Past Story and Passive Structures

5. Past Story and Passive Structures

Rule

Tense

Example

Past Perfect Continuous

We use it when we talk about habits and long-lasting situations which now are different or finished

 

 # She was eating all day yesterday

 

6. Preposition Trainer. Translate the following sentences

Они настаивают на вашем присутствии или от имени нас всех, или из любопытства, хотя они оба не придут вовремя, потому что это не в их интересах. Всего наилучшего! Пожелай мне удачи! 

 

Answers:

 

1 Choose the correct tenses from the Past Story.

14. London has changed (change) a lot since we first came (come) to live here.

15. 'How many times have you seen (you see) this film?'

16. I heard Joegot (get) married last summer.

17. He had been living (live) alone for five years before we started dating.

18. Have you read (you read) Joanne Rowling’s latest book?

19. Did you hear (you hear) the storm last night?

20. I have been thinking (think) about her since she left(leave).

21. My cousin has been married (be) married three times.

22. What time did you call (you call) him today?

23. While she was talking (talk) on the phone the children started (start) fighting and broke (break) the window.

24. That woman has been standing (stand) looking at that picture for the last twenty minutes.

25. They had solved (solve) the problem before we came.

26. When I met (meet) him he had been working (work) as a waiter for a year or so.

 

2 Make sentences passive

1. I didn't realize that someone was recording our conversation.I didn’t realize that our conversation was being recorded

2. The police have never sent drivers to jail.Drivers have never been sent to jail (by the police)

3. Tom is building this houseThis house is being built by Tom

4. His behavior surprised me very muchI was surprised by his behavior very much

3. Write the comparative and superlative of the following adjectives and adverbs:

strangely, bad, crazy, annoying, sad, often, near

strangely – more strangely – the most strangely

bad – worse – the worst

crazy – crazier – the craziest

annoying – more annoying – the most annoying

sad – sadder – the saddest

often – more often – the most often

near – nearer – the nearest