ENGLISH COMPULSORY REVIEW

A. MIXED TENSES: fill in the blanks with correct Present Tenses or Past Tenses form!
Two years ago Trisha's firm MADE (MAKE) the mistake of sending her to Germany.
Although she STUDIED (STUDY) German at school, she soon DISCOVERED (DISCOVER)
that she could not remember very much. She MISSED (MISS) an important meeting because she
FORGOT (FORGET) that "halb neun" in German MEANS (MEAN) half past eight in English.
So while she WAS HAVING (HAVE) breakfast her colleagues WERE (BE) already at the
meeting. When she arrived "on time" , the meeting ALREADY FINISHED (ALREADY
FINISH).
When she GOT (GET) back to England, Trisha JOINED (JOIN) a German course at her
local college. While she WAS DRIVING (DRIVE) to woRk every day that time she ALSO
LISTENS (LISTEN, also) to language CDs. In the past few weeks her German IMPROVED
(IMPROVE) a lot and now she KNOWS (KNOW) how to tell the time! Right now she IS
STUDYING (STUDY) hard for an examination. Next year Trisha IS PLANING (PLAN) to
spend her summer holiday in a language school near Munich. After that, she hopes that her
company will send her to Germany again.

1. When Carol called last night I WAS WATCHING (watch) my favorite TV show.
2. I WAS WORKING (work) for this company for more than thirty years and I INTEND
(intend) to stay here until I retire.
3. Sharon loves to travel. She GOES (go) abroad almost every summer. Next year she plans to go to
Peru.
4. Thomas is an author who HAS WRITTEN (write) since he was a child. Altogether he HAS
WRITTEN (write) seven novels and three collections of short stories.
5. We were late because we HAD (have) some car problems. By the time we got to the train
Susan HAS WAITED (wait) for us for more than two hours.
6. Every day I __________ (wake) up at six, eat breakfast at seven and ___________ (leave) for
work at eight. However, this morning I _______ (get) up at 6:30, ___________ (skip) breakfast
and _______ (leave) for work late because I ___________ (forget) to set the alarm yesterday.
7. Right now Jim __________ (prepare) dinner and Sandra _____________ (bring) the children to
bed. Last night at this time they ___________ (do) the same thing.

B. QUESTION TAGS

1. Emily will never forgive me, _______?
2. Lucas is late this morning, ________?
3. Let's give a break, ________?
4. Turn down the volume, _________ ?
5. There is a man waiting for you,
_________?
6. David won't understand the reason,
________?
7. You wouldn't believe it, __________?
8. I am not the only one, ___________?
9. We had to use the stairs, _________?
10. You can deliver the mail, ________?
11. You're worried, __________?
12. She hardly ever visits her
grandparents, __________?
13. She scarcely comes here, ________?
14. We’d rather leave home as soon as
possible, _________?
15. Sue doesn't like fast food,
_________?
16. The car that I am planning to buy is
very dependable, _________?
17. There are many problems to be
solved, _________?
18. It isn't fair at all, ___________?
19. You don’t like me, ___________?
20. Jane and Frank won’t join us
tomorrow, ___________?

C. PASSIVE VOICE: Change the sentences into passive or active!

1. The Government is planning a new 3. They are building a new stadium near
road near my house. the station.
2. By this time tomorrow we will have 4. At six o'clock someone was telling a
signed the deal. story.
 5. I had cleaned all the windows before
the storm.
6. A workman will repair the computer
tomorrow.
7. By next year the students will have
studied the passive.
8. Somebody must have taken my
wallet.
9. The traffic might have delayed
Jimmy.
10. Picasso was painting Guernica at that
time.
11. A novel is being read by Mary.
12. A stone was being thrown by the kid.
13. A car has been bought by him.
14. The door had been knocked at by
someone
15. Yam is eaten by people in my
country.
16. The jackpot will be won by her.
17. The mother tongue would be taught
to him by her.
18. The fish is eaten by the cat.
19. A book was offered to them by her.
20. A letter was written to him by her.

D. CAUSATIVE: Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verb in the bracket!
1. Why don’t you have your old car _______ (fix) instead of buying a new one.
2. My brother usually makes me ________ (do) his homework.
3. I’m sorry, but I can’t let you ________ (stay) overnight at your friend’s home.
4. I got the plumber ________ (change) the broken pipe.
5. You should have your car _________ (service).
6. I will let you ________ (take) a break for ten minutes.
7. The Colonel made the soldiers ________ (wait) in the hot sun for several hours.
8. I had the roof ________ (fix) last year.
9. Military forces had the whole town _________ (evacuate) because of the earthquake.
10. Do you really think you can make me _________ (forgive) you?
11. We had our marriage photos _________ (frame) after the wedding.
12. I got the dry cleaner __________ (iron) my suit.
13. I had all our vacation photos ________ (print).
14. Unfortunately, I had my wallet _________ (steal) in the shopping mall.
15. Have you had your kitchen ___________ (disinfect)?
16. I see that you have no time to clean the house on your own so you had better get somebody
__________ (do) it for you.
17. What you should do before an emergency occurs is to get your fire alarm __________ (fix)
that will also make you _________ (feel) safer.
18. She had to have her phone number _________ (change) because she was receiving obscene
calls for a stranger.
19. I got everyone in the family _________ (sign) Mary’s birthday card before I sent it to her.
20. The teacher got his students ____________ (write) the first quatrain of the poem to make it
easy to memorize.

E. MODALS: Choose the suitable modals to complete the sentences!

1. There are plenty of tomatoes in the fridge. You (mustn’t/needn’t/may not/shouldn’t) buy any.
2. It’s a hospital. You (mustn’t/needn’t/may not/don’t have to) smoke.
3. I (can/could/may/must) speak Arabic fluently when I was a child and we lived in Morocco.
But after we moved back to Canada, I had very little exposure to the language and forgot
almost everything I knew as a child. Now, I (may/can/must/need) just say a few things in the
language.
4. He had been working for more than 11 hours. He (must/need/had better/mustn’t) be tired after
such hard work. He (may/should/must/had better) prefer to get some rest.
5. The teacher said we (can/needn’t/must/should) read this book for our own pleasure as it is
optional. But we (could/need/needn’t/mustn’t) read it if we don’t want to.
6. (May/Can/Need/Must) you stand on your head for more than a minute? No, I (may
not/needn’t/can’t).
7. If you want to learn to speak English fluently, you (could/need/needn’t/must) to work hard.
8. Take an umbrella. It (need/should/mustn’t/might) rain later.
9. You (shouldn’t/need/needn’t/may not) leave small objects lying around. Such objects
(must/may/need/mustn’t) be swallowed by children.
10. (Can/Need/Should/May) you speak Italian? No I, (shouldn’t/mustn’t/may not/can’t).