VIII. Use the prompts to talk about the prisoner’s regrets

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Model: never meet / John and his gang.

Frank wishes he had never met John and his gang.

a). listen / wife’s advice

b). not leave / job

c). not join / gang

d). not rob / bank

e). not get / ten-year sentence

IX. Fill in the correct tense.

1. I wish he _____ (not / interrupt) me while I’m trying to make a point.

2. If only you _____ (not / react) so rudely to Mary’s comment at the meeting.

3. I wish Harriet _____ (join) us on the excursion this weekend.

4. If only he _____ (be) more tactful.

5. Luke wishes he _____ (not / forget) to turn off the water heater before he left.

6. I wish I _____ (buy) tickets for last night’s rock concert.

X. Turn the following questions into Reported Speech.

1. “Who was at the party last night?” he asked me.

2. “When will the package be delivered?” she asked us.

3. “Where is the building?” he asked me.

4. “How can I get to Pine Street?” she asked me.

XI. Rewrite the sentences in Reported Speech.

1. “I saw Jack a month ago”, Kate said.

2. “She will talk to the entire class”, he said.

3. “You’ll never believe what happened yesterday!” Kathy said.

4. “Sally was working hard in the lab yesterday”, Ann said to me.

PROGRESS TEST III.

I. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct Passive Voice.

The Academy Awards Presentation (1) _____ (first / organise) in 1929 and since then, it (2) _____ (hold) every year.

The presentation (3) _____ (attend) by those at the top of the film industry and (4) _____ (watch) on TV by millions of viewers who want to see who (5) _____ (present) with the golden statue which (6) _____ (desire) by everyone in the motion picture world.

The voting for the Academy Awards (7) _____ (conduct) secretary and the results (8) _____ (not / reveal) to anyone until the envelope (9) _____ (open) on stage in front of the audience.

Awards (10) _____ (give) for the best individual or collective work and (11) _____ (separate) into different categories. Up to five nominations (12) _____ (make) in each category. The awards, which (13) _____ (know) as Oscars, (14) _____ (consider) to be the highest honour anyone in the film industry can (15) _____ (give.)

(15 marks)

II. Underline the correct form of the verb.

My brother Kevin has always been a fitness fanatic. He believes that if you (1) look after / looked after your body, it will look after you. Whenever anyone is ill, he (2) says / will say, “If they had taken care of themselves, they (3) wouldn’t get / wouldn’t have got ill. And the same thing (4) happens / will happen to me if I (5) didn’t keep fit / don’t keep fit.” I would often say to him,”If I were you, Kevin, I (6) would try / would have tried to slow down a little bit. You will wear yourself out.”

Last month, however, I went to the doctor’s and he told me that I was unfit. He said that if I (7) don’t start / didn’t start taking regular exercise, I (8) would be / would have been in danger of becoming ill. I started going to the gym with Kevin and, after a week, I said to him, “I feel better already. If I (9) know / had known how good it feels to exercise, I (10) would start / would have started years ago.”

(10 marks)

III. Cross out the unnecessary word.

1. They shouldn’t to have called the police.

2. Paul was been able to change the flat tyre himself.

3. She needn’t to have bought such an expensive dress.

4. The Prime Minister is to will give a speech at the conference tomorrow.

5. Jennifer is likely that to look for another job.

6. They might have been forgotten about our meeting.

7. Jack has had to see the General Manager yesterday.

(7 marks)

IV. Choose the correct answer.

1. What a nuisance! I _____ to all this trouble if I’d known they weren’t coming.