EXERCISES

Rewrite the sentences in passive voice.
Example: We read a very amusing book. A very amusing book was read by us.

Kerrie has paid the bill

I have eaten a hamburger

We have cycled five miles

I have opened the present

They have not read the book

You have not sent the parcel

We have not agreed to this issue

They have not caught the thieves

Has she phoned him?

Have they noticed us?

Simple Past / Past Perfect.
Fill in the correct verb tense

I can't believe I (get) that apartment. I (submit) my application last week, but I didn't think I had a chance of actually getting it. When I (show) up to take a look around, there were at least twenty other people who (arrive) before me. Most of them (fill, already) out their applications and were already leaving. The landlord said I could still apply, so I did.

I (try) to fill out the form, but I couldn't answer half of the questions. They (want) me to include references, but I didn't want to list my previous landlord because I (have) some problems with him in the past and I knew he wouldn't recommend me. I (end) up listing my father as a reference.

It was total luck that he (decide) to give me the apartment. It turns out that the landlord and my father (go) to high school together. He decided that I could have the apartment before he (look) at my credit report. I really lucked out!

Write the verbs in Past Perfect Simple.

The pupils talked about the film they (watch)

I was late for work because I (miss) the bus

We lived in the house that my father (build)

We admired the picture that Lucy (paint)

They watered the trees that they (plant)

The teacher corrected the tests that the pupils (write)

I received a good mark in my test because I (practise) on ego4u

The mail order house did not send me the shirt that I (order)

My friend was in the hospital because she (slip) on a banana skin.