📝 Daily Practice
🎯 Lesson Goal
This lesson reviews key B2 grammar and vocabulary from previous lessons to help you prepare for your final assessment. You will practice understanding and using reported speech, passive voice, modals of deduction, mixed conditionals, and advanced vocabulary in context.
🧠 Grammar Focus
This final review combines several important B2 structures. Reported speech changes direct statements into indirect reports: ‘She said that the experience had been rewarding.’ The passive voice uses be + past participle when the action or result is the main focus: ‘The project was praised.’ Modals of deduction use forms such as must have + past participle to make logical conclusions about the past: ‘She must have prepared well.’ Conditionals describe real, hypothetical, and unreal situations, while mixed conditionals connect different time periods. Accurate use of these structures helps you communicate complex ideas clearly in work, study, travel, and everyday situations.
📖 Short Reading
Last month, Anna traveled to Spain for a work conference. She said that the experience had been very rewarding and that she might visit the country again. The project she had been working on was praised by her colleagues. At the conference, it was explained that technology will change many industries soon. Anna must have prepared well because she confidently answered every question. If she had known about the schedule changes earlier, she would have adjusted her plans. Now, she is planning to share her experience with her team next week. Many decisions were taken during the conference, and Anna believes they will benefit the company in the future.
✏️ Exercise 1 – Fill in the Blanks
1. Anna said that the trip ____ very enjoyable. (was / is / were)
2. The project ____ by her team before the deadline. (was completed / completed / is completed)
3. They ____ have informed us about the change earlier. (should / would / might)
4. If she ____ the invitation sooner, she would have attended the meeting. (had received / received / will receive)
5. The results ____ explained during the conference yesterday. (were / was / is)
6. Anna ____ prepared well for the presentation because she answered all questions confidently. (must have / might / can)
7. If the schedule ____ changed, the team would have arrived on time. (had not been / was / were)
8. It was decided that the new technology ____ be introduced next year. (will / would / must)
🔗 Exercise 2 – Matching
1. Rewarding
2. Colleagues
3. Must have
4. Passive voice
5. Reported speech
6. Modals of deduction
7. Adjusted
8. Decisions
✅ Exercise 3 – Multiple Choice
1. Which sentence is in reported speech?
2. Choose the correct passive voice sentence.
3. Which sentence shows a modal of deduction?
4. Select the correct mixed conditional sentence.
5. Which sentence is correct for a future decision?
6. Choose the sentence with correct reported speech.
7. Which sentence uses a modal of deduction correctly?
8. Pick the correct passive voice sentence.
📝 Writing Practice
1. Write 3-5 sentences explaining your opinion or experience about a recent event you attended, using at least one example of reported speech, passive voice, or modals of deduction.
📚 Key Vocabulary
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| rewarding | providing satisfaction or benefit |
| colleagues | people you work with |
| conference | a formal meeting for discussion |
| praised | expressed approval or admiration |
| technology | tools and machines developed by science |
| confidently | in a self-assured way |
| adjusted | changed something to fit new conditions |
| decisions | choices made after thinking |
| benefit | an advantage or positive effect |
| schedule | a plan of events or activities |
| experience | knowledge or skill gained from doing something |
| project | a planned piece of work |
| explained | made something clear or understandable |
| must have | expresses logical conclusion about the past |
🔎 Answer Key
- exercise_1_fill_blanks: 1.was 2.was completed 3.should 4.had received 5.were 6.must have 7.had not been 8.would
- exercise_2_matching: 1.Rewarding – Providing satisfaction or benefit 2.Colleagues – People you work with 3.Must have – Expresses logical conclusion about the past 4.Passive voice – Focuses on the action or receiver, not the doer 5.Reported speech – Tells what someone else said 6.Modals of deduction – Shows possibility or certainty 7.Adjusted – Changed to fit new conditions 8.Decisions – Choices made after thinking
- exercise_3_multiple_choice: 1.Anna said she was tired. 2.The report was finished yesterday. 3.She must have missed the call. 4.If he had studied the topic, he would understand it now. 5.It will be decided tomorrow. 6.She told me that she could come. 7.They must be at home now. 8.The email was sent by the manager.
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