Use Past Simple or Past Perfect.

1. When I ______(to come) home, mother______already_______ (to cook) dinner.

 

2. When father _____(to return) from work, we _____already______ (to do) our homework.

 

3. When the teacher __________(to enter) the classroom, the pupils ______already_____ (to open) their books.

 

4. Kate _______(to give) me the book which she ________(to buy) the day before.

 

5. Nick_______ (to show) the teacher the picture which he_______(to draw).

 

6. The boy ________(to give) the goats the grass which he __________(to bring) from the field.

 

7. Mother ______(to see) that Nick _________(not to wash) his hands.

 

8. The teacher _________(to understand) that Lena _________(not to do) her homework.

 

9. I __________(to know) that my friend __________(not yet to come).

 

10. Tom __________(to return) from the cinema at five o'clock.

 

11. Tom __________(to return) from the cinema by five o'clock.

 

12. I ____________(to finish) my homework at seven o'clock.

 

13. I _________(to finish) my homework by seven o'clock.

 

14. He ___________(to think) that he ____________(to lose) the money.

 

15. Ann ____________(to tell) me that she __________(to see) an interesting film.

 

16. When I __________(to wake) up yesterday, father_______ already _______(to

go) to work.

 

17. Nick ___________ (to think) that his father_________ (not yet to come) home.

 

18. Mary ___________(to tell) us that she ______________(to cook) a good dinner.

 

 

Complete the sentences using Present Simple, Past Simple, Future Simple; Present Continuous, Past Continuous; Present Perfect, Past Perfect.

 

 

It was eight o'clock in the morning and time for me to go to work. I 1)_________(to look) out of the window. It 2) __________(to rain) hard. "You 3)_________ (to get) wet through if you 4)____________ (to go) out now," said my mother. I an­swered, "I 5)__________(to take) an umbrella." We 5)_________(to have) five umbrellas in the house, but when I 6)____________(to want) to take one, I 7)_________(to find) that there 8) _________(to be) not one that I could use: they all 9) __________(to be) torn or broken. So I 10) _______(to take) them all and 11) _________(to carry) them to the umbrella-maker, saying that I would call for the umbrellas on my way home in the evening. When I 12)______ (to go) to have lunch in the afternoon, it still 13)_________(to rain) very hard. I 14)_________(to go) to the nearest cafe, and 15)_________(to sit) down at a table. A few minutes later a young woman 16)_________(to come) in and 17) ________(to sit) down at the same table with me. When I 18) _________(to finish) my lunch and 19) ________(to be) ready to leave, I absent-mindedly 20) _______(to take) her umbrella and (to start) for the exit. She 21)_________(to stop) me saying that I 22)__________(to take) her umbrella. I 23)___________(to return) the um­brella with many apologies. In the evening I 24)_______(to go) to the umbrella-maker, 25)_______(to take) my five umbrellas and 26) ________(to get) on the tram to go home. It so happened that the woman I 27) _________(to meet) at the cafe 28)________(to ride) in the same tram. When she 29) _________(to see) me with my five umbrellas, she 30)_________(to say): "You 31) _________(to have) a successful day today, 32) _________(to have not) you?"

 

 

Use Present, Past or Future Simple Passive.

 

 

1. Bread __________ (to eat) every day.

 

2. The letter ________________(to receive) yesterday.

 

3. Nick_____________(to send) to Moscow next week.

 

4. I _______________(to ask) at the lesson yesterday.

 

5. I ______________(to give) a very interesting book at the library last Friday.

 

6. Many houses ______________(to build) in our town every year.

 

7. This work _________________(to do) tomorrow.

 

8. This text ________________(to translate) at the last lesson.

 

9. These trees ____________________(to plant) last autumn.

 

10. Many interesting games always ________________(to play) at our PT lessons.

 

11. This bone _________________(to give) to my dog tomorrow.

 

12. We ____________(to invite) to a concert last Saturday.

 

13. My question ______________(to answer) yesterday.

 

14. Hockey _______________(to play) in winter.

 

15. Mushrooms ____________(to gather) in autumn.

 

16. Many houses _____________(to burn) during the Great Fire of London.

 

17. His new book _____________(to finish) next year.

 

18. Flowers _____________(to sell) in shops and in the streets.

 

19. St. Peters­burg ____________(to found) in 1703.

 

 

Change Active Voice into Passive.

