EXERCISES ON TENSES – REPORTED SPEECH – PASSIVE VOICE-

CONDITIONAL SENTENCES - RELATIVE CLAUSES

TENSES
I. Choose the best answer
1. I…….the new Harry Potter book now, so you can borrow my copy if you like.
a .finish B. finished C. am finished D. have finished
2. As you………your car at the moment, can I borrow it?
A. don’t use B. aren’t using C. haven’t used D. won’t use
3. In a break-in last week the burglars……..all my jewelry but left the picture.
A. took B. have taken C. had taken D. were taking
4. He …….dinner when I ……to see him
A. was eating-went B. ate-went C. ate-was going D. is eating-went
5. Susan…..as a secretary for 2 years before her marriage.
A. worked B. has been working C. has worked D. was working
6. When I got home, I found that water…..down the kitchen walls
A. ran B. was running C. has run D. had been running
7. I……with children before, so I know what to expect in my new job.
A. worked B. have worked C. had worked D. have been working
8. When I went out, the sun ……
A. shined B. shone C. was shining D. had shone
9. At present, the woman ……an assistant
A. is B. is being C. has been D. was
10. My wife and I ……by air many times in the past.
A. travelled B. were travelling C. have travelled D. had travelled

II. Choose the underlined part (A, B., C or D) that needs correcting.
1. Did you speak(A) to Tom yesterday? No, I didn’t see(B) him for a long time. I can’t remember(C)
when I last saw(D) him
2. By the time(A) you will arrive(B), I will have finished(C) writing(D) my essay
3. My teacher wasn’t(A) at home when I arrived(B). She went out (C) before(D)
4. Birds built(A) their nests in(B) summer & fly(C) to(D) the south in winter
5. As(A) you don’t use(B) your car at the moment(C), can I(D) borrow it?
THE PASSIVE VOICE
I. Choose the best answer A, B, C or D.
1. Let your name …………………….. in the sheet of paper.
A. be written B. to be written C. write D. being written
2. When we got there, the tickets ……….….......out. So we …………..go back home.
A. had been sold/ had to B. had sold/ had
C. were sold/ had D. were being sold/ had
3. She was seen …………….her car to her office.
A. driven B. to be drivenC. drive D. to drive
4. These windows need ……………..every year.
A. to be repainted B. repainting C. both A and B D. repaint
5. You must do this test carefully. This test ……………… carefully.
A. must be did B. must do C. must be done D. must done
6. Rickets ……………..by deficiency of vitamin D
A. caused B. causes C. are caused D. is caused
7. He's devoting his life to the independence of our fatherland.
- His life ……………………to the independence of our fatherland.
A. is devoted B. is devote C. is devoting D. is being devoted
8. I have these windows ……………every year.
A. repaint B. repainted C. to repaint D. repainting
9. It is …………. that many people are homeless after the floods.
A. was reported B. reports C. reported D. reporting
10. He was said ……….. this building.
A. designing B. designed C. to designs D. to have designed
II. Choose the underlined part (A, B., C or D) that needs correcting.
1. I was (A) made (B) do (C) all the housework (D).
2. Last night, before (A) I went (B) to bed, I has been told (C) that news (D) by my
father.
3. He was (A)said to be (B) designed(C) this building (D).
4. Rickets (A) are caused (B) by deficiency (C) of (D) vitamin D.
5. Saddie had(A) the (B) room decorating (C) last summer (D).

REPORTED SPEECH

I. Choose the best answer

1 . She said she ........... an engineer then .
A . was B . is C . had been D . was being
2 . Tom told me that he ................ to Miami the following week .
A . was visiting B . visited C . would visit D . visits
3 . The doctor says that he ............. you in twenty minutes .
A . would see B . will see C . saw D . sees
4 . She said she ............... TV when the robber came into the house .
A . had watched B . watched C . is watching D . was watching
5 . John asked ............. tennis .
A . if Mark likes B . if does Mark like
C . if Mark would had liked D . if Mark liked
6 . Someone told us ................ on the stairs .
A . don’t sit B . to not sit C . not to sit D . not sit
7 . Martha .......... she would be late for the meeting .She ........... she was feeling ill .
A . told that / said that B . told me that / said that
C . told to me that / told that D . told that / said me that
8 . They asked me ................. in Los Angeles at that moment .
A . was my father working B . my father was working
C . whether my father was working D . if was my father working
9 . Mick said that they had come back .................
A . the day before B . the day after C . the next day D . the day of yesterday
10. Did they say that they ................. me again ?
A . will phone B . would phone C . have phoned D . phone

