English Grammar Mastery: Tenses, Modals and Structures

Reported Speech and Modal Verbs

Reported Speech Examples

• He told me to open the door.
• He said that it would be a great idea to go on holiday.

Modal Verbs

• a) Paco must buy a pair of gloves for Nunavut.
• b) Paco needn't buy a plane ticket yet.
• c) They may not be at home.
• d) This must be the right road.
• e) Can I open the window?

Modal Verbs in Bold

• a) You should see a dentist.
• b) Ann might be at home.
• c) That can't be John.
• d) You mustn't drop litter in the street.

Correct Modal Verb Usage

• a) He could go
• b) Sarah must see
• c) He should study
• d) Students must wear
• e) Sarah could swim
• f) You mustn't talk
• g) They don't have to
• h) A mother mustn't play.

Relative Pronouns

1. She spoke to the man who had repaired her car.
2. We bought the house that John showed us.
3. I saw the boy who broke your window.
4. I bought the book that you love.
5. This is the teacher who encouraged me to study English.

Transforming Reported Commands

1. The teacher asked them to open their books.
2. He told me not to press that button.
3. He asked me if I could help him with that.
4. He advised her not to leave her work for the last day.
5. He ordered his children to clean the table.

Reported Speech with Say and Tell

1. X said that he was having a really good time there in San Francisco.
2. He said he had gone to Yosemite National Park...
3. He said that his level of English...
4. He said he had seen a lot of woodpeckers...
5. The guide told him that sequoias were common...
6. He said that he hadn't experienced...
7. He said he was packing...

Conditional and Passive Sentence Completion

• a) If I had money, I would go to live in New York.
• b) What would you do if you could speak English perfectly?
• c) If I were a child, I would be rich now.
• d) I wouldn't go if it's raining.
• e) They would have come if we had invited them.

Passive Voice Translations

• a) A new building will be built here in 2015.
• b) It was done in 10 minutes.
• c) This book is being sold a lot.
• d) The exams have been sold.
• e) It's being investigated by the police.

Verb Tenses and Time Expressions

Correct Expressions

1. Has she bought it yet?
2. I'm so hungry since...
3. Be careful, just...
4. Have you ever...?
5. She has for...

Present Perfect Simple or Past Simple

1. I have always passed, failed.
2. I have never been.
3. My cousin came.
4. I haven't heard.
5. What places have you visited?
6. You have known.
7. She was a teenager.
8. I taught, but I didn't really enjoy it.
9. The girls have baked.

Present Perfect Simple or Continuous

• a) It has been snowing.
• b) We have had.
• c) Ann has been working.
• d) John has been.
• e) How long have you known?

Present Perfect, Continuous, or Past Simple

1. Didn't write
2. Has considered
3. Have seen
4. Have you seen?
5. I watched.

Prepositions and Present Tenses

Prepositions

1. In September
2. Along this road
3. Without a pen
4. After work
5. On 5th July
6. Until 2 hours later
7. In front of me
8. For you
9. At work
10. To stay at.

Present Simple or Present Continuous

1. Thomas is wearing a blue T-shirt and...
2. He likes studying Spanish at the...
3. Paco is not attending any private...

Present Continuous Questions

1. What are you doing?
2. Are you reading the newspaper?
3. Is your sister listening to the radio?

Present Simple Questions

1. Do you play tennis every day?
2. Do you like cooking?
3. Do you go to the cinema often?