 

E.g. Mother waters the flowers in the evening. — The flowers are watered in the evening (by Mother).

 

1. A marble pavilion protects the house.

 

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2. The boys will paint the roof of the house.

 

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3. Tom Saw­yer whitewashed the fence.

 

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4. Her daughters gave her three beautiful dishes as a birthday present.

 

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5. Tom gave Nick a book for his birthday.

 

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6. Our mother tells us stories every evening.

 

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7. Lydia will show you a new book of pictures.

 

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8. A boy showed her the way.

 

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9. They will send us a box of fruit.

 

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10. Five or six small children followed them.

 

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11. In summer the boys often drive the horses to the fields.

 

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12. Ivan Susanin led the Poles into the thickest part of the forest.

 

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13. The waves carried the boat away.

 

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14. We shall do the translation in the evening.

 

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15. They water the flowers regularly.

 

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16. You promised me these books long ago.

 

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17. Bessie's father gave her a complete set of Wal­ter Scott's works.

 

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18. Irene's husband brought her some beautiful shells from the south.

 

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19. The ex­plorers gave the newspaper reporters a long inter­view.

 

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20. Mr. Wilson will teach you English.

 

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Put the verb in brackets in the correct tense.

 

One summer morning Meeks (come) 1)________from the West to New York to find his sister. She (be) 2)________ Mrs. Mary Snyder, a widow, aged 52, who (live) 3)__________for a year in a tenement house in a crowed district.

At her address somebody (tell) 4)_______him that Mary (move) 5)________away longer than a month before. No one (can/tell) 6)_______him her new address.

On coming out of the house Mr. Meeks (address) 7)________a policeman who (stand) 8)________on the corner, and (explain) 9)__________his difficulty to him. “I (recently/make) 10)___________a lot of money and I’d like to help Mary as soon as possible”, he (add) 11)_________. The policeman (pull) 12)________ his moustache and (tell) 13)_________Meeks about Juggins. He (say) 14)_______ that Juggins (be) 15)_________ the leader of a new school detectives. “Juggins (solve) 16)_______some very difficult cases. I (take) 17)______ you to him”, the policeman said.

“If I (find) 18)______your sister, you (pay) 19)_______ me two hundred dollars. I (try) 20)_______ to solve your case. The disappearance of people in the city is the most interesting problem I (ever, work at) 21)________”, (say) 22)______the famous detective, (rise) 23)________ and (put) 24) his hat.

In fifteen minutes Juggins (return) 25)______ holding a little piece of paper with Mary’s new address. After Meeks (pay) 26)________ his bill, he (ask) 27)________ the detective to explain what he (do) 28)________.

 

 

Use Passive Voice.

 

1. At the last competition the first prize ___________(to win) by our team.

 

2. The question __________ (to settle) as soon as they arrived.

 

3. Your report must ______________(to divide) into two chapters.

 

4. Soon he _____________(to send) to a sanatorium.

 

5.The book ____________(to discuss) at the next conference.

6. The composition must _____________(to hand) in on Wednes­day.

 

7. Yesterday he _____________(to tell) to prepare a speech.

 

8. The article ____________(to publish) last week, if I am not mistaken.

 

9. The lectures ________________(to attend) by all of us.

 

10. A taxi __________(to call) fifteen minutes ago, so we are expecting it any moment.

 

11 The young man _____________(to introduce) to me only a couple of hours ago, but it seems to me that I've known him for years.

 

12.The rule explained by the teacher at the last lesson ___________(to understand) by all of us.

 

13. The poem was so beautiful that it __________(to learn) by everybody.

 

14. I hope the invitation ______________(to accept) by everybody.

 

15. The letter _______________(to post) in half an hour.