SpeakOut upper revision 2

If you finish the exam early, you (were/can’t be/are) advised to check your answers carefully.

Jim’s too scared to leave the house. He’s convinced he (is/was being/’s being) watched.

I wish your mother ______us when she’s planning on visiting instead of just turning up on our doorstep unannounced. (tell)

Oh no! I don’t believe it! My mobile phone (’s been/was/is stolen)!

If only we _______ a bigger garden. Then we would be able to grow all the fruit and vegetables we wanted! (have)

These days celebrities (are/were/have been followed) everywhere they go.

By the time Nigel (was arriving/arrived) at the party, everyone (ate/had eaten) and (was dancing/danced).

If only I was ______ to work early today. Then I would be able to get to the concert in time. The problem is that I have a meeting at 4pm. (leave)

I wish my students ____ there texting under their desks during class. If they carry on doing this, I’m going to have to confiscate their phones. (not/sit)

The news said that three people ( are/have been/are being) injured in a train crash.

Students are often surprised when we tell them mobile phones (couldn’t/shouldn’t/cannot) be taken into the exam room.

If only I _____ that job in France. Now I have to decide if I want to start a new life there or not. (not/offer)

I wish I ______never_____to help you move house. I had no idea you had so many books! (offer)

If only it _____ possible for us to take a year off work. I’d love to travel around the world and take a break from it all. (be)

If only he______us the truth! I wonder why he didn’t?

The boys (had been playing/played) in the garden for hours and when I (went/was going) to check on them, they (had kicked/were kicking) a football around and (laughing/laughed).

I really wish they ________         me about that job. I just want to know if I’ve got it or not! (call)

Customers who have recently bought a faulty washing machine (have been being/are being/can be) asked to call the company helpline.

Police say that the bank (’s been/was/was being) robbed in the early hours this morning.

If only we ____the money to buy that house in the country – it was stunning! (have)

I wish I ________more about the range of creative jobs that exist when I was at school. I’m sure I’d be doing something else now if I had. (know)

Generally speaking, most teenagers don’t like (to be/to being/to have been) told what to do by their parents.

She (was thinking/had been thinking) about going to Hawaii to visit her sister for some time, so when she (had lost/lost her job) and was given a generous redundancy package, she immediately (called/had called) her sister to let her know .

The builders told us that the extension (could be/has been/should being) finished by the weekend if the weather stayed dry.

From next year we need to make some changes so that new students (are being/are/should be) given more support in their first term with us.