II. Choose the underlined part (A, B., C or D) that needs correcting.
1 . She said (A) me that she knew (B) how to dance(C) when she was (D) three .
2 . I suggested(A) not to try (B) to make (C) him smile (D).
3 . Police stopped (A) the passers – by to(B) walking(C) across the corners at (D) rush hours .
4 . She asked (A) me if (B) could I help(C) her the day then (D) .
5 . They told (A) her that (B) to make (C) them a big cake the following day (D).

CONDITIONAL SENTENCES
I. Choose the best answer
1.They .......................angry if you didn’t visit them.
A. would be B. should be C. would D. should
2. What would you do if you ............... a million dollars?
A. win B. won C. had won D. will win
3. What will happen if the air ............?
A. was polluted B. be polluted C. is polluted D. has polluted
4. He wouldn’t have had an accident if he .............. more carefully.
A. drives B. drove C. had driven D. was driving
5. If you ................ better last night, you wouldn’t have been so tired.
A. sleep B. had slept C. was sleeping D. slept
6. You can’t get higher result ....................... .
A. if you work hard B. if you do not work harder
C. if you work harder D. if you will not work harder
7. Would you mind if I ............... in the room?
 A. smoke B. smoked C. would smoke D. had smoked
8. Jane ...................in such a trouble if she had been more carefully when typing the contract.
A. won’t be B. wouldn’t be C. won’t have been D. wouldn’t have been
9. Tom got to the station in time to catch his train.
A. If he had missed it, he would have been late for his interview.
B. If he missed it, he would have been late for his interview.
C. If he had missed it, he would be late for his interview.
D. If he had missed it, he would had be late for his interview.
10. Peter cannot go out for lunch because his car is broken.
A. In spite of his broken car, Peter will go out for lunch.
B. If his car is not broken, Peter will go out for lunch.
C. If his car were not broken, Peter could go out for lunch.
D. If his car was not broken, Peter could go out for lunch .
II. Find out the mistakes in the following sentences and correct them .
1. Janet will be disappointed if she'll fail the exam .
2. If Peter had been more careful , he wouldn't break the camera .
3. If I had had a dictionary now, I could look the word up.
4. If it didn’t rain now, we would have finished the game.
5. Don’t give me a ring if you want a chat.

RELATIVE CLAUSES
I. Choose the best answer
1.The boy................... the piano is my son.
A. who is playing B. that is playing C. playing D. All are correct
2. Neil Armstrong was the first person....................foot on the moon.
A. set B. to set C. who setting D. to be set
3.Nellie Ross of Wyoming was the first woman……..governor in the United States.
A. who elected B. to be elected C. was elected D. her election as
4.The Massachusetts State House, ……. in 1798, was the most distinguished building in the United
States at that time.
A. completing B. which was completed
C. was completed D. to be completed
5.Dr Sales is a person ............ don't have much confidence.
A. in whom I B. whom I C. in that I D.I
6.The new shopping mall is advertised as a place ............ you can find anything
you want to buy.
A. which B. where C. in where D. in that
7.The voters were against the candidate ............ proposals called for higher taxes.
A. who his B. whose C. whom he had D. that his
8.The people ............ the acrobat turn circles in the air were horrified when he missed the hands of his
partner.
A. watched B. watch C. watching D. were watching
9."Is April twenty-first the day ............ "
A. you'll arrive then B. when you'll arrive
C. on that you'll arrive D. when you'll arrive on
10."Excuse me, but there is something about............ immediately."
A. that I must speak to you B. that I must speak to you about
C. which I must speak to you D. which I must speak to you about it

II. Choose the underlined part (A, B., C or D) that needs correcting.
1.The man (A) to speak (B) to (C) me is John's brother (D).
2.He is the (A) second (B)person be killed (C) in that (D)way . .
3. They work(A) in a (B) hospital sponsoring (C)by the (D)government.
4. The people(A) who waiting (B) outside are(C) becoming impatient (D)
5.The bike (A) he lent you was stolen (B) from (C) a shop where (D) sells fast food