ENGLISH EXERCISES

1- PUT THE VERBS IN THE CORRECT TENSE:

a) He ……………….. (listen) to music since three o’clock.

b) It is said the weather ………………… (be) nice next weekend.
c) The zookeeper would have punished me with a fine if I ……………………. (feed)
the animals.
d) Your brothers …………………… (arrive) yet.

2- REPORTED SPEECH:

a) Karen told me: “Don’t play football in the garden”.

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b) Nancy said: “Why didn’t Nick go to new York last summer?”
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c) My father said: “Shall we go to the theatre?”
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3- PASSIVE VOICE:

a) Will the workers be replaced by computers?

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b) The teacher has asked Denis a question. (Two ways)
………………………………………………………………………….
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c) They believe that the student failed all the subjects. (Two ways)
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4- REWRITING:

a) I haven’t booked seats for the show yet.

He informed us …………………………………………………………..
b) The class went on the trip in spite of the heavy rain.
Although …………………………………………………………………
c) This song was voted number one by the listeners.
The listeners ………………………………………………………………
d) Someone said that our English lesson had been cancelled.
Our English lesson ………………………………………………………..
e) “Amy, I want you to come to my party”, David said.
David invited ……………………………………………………………..
f) People are not careful and there are a lot of accidents.
If people ………………………………………………………………….
g) The inflation is high in Turkey so some people suffer from poverty.
Due to …………………………………………………………………….