Lena laughed. Started. The subjunctive mood. The PDF had taught her that.
Then she saw the note her teacher had added in the footer: “The password is the past participle of ‘to speak’ in its irregular form.”
At 2:15 AM, she reached the last exercise.
The next morning, Lena sat in the exam hall. The first question read: “Had I known the test would be this easy, I ______ (not / worry) so much.” b2 grammar exercises pdf
She typed the answer in the margin: had known / would have baked . Correct.
The PDF contained 200 exercises, each one a tiny trap of tenses and prepositions. Lena double-clicked the file. Page one loaded.
By exercise 155, she was dreaming in passive voice. “The homework ______ (must / finish) by noon.” Must be finished. Lena laughed
She hesitated. Inversion. Did he arrive? No… did he arrive was a question. She pictured the grammar table from page 42 of the PDF. Not only + auxiliary verb + subject. “Not only late…” Yes.
She had downloaded the file six months ago, back when “mixed conditionals” sounded like a type of fancy coffee and “inversion” was just something race car drivers did. Now, it was the only thing standing between her and a passing grade.
This was harder. Relative clauses with prepositions. To whom? Lena sighed. She scrolled down to the answer key—but it was password protected. The PDF forced her to think. The PDF had taught her that
Now it said: .
Whom. The answer was whom . “To whom the job seems ideally suited.” She corrected her mistake.
By exercise 102, her eyes were burning. Future perfect vs. future continuous. “By this time tomorrow, I ______ (take) the exam.” Will have taken. Correct.
Exercise 7: “Not only ______ (he arrive) late, but he also forgot the gifts.”
Exercise 200: “It’s high time you ______ (start) studying more seriously.”