess. If you listen carefully to the explanations in class, you won’t have to study too much at home, which also helps you to get good marks.

In conclusion, I believe that listening in class and being responsible are essential qualities for becoming a good student.