EXERCISE 4. Put the verbs in the brackets into the correct form:

1. It’s just struck midnight. It’s high time we (leave)_______.

2. If only I (have)_ _____a phone! I’m tired of queuing outside the public phone box.

3. He walks as if he (have)__ ____a wooden leg.

4. I wish I (know)_______what is wrong with my car.

5. Wife: I’d like to get a job.

     Husband: I’d much rather you (stay)______at home and (look)______after the house.

6. Suppose you (not know)________where your next meal was coming from?

7. You talk as though it (be)_____a small thing to leave your country forever.

8. If you (tie)_______that boat up, it wouldn’t have drifted away.

9. It looks like rain; you (have)______better take a coat.

10. But I told you what to do.

      - I know you did. If only I (take)_______your advice.

11. He treats us as if we (be)_______all idiots.

12. I wish I (ask)__________the fishmonger to clean these fish. (I’m sorry I didn’t ask him).

13. I said “Sunday”

     - I wish you (not say) Sunday. We’ll never be ready by then.

14. I wish transitor radios never (be)_______invented.

15. I’d rather I (know)_____French.

16. If only I (can)_______swim.

17. He insists that we (be)______careful in our writing.

18. They demanded that he (tell)_______her the truth.

19. I suggest that everyone (write)_______a letter to the governor.

20. It is important that he (be)________the director of the English program.

21. It is essential that he (meet)_______you tomorrow.

22. Her advisor recommended that she (take)________five courses.

23. It was such a beautiful day that one of the students suggested we (have)_____class outside.

24. The movie director insisted that everything about his production (be)____authentic.

25. She asked that we (be)______sure to lock the door behind us.

26. They requested that we (go, not)_______after midnight.

27. It is imperative that he (return)_____home immediately.

28. She specifically asked that I (tell,not)_______anyone else about it

VI. Rewrite these sentences using reduced form

1. It was the first car that I ever drove

2. He was the first man who said so rude words to me.

3. She was the first woman who was elected to paliament.

4. Harry isn’t the kind of person who gets on with everyone.

5. In the whole book there was only one chapter which interested me.

6. There is only one Greek island which I haven’t visited.

7. It’s the long winters here that really depress most people.

8. Do you like the person who sits next to you in class?

9. The letter that arrive this morning contained bad news.

10. There is no one  who I would prefer to you as a co-driver.

11. This is the school which I used to go to.

12. The policeman who arrested her had recognised her car.

13. That’s the shop from which I got my shoes.

14. Can you move the chair on which you are sitting?

15. I don’t believe the story that she told us.

16. The person who finishes first will be the winner.

17. The last guests who were late didn’t have enough to eate.

18. The man who was arrested yesterday escaped again.

19. I lent you the book which was written by a friend of mine.

20. The book which was published last year became a best seller.

*help me, plz*

The zoo keepers feed the lions at 3 pm every day.

The lions .

They haven’t cleaned the street this week.

The street .

 

The architect has drawn plans for an extension to the house.

Plans .

They make these artificial flowers of glossy paper.

These artificial .

The leak was repaired by the plumber this morning.

The plumber .

They will have to make new projects for extra places in schools.

New projects .

We can avoid serious injuries by wearing seat-belts in cars.

Serious injuries .

 

People believe that the Chinese invented paper in 105 A.D.

Paper .

They believe that the robbers got into the bank through the roof.

The robbers are .

People think that acid rain is now a familiar problem in the industrialized countries in Europe.

Acid rain is_ .

Thousands of tourists visit the spectacular ruins of Mayan civilization every year.

The spectacular ruins .

Experts say that the fall in the birth rate between 1990 and 1995 caused the drop in the number of school leavers.

The drop in the number of school leavers _.

People think that the climate is changing.

The climate .

It's thought that the accident was caused by human error.

The accident is .

Don't touch this switch.

This switch _.

A fire destroyed most of the old city of London in the 1600s.

The destruction of the old city of London in the 1600s .

We have a six o'clock deadline for this work.

This work must .

I didn't let him know what I was thinking.

He was not _.

The number of people killed in industrial accidents is now fifteen.

Already this year

No one has challenged his authority before.

This is the first time _.

The usher showed us to our seats.

We .

The robbers made the bank manager hand over all the money.

The bank manager .

What mainly distinguishes man from other animals is the power of speech.

Man _.

 

Is it really necessary for me to type the application?

Does the application ?

The authorities will prosecute anyone they find trespassing on this land. Anyone found

Oil was slowly covering the edge of the shore.

The edge of the shore _.

Someone has suggested abolishing income tax.

It has .

We may not able to give the party.

The party may have .

 

The police let him leave after they had questioned him.

He was .

He has numerous operations.

He has been .

 

They have recently improved the bus service in this town.

Some improvements .

They will not announce the decision formally.

No formal .

We have no seats left for the concert on December 14^th.

All the seats for the concert on December 14^th .

 

It is said that there is plenty of oil off our own coast.

There is .

Perhaps no one will ever know what happened that fateful night.

What happened that fateful night .

The secretary didn't reply me for ten days.

No reply from the secretary .

We may not be able to give the concert.

The concert .

My parents let me go abroad alone for the first time last year.

I was .

It is thought that the prisoner was recaptured while drinking in a pub.

The prisoner .

 

The deadline for the receipt of completed application forms is 3 pm on Friday, 18^th December.

Completed application forms must .

Sally’s parents gave her a new iPad for her birthday.

Sally .

 

Mr. Hill teaches his students to understand different English accents.

Mr. Hill’s students_ .

 

Did they build the garage at the same time as the house?

Was the garage ?

For further information, please send a self-addressed envelope to the above address. Further information .

The manager was very astounded when they told him about the robbery.

On .

Is it essential to meet your aunt at the station?

Does you aunt really need ?

It is essential that Professor Van Helsing will be met at the airport.

Professor Van Helsing .

Customs officials are stopping more travellers than usual this week.

An increased number of travellers .

They couldn't find the manager anywhere.

The manager was .

The poor should not be despised.