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This document provides a series of grammar exercises focusing on perfect tenses, past perfect, third conditional, second and third conditionals, and modal verbs. Students are asked to fill in verbs in their correct form based on contextual clues. The exercises are intended to help students practice and reinforce their understanding of these advanced English grammar concepts.

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This document provides a series of grammar exercises focusing on perfect tenses, past perfect, third conditional, second and third conditionals, and modal verbs. Students are asked to fill in verbs in their correct form based on contextual clues. The exercises are intended to help students practice and reinforce their understanding of these advanced English grammar concepts.

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Workshop No.

1
First Class

Tutoría 1

BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION PROGRAM


BUSINESS ENGLISH FIRST WORKSHOP

Student’s name:_______________________________ Code: ________ Grade:____

Perfect tenses:
SIMPLE PAST VS. PRESENT PERFECT

Directions:
A. Put the verbs into the correct tense (simple past or present perfect simple).

1. Mother: I want to prepare dinner. _______________________________(you /


wash) the dishes yet?
2. Daughter: I ____________(wash) the dishes yesterday, but I
___________________(have / not) the time yet to do it today.
3. Mother: _______________________(you / do / already) your homework?
4. Daughter: No, I _____________________(come / just) home from school.
5. Mother: You_____________ (come) home from school two hours ago!
6. Daughter: Well, but my friend Lucy ________________(call) when I
______________(arrive) and I _____________(finish / just) the phone call.
7. Mother:___________________ (you / see / not) Lucy at school in the morning?
8. Daughter: Yes, but we ________________(have / not) time to talk then.

B. Put the verbs into the correct tense (simple past or present perfect simple).

A: I ________________________(cycle / just) 50 km.


B: I ________________________(cycle) 100 km last week.
A: I ________________________(write) an essay yesterday.
B: I ________________________(write / already) two essays this term.
A: I ________________________(ring / just) my friend.
B: I ________________________(ring) my friend 10 minutes ago.
A: Two days ago, I ____________(watch) a Madonna concert on TV.
B: I _________________________(see / already) Madonna live in concert.
A: I ______________________(spend) my summer holiday in Australia last year.
B: I ______________________(be / not) to Australia yet.
PAST PERFECT

Directions:

Add a sentence with the past perfect using the notes.

Example: Claire looked very suntanned when I saw her last week.
She had just been on holiday. (just / be on holiday)

1. We rushed to the station, but we were too late. (the train / just / go)

2. I didn’t have an umbrella, but that didn’t matter. (the rain / stop)
______________________________________________________________________

3. When I got to the concert hall, they wouldn’t let me in. (forget / my ticket)
______________________________________________________________________

4. Someone got the number of the car the robbers used. (steal / it / a week
before)

5. I was very pleased to see Rachel again yesterday. (not see / her / for ages)

THIRD CONDITIONAL EXERCISE

Directions: Put in the correct third conditional verb form:

1. If he ______________ (become) a musician, he ______________ (record) a CD.


2. We ______________ (not / get) married if we ______________ (not / go) to the
same university.
3. I ______________ (call) you if I ______________ (not / forget) my phone.
4. He ______________ (be) happier if he ______________ (stay) at home.
5. He ______________ (take) a taxi if he ______________ (have) enough money.

SECOND AND THIRD CONDITIONALS

Directions: Complete the conversations. Put in the correct form of the verb. Use the past
simple, the past perfect, would, or would have.

1. Mike: You look tired.

Harriet: Well, if ______________________ (you / not / wake) me up in the


middle of the night, ____________________________ (I / not be) so tired.

2. Rita: Is Trevor a practical person?

Laura: Trevor? No, he isn’t. If ___________________ (he / be) practical,


_________________________ (he / put) those shelves up a bit quicker. It took
him ages.

3. Tom: Why are you sitting in the dark?


David: Let’s just say that if _____________________ (I / pay) my electricity bill
last month _______________________________ (I / not be) in the dark now.

4. Matthew: Why are you so angry with me? All I did yesterday was play
basketball.

Emma: If _________________________ (you / love) me,


______________________________ (you / not / leave) me here all alone on my

birthday.

MODAL VERBS

Put in ‘must + infinitive’ or ‘must + have + past participle’:

1. Keiko always does really well on exams. She _____________ (study) a lot.
2. That woman drives a very expensive car. She _____________ (have) a lot of
money.
3. You _____________ (practise) a lot before you gave your speech. It was really
great.
4. When Lizzie got home yesterday, there were flowers on the table. Her husband
_____________ (buy) them.
5. Where is my purse? I saw it earlier, so it _____________ (be) in this room.
6. Sarah couldn’t find her glasses. She thought she _____________ (leave) them at
her office.
7. It _____________ (be) cold outside. That man in the street is wearing a coat.
8. All my plants _____________ (be) dead! I forgot to water them before I left for
my holiday.
9. Susie is so late! She _____________ (miss) the train.
10. There’s rubbish all over my garden! A fox _____________ (be) in the bin.

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