EXERCISES

I) Complete this regrets. Use the verbs from the chart.

leave take (2) have teach get up

1) I`ve still got a terrible pain. I wish I_________________________________some syrup.

2) We had a terrible accident. If only we_________________________________that bus.
3) I’m late for my English classes again. I should__________________________early.
4) Do you like my hair? It’s a pity I_______________________________time to comb it.
5) It’s never quiet in our neighborhood. My biggest regret is_______________________good
values to the children.
6) I don’t regret_____________________________my house in the countryside, but I miss the
nature.
II) Choose the correct word to complete the sentences.

a) My father arrived home and put his suit on/ put on his suit over the chair.
b) When I got to the embassy, the secretary asked me to fill in a form. After I filled in it / filled
it in, I went to another office.
c) When the teacher came in to the classroom told: Sit everybody down / sit down everybody.
d) We had to deal with a lot of bad situations / deal a lot of bad situations with.
e) Please, go to the school and give up the children / pick up the children.
f) They claimed that they weren’t selling drugs, but that they’d been set up by the police / set
by the police up.
g) Go home, think over it / think it over and tell me your decision on Thursday.

III. Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verb.

1) They had suggested_______________(go) to the next restaurant, but we didn’t agree.

2) The manager will refuse_____________________(read) your resignation.
3) We imagine____________________(travel) around the world.
4) It seems____________________(be) a good idea, so go ahead!
5) She has finished__________________(study) English this year.
6) She likes____________________(draw) waterfalls.
8) The children stopped__________________(play) because it was lunch time.
9) We will try____________________(call) her for the last time. We hope she answers the
Phone this time.
10) I’ll never forget___________________(take) photos on the mountain.

IV. Rewrite the sentences using defining relative or non-defining relative clauses.
1) The man lived near here. He had two children.
________________________________________________________________________________.
2) The tourists disappeared last month. They were from Russia.
________________________________________________________________________________.
3) Ten years ago we lived in an old house. The house has felt down this month.
_______________________________________________________________________________.
4) Shakira is a Colombian famous singer. She has two children.
________________________________________________________________________________.
5) Spring is the most beautiful season of the year; it starts in September.
________________________________________________________________________________.