General Grammar Exercises & Tests ( 5 )

5 - ) General Grammar Exercises & Tests 

 Look at these third conditional sentences. Some of them have errors. Are the Correct or Wrong?

1. The doctors would have called by now if they had finished the operation.

    Correct

    Wrong

2. I might have be very rich if I'd been born in the USA.

    Correct

    Wrong

3. I wouldn't have invited Tara to the party if I'd known she was in town.

    Correct

    Wrong

4. You could've stayed at home if the weather had been worse.

    Correct

    Wrong

5. I never would have gone to prison if I hadn't stolen that money.

    Correct

    Wrong

6. I might had won the lottery if you'd remembered to buy me a ticket.

    Correct

    Wrong

7. She may not have fell ill if she hadn't eaten that seafood.

    Correct

    Wrong

8. Lilly said she wouldn't have said "no" if Barry had asked her to marry him.

    Correct

    Wrong

Answers

Question 1 - Incorrect. Actual Answer was: correct.

Question 2 - Incorrect. Actual Answer was: wrong.

Question 3 - Incorrect. Actual Answer was: correct.

Question 4 - Incorrect. Actual Answer was: correct.

Question 5 - Incorrect. Actual Answer was: correct.

Question 6 - Incorrect. Actual Answer was: wrong.

Question 7 - Incorrect. Actual Answer was: wrong.

Question 8 - Incorrect. Actual Answer was: correct.

For each sentence, use the passive with "get" whenever possible.

1. I don't know why this class is always so dirty. It  (clean) every morning.

2. The murder suspect told the police a complicated alibi but it  (believe) by them and he was charged with the murder.

3. "Whose is that computer in the corner of the office?" "I don't know - it  (never use) by anyone."

4. When foreign films are dubbed into English, usually a lot of the original meaning  (lose) in the translation.

5. Humans  (think) to have originated in the east of Africa.

6. If my car  (damage) by you, you will pay for the repairs.

7. Glenn Miller  (kill) in an air crash in England in the 1940s.

8. When I am older, I  (know) as a famous scientist.

9. The films of Charlie Chaplin  (love) all over the world.

10. The new factory will open next July and the company says that over 250 employees  (need) initially.

11. Did you hear that Jane  (promote) to a management position at work! What great news.

12. (pay) for a job you enjoy doing must be the definition of a happy life!

Question 1 - Incorrect. Actual Answer was: gets cleaned.

Question 2 - Incorrect. Actual Answer was: wasn't believed.

Question 3 - Incorrect. Actual Answer was: never gets used.

Question 4 - Incorrect. Actual Answer was: gets lost.

Question 5 - Incorrect. Actual Answer was: are thought.

Question 6 - Incorrect. Actual Answer was: gets damaged.

Question 7 - Incorrect. Actual Answer was: got killed.

Question 8 - Incorrect. Actual Answer was: will be known.

Question 9 - Incorrect. Actual Answer was: are loved.

Question 10 - Incorrect. Actual Answer was: are needed.

Question 11 - Incorrect. Actual Answer was: got promoted.

Question 12 - Incorrect. Actual Answer was: Getting paid.

Fill in the gaps with a form of the passive. The tense could be past, present or future.

1. Many rock stars say the real thrill is that they enjoy  (watch) by thousands of adoring fans.

2. Your car is a death trap. It  (should/send) to the scrap yard years ago!

3. I'm sorry this office is so dirty but it can't  (clean) until tomorrow morning at the earliest.

4. Any teacher who hits a student should  (sack) immediately.

5. John's big dream is that he wants  (discover) by a big time music producer.

6.  (rob) in the street is a terrifying experience indeed.

7. The factory is losing a lot of money every week and  (shut) next Thursday.

8. But it might  (save) if we make an appeal to the local bank.

9. Before  (recycle), glass bottles are thoroughly washed and the labels removed.

10. Jack was fired from the local car wash because, even though he hadn't paid, he let his friend's car  (wash).

Question 1 - Incorrect. Actual Answer was: being watched.

Question 2 - Incorrect. Actual Answer was: should have been sent.

Question 3 - Incorrect. Actual Answer was: be cleaned.

Question 4 - Incorrect. Actual Answer was: be sacked.

Question 5 - Incorrect. Actual Answer was: to be discovered.

Question 6 - Incorrect. Actual Answer was: Being robbed.

Question 7 - Incorrect. Actual Answer was: is being shut.

Question 8 - Incorrect. Actual Answer was: be saved.

Question 9 - Incorrect. Actual Answer was: being recycled.

Question 10 - Incorrect. Actual Answer was: be washed.