Answer Key

Tenses, conditionals, modals (3)

Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence, use the word(s) given. Do not change the word(s) given.
  1. I'm sure Denise wasn't joking. – – – HAVE – – – Denise  [can't have, cannot have, could not have, couldn't have] been joking. 
  2. Jane started her journey three months ago. – – – TRAVELLING – – – Jane's  [been travelling for three] months. 
  3. The meeting might finish at 10 or 10:30. At 11:00 it has to be over! – – – FINISHED – – – The meeting will  [have finished] by 11:00. 
  4. “I don't think you're right,” she said with a frown. – – – SHE – – – She frowned and said [she did not think I was, she didn't think I was] right. 
  5. It is alleged the political party was funded by some criminal organizations. – – – TO – – – The political party is alleged  [to have been funded] by some criminal organizations. 
  6. Was drinking that much your standard when you were a student? – – – USE – – –  [Did you use to drink] that much when you were a student? 
  7. It would have been a good idea for you to keep a copy of the document. – – – OUGHT – – – You  [ought to have kept] a copy of the document. 
  8. When are you going to ask your doctor to take out that bad tooth? – – – HAVE – – – When are you going to  [have that bad tooth taken] out? 
  9. She's not very smart, so of course, she told him about our secret. If only she hadn't! – – – HAVE – – – She  [wouldn't have told him, would not have told him] about our secret if she were smart. 
  10. I have to get up very early every day. I don't like it. – – – ONLY – – – If  [only I didn't have to, only I did not have to] get up so early every day.