December 2012

Reported speech exercise

December 31, 2012

  Complete the following sentences using appropriate direct or indirect speech forms. 1. I didn’t ask him ……………………………… it. a) do b) to do c) don’t 2. The officer asked us …………………………… our identity cards. a) show b) to show c) to showed 3. She asked me if I ………………………………….. finished the work. a) have [...]

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Tenses exercise

December 30, 2012

1. Which one of the following sentences is correct? a) I saw John yesterday. b) I have seen John yesterday. c) I will see John yesterday. d) I see John yesterday. 2. Which of the following tenses are used to talk about recent actions that have present results? a) present perfect and present continuous b) [...]

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Preposition at, on and in

December 29, 2012

The prepositions in, on and at are used to show place or position. Use in with large areas such as big cities, countries or continents. My sister lives in Sydney. She spent her childhood in Australia. Use at with relatively smaller places. I met her at the library. There is an interesting film at the [...]

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Choice of active and passive structures

December 28, 2012

An English verb can be in the active voice or passive voice. It is said to be in the active voice when it says what people or things do. It is said to be in the passive voice when it says what happens to people or things – what is done to them. Read the [...]

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