Grammar questions

He .......... thank-you letters all morning. He's nearly finished.

Young people .......... by hand less often these days.

I .......... already .......... to that police officer about the burglary, so he knew I was innocent.

I forgot my password and blocked my email account .......... .

We've been learning about ancient methods of communication at school .......... .

Yazan was riding his bike when he .......... his phone.

Can I call you back? I .......... to someone else at the moment.

Members of an Australian family .......... the world's oldest message in a bottle over 100 years after German researchers .......... it into the Indian Ocean.

There was a strong smell because someone .......... fish.

My brother .......... English for two hours before his friend arrived.

No one has finished the project, .......... ?

Ahmad used to live in Spain, .......... ?

I'm talking too much, .......... ? I get nervous in new situations.

Choose some more music, .......... ? My tablet is on the table.

I shouldn't be so fussy, .......... ?

This is a great new sports club, .......... ?

A: I can't understand what he's saying. B: .......... ? Why don't you ask him to speak more slowly?

A: Majeda and Malak have arrived! B: .......... ? OK, I'll be there in two minutes.

We .......... under the stars at this time next week.

By the time they get home, Abbas and Ameen .......... for 18 hours!

Dana and Eman .......... the entire first series by the end of today.

By 2040, young people .......... , and failing, to get a job for most of their working lives.

I don't think we .......... passwords, as computers will be able to recognise our faces.

Look at these statistics. Without a doubt, crime figures .......... to decrease in the near future.

Powerful computers will almost definitely become smaller and faster. The sentence with the same meaning is ..........

Driverless cars will almost certainly reduce the number of road accidents. The sentence with the same meaning is: Driverless cars .......... reduce the number of road accidents.

The human race probably won't go and live on another planet. The sentence with the same meaning is: The human race .......... and live on another planet.

You've done so much revision. You're .......... to pass your exams.

Five years from now, Kamal .......... his degree in astrophysics.

My sisters .......... argue, but these days they are always falling out.

When I was little, my parents .......... forever .......... me off about the things I'd done.

When I was seven, I .......... bored at school.

Asma is constantly showing off. This sentence describes .......... .

Lubna will forget to take her contact lenses out. Here 'will' describes .......... .

My uncle .......... always take me swimming when I was a child.

Why .......... you always shouting at me?!

Rasheed, .......... I play football, lives round the corner.

My grandma's house has no Wi-Fi, .......... is very annoying.

He is the man .......... I spoke.

By the time I got to the field, the object .......... .

I felt tired as I .......... all day.

Reem got into trouble at school for using her phone. She .......... during lessons.

Hanan's music player .......... for 19 hours when the battery ran out.

While I .......... a boat across the sea, a large dolphin suddenly appeared next to me!

Until that night, Raed .......... snow.

Little .......... that I had more money in my back pocket.

Scarcely .......... on sale when they were sold out.

You should not touch this machine. It is too dangerous. The correct negative inversion is ..........

No sooner .......... at work than people start knocking on his office door.

.......... had I seen such a lucky escape.

Not only .......... relaxed, but also happy and safe.

You risk .......... your eyesight if you stare at the sun.

I'm short-sighted, so I wear glasses .......... me see objects in the distance.

You're the second person .......... me if my hearing is OK today.

We encourage you .......... your glasses cleaned and checked regularly.

I know I should resist, but I can't help .......... when I've got an insect bite.

This camera is brilliant at .......... photos in very low light.

Kamal is .......... living in the student halls instead of at home. It's still a bit strange.

It's normal for me to find cat hairs on my clothes. The sentence with the same meaning is: I .......... cat hairs on my clothes.

Asma didn't like the smell of fish in the past. The sentence with the same meaning is: Asma .......... the smell of fish.

Using this switch, you can turn off all the lights in the house. The sentence with the same meaning is: This switch .......... off all the lights.

Fawzi regretted .......... a second can of energy drink.

Did you see Jamal .......... off his bike yesterday?

The water bill .......... this week.

You .......... switch on the light. It's automatic.

You .......... take room keys out of the hotel.

Only local residents are .......... to park in the streets here.

The city has .......... in reducing the traffic significantly.

Glass is strictly .......... in the swimming pool area.

We only moved in a week ago and we've already .......... to get to know the neighbours.

Unfortunately, we .......... see the new flat because they'd lost the key.

Thai people are laid back, so you .......... lose your temper in public.

Have you ever been to .......... United Arab Emirates or .......... Egypt?

I love hot drinks like .......... tea or .......... coffee.

The fastest way to get to Amman is to fly directly into .......... Queen Alia International Airport.

.......... Statue of Liberty is closed for maintenance today.

Save .......... Pacific Ocean!

'Why are you leaving early?' He asked us why .......... early.

'Were you at the meeting yesterday?' She wanted to know .......... at the meeting the day before.

'How many people went to the meeting last week?' He asked how many people .......... to the meeting the week before.

