Present Perfect

Present Perfect

Rewrite the sentences in passive voice.

1. Kerrie has paid the bill. -

2. I have eaten a hamburger. -

3. We have cycled five miles. -

4. I have opened the present. -

5. They have not read the book. -

6. You have not sent the parcel. -

7. We have not agreed to this issue. -

8. They have not caught the thieves. -

9. Has she phoned him? -

10. Have they noticed us? -

Summary - The Fellowship of the Ring (J.R.R. Tolkien)

Summaries are usually written in present tense. Simple present is the most important tense in summaries. But other tenses are important,too.

Decide whether to use simple present, simple past, present perfect, conjunctive or passive voice. Use the long forms.

The Fellowship of the Ring (be) the first book of J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings trilogy, which (set) in a fictive world, Middle Earth. It (tell) the story of Frodo, a hobbit, and a magic ring.

As the story (begin) , Frodo (give) a magic ring. The wizard Gandalf then (tell) him of the Rings of Power and of Sauron, the Dark Lord, who (make) the Master Ring to rule all other Rings. Gandalf (advise) Frodo to leave home and keep the ring out of Sauron's hands who already (send) his Black Riders in search for it. Frodo's ring (give) Sauron the power to enslave Middle Earth