Grammar Review C1.1

It´s lashing down. I´d rather...

• we stay at home today.

• we stayed at home today.

• we will stay at home today.

Tom´s feeling a bit under the weather. He´d rather...

• not come to work today.

• not came to work today.

• won´t come to work today.

Sorry to tell you this, but I think you´re a bit overweight. You´d better...

• will go on a diet before you put on more kilos.

• went on a diet before you put on more kilos.

• go on a diet before you put on more kilos.

The robbers are said...

• to have left the country by plane.

• to leave the country by plane.

• that they leave the country by plane.

He´s said...

• to have the most wonderful voice ever.

• that he has the most wonderful voice ever.

• to be had the most wonderful voice ever.

When the war started...

• the pandemic finishes already.

• the pandemic had already finished.

• the pandemic already finished.

If the West had known there was going to be a war...

• the NATO countries would have prepared their military arsenal in advance.

• the NATO countries had prepared their military arsenal in advance.

• the NATO countries prepared their military arsenal in advance.

If I were to travel now, ...

• I will visit Edinburgh.

• I visited Edinburgh.

• I would visit Edinburgh.

Last year the Health Authorities claimed that

• the pandemic would be over by January 2022.

• the pandemic is over in January 2022.

• the pandemic will be over in January 2022.

Only when...

• did I become a mother did I realise how difficult it is to bring up a child.

• did I become a mother I realised how difficult it is to bring up a child.

• I became a mother did I realise how difficult it is to bring up a child.