English in Mind

Level 4

Grammar Practice

PHOTOCOPIABLE

GRAMMAR PRA

CTICE

1

Match the two sentences.

1

I didn’t need to get up early today as I had a day off.

2

I needn’t have got up early today as I had a day off.

3

You needn’t have watered the plants this morning.

4

You needn’t have reserved a table.

5

You didn’t need to tell me to switch off my mobile.

6

I didn’t need to study last weekend.

4

Read the dialogues. Write
didn’t need to or needn’t
have in the spaces.

Oliver:

Happy birthday, Mum!

Here’s your present.

Clare:

Thanks, Oliver. You

1

didn’t need to

get me a

present.

Oliver:

Of course I did, it’s your

birthday.

Clare:

Wow! What a beautiful

dress. Thank you! You

2

spent so

much money on me.

Oliver:

I know I

3

,

but I

wanted to.

Patrick:

I can’t believe it. You’ve

done all the washing up and

cleaned the kitchen.

Agatha:

Yes. I’ve been busy all

afternoon.

Patrick:

You

4

done the washing up, it was

my turn.

Agatha:

I know it was your

turn.

Patrick:

And you

5

clean the

kitchen either. I was planning

to do it later.

Agatha:

Yeah, right. So, I

6

do the

washing up and

7

cleaned the

kitchen. Your turn next time,

Patrick!

a

The restaurant was empty.

b

So I stayed in bed until ten o’clock; what luxury!

c

It’s obvious it has to be off in class.

d

It’s been raining all afternoon.

e

But I got up at the same time as normal and

now I’m tired.

f

All my exams had fi nished.

2

Rewrite the sentence using a present participle clause.

1

I felt incredibly nervous as I was accepting the prize.

Accepting the prize, I felt incredibly nervous.

2

She fell and broke her wrist while she was running down the stairs.

3

I saw him with Anna as I was walking down the road.

4

I get my best ideas while I am riding my bike.

5

They were waiting at the airport when they heard the news

about the plane crash.

6

He was looking out of the window and he saw a cat run into

the road.

3

Connect the two sentences to make one with a perfect
participle clause.

1

You had an early lunch. You went swimming.

Having had an early lunch, you went swimming.

2

He felt a bit ill. He had eaten too much chocolate.

3

He arrived early for the interview. He got really nervous.

4

She passed her exams with good grades. She went to Cardiff

University.

5

She had suffered from headaches for a month. She went for a

check-up at the doctor’s.

6

He travelled around the world for a year. He wrote a book about

his adventures.

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Level 4 Unit 14

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UNIT 14