ActiveVoiceand Passive Voice

1.      I  (wake) by my mother at 6 o’clock every morning.

2.      We  (just/talk) about you.

3.      The class  (renovate) next year.

4.      We  (go) on an excursion now and then.

5.      It  (wash) several times.

My work  (check) now.

2.      They first  (meet) three years ago.

3.      The jumper  (buy) last week.

4.      They rarely (see) each other.

5.      We  (study) a lot at school.

1.      Then they said that the work  (do) by three o’clock.

2.      My hair  (just/cut). Look it is short.

3.      We  (have) five lessons on Mondays.

4.      I  (not/have) breakfast in the morning.

5.      My aunt  (give) me this book next Monday.

1.      When  (you/last/see) her?

2.       (you/hear) the latest news?

3.      I  (hope) they  (finish) by the end of this week.

4.      Sorry I cannot give you your book back. I  (not/finish) it.

5.      Pension  (bring) on Tuesdays.

6.      Look, a cat  (chase) by a neighboring dog.

Use the correct forms/ tenses of the given verbs.

What a shame! I’d rather you (1. not dismiss)  like that.

When I noticed that the blank stare he (2. give)  me, I (3. realize)  that he didn’t understand me.

Would you be so kind as (4. switch off)  the lights when leaving?

Just inside the outer of the earth’s atmosphere (5. be)  the elements necessary to