Second term grammar review

My family ___________________ (buy) some land in southern France recently. They  ___________________ (build) a summer house there at the moment.

• bought / built

• have bought / build

• bought / are building

• have bought /are building

Answer explanation

Be care

By the time I arrived, they ___________________ (finish) their lunch.

• have finished

• had finished

• finished

• had been finishing

Andy and Mary ___________________ (go) to a concert tomorrow night.

They ___________________ (not see) each other for years before they met at the reunion.

• haven't seen

• didn't see

• hadn't seen

• weren't seeing

She ___________________ (live) in New York for 10 years before she moved to Los Angeles.

• lived

• has lived

• had lived

• was living

The woman is fixing Andrew's broken tap (Causative)

• Andrew's tap had fixed

• Andrew had the tap broken

• The woman is having the tap fixed

• Andrew is having the tap fixed

Answer explanation

Remember!! Causatives structure is:

HAVE sth DONE

People believed that Peter had a serious condition (passive)

• Peter was believed to have a serious condition

• Peter was believed to have had a serious condition

• Peter was believed that he had a serious condition

• Peter was believed to had a serious condition

Answer explanation

Remember there re FOUR infinitives in English. Which do you have to use in the past?

When I go late home, I get admonished

• Should I go late home, I get admonished

• Should I to go late home, I will get admonished

• Were I to go late home, I got admonished

• If I am late, I cannot come in

Answer explanation

First decide which conditional type the sentence is, and then invert it

I didn't get payed and I am angry now

• Were I to be paid, I wouldn't be angry

• Had I been payed, I wouldn't be angry

• Had I not been payed, I wouldn't have be angry

• I am very angry, I want my money

Answer explanation

Is this a current conditional, or are tenses mixed? Be careful

I didn't study enough so now I don't have a good salary

• I wish I were payed more

• I wish I had had a good salary

• I wish had more money

• If only I had studied more