The security guard .......... us not to enter the building.

The firefighters .......... we had to stay behind the barriers.

'I'll look into this for you, Madam.' The police officer .......... that she would investigate the matter.

'Oh, I'm so sorry I woke her up!' Noura apologised .......... the baby.

'You really should walk, run or swim more.' The doctor advised .......... much more exercise.

'Don't forget to hand in your essays next lesson.' The teacher .......... the students that their homework was due next lesson.

'I'm afraid we need to see the original, not a copy.' The secretary insisted .......... his original birth certificate.

Nader offered .......... Maher his car for the weekend.

The police praised Imad .......... saving the man's life.

The musician objected .......... playing only his hits at the concert.

'I wish I hadn't bought white trainers.' The reported sentence is: Osama .......... white trainers.

'Why don't we have a picking-up-litter day?' Rashed .......... having a picking-up-litter day.

Over two million people have downloaded this 'body tracking' app. The passive form is: This app .......... by over two million people.

Somebody was regularly hacking into celebrities' smartphones. The passive form is: Celebrities' smartphones .......... regularly.

Most people are going to use wearables in the near future. The passive form is: Wearables .......... by most people in the near future.

By 2035, you could embed a chip like this in your wrist. The passive form is: By 2035, a chip like this .......... in your wrist.

The sculpture was made .......... electronic waste.

The original smartwatch was designed .......... the inventor, Steve Mann.

People think that the city's schools will be completely paperless within 50 years. The impersonal passive is ..........

Over half a million passwords are thought .......... in the hack last month.

The hacker is thought .......... a man in his 30s living somewhere in southern Germany.

The company .......... nearly ten million handsets in the last ten years.

It .......... once believed that guided missiles would be used to deliver post.

Social media users .......... to upload 95 million photographs every day.

If video games weren't so costly, I'd buy a new one every month. This sentence means that video games .......... .

If we were affluent, we .......... a big flat years ago.

My parents wouldn't be as well-off as they are now if they .......... to a costly private school.

.......... you're very well-off, you'll need to borrow money to buy a house.

I wish I .......... more time to prepare for yesterday's presentation.

If only my sister .......... so noisy every night while I'm studying.

I wish we .......... the tickets earlier last week, because now they are all sold out.

If only it .......... raining this morning, we could have played the match.

I wish people .......... more careful with the environment these days.

I wish my brother .......... using my computer every evening without asking me first.

If only the neighbours .......... making loud noises late at night.

We .......... an umbrella this morning, because it rained heavily.

I .......... all those heavy books to school yesterday, because the teacher cancelled the lesson.

I .......... buy any bread yesterday because my mother had already bought some.

Ali could have given Fadi a lift into town. This means that Fadi .......... a lift from Ali.

It's possible that the treasure was hidden underground. The sentence with the same meaning is ..........

I'm certain that the cave wasn't used as a shelter. The sentence with the same meaning is ..........

I assume the people used stone tools to build the monument. The sentence with the same meaning is ..........

It's quite possible that the statue belonged to a king. The sentence with the same meaning is ..........

This necklace .......... very valuable. It was found in a royal tomb.

This statue .......... by the same sculptor. The materials are completely different.

She .......... have taken the painting. She wasn't in the museum that day.

In those days, children .......... their parents on farms every summer.

These enormous footprints .......... to a human.

I lost my key. I couldn't get in the house. The sentence with a reduced adverbial clause is ..........

I didn't realise what time it was. I missed the train. The sentence with a reduced adverbial clause is ..........

I had been standing for hours. I felt very tired. The sentence with a reduced adverbial clause is ..........

Ahmad wanted to do better in life, so he learnt to act. The sentence with a reduced adverbial clause is ..........

As she walked into town, she met several old friends. The sentence with a reduced adverbial clause is ..........

Having had guitar lessons for years, Ali amazed the class with his playing. The subject of the participle clause is .......... .

Fadi added more blue paint to the mix, .......... a darker shade of green.

I regret .......... so much time on my phone last year.

I'd rather .......... a book than watch TV tonight.

I wish I .......... harder for the test last week.

This is the café .......... we first met.

Sami .......... the window. He wasn't even at home at the time.

'Where are you going?' he asked me. The correct reported question is: He asked me where .......... .

People believe that the castle is 800 years old. The correct impersonal passive form of the sentence above is ..........

If I had more free time, I'd learn to play the oud. This means that ..........

I have never seen such a crowded market. The correct form of negative inversion of the sentence above is ..........

The test was very difficult. .......... , most students passed it.

My uncle, .......... car was stolen last night, called the police.

The keys aren't in my bag. I .......... them at school.

Visitors are not allowed to take photos in the museum. The phrase 'are not allowed to' is used to indicate ..........

I play .......... piano, but my brother prefers .......... football.

By next year, scientists .......... a new way to clean the oceans, I'm sure.

When I was younger, I .......... walk to school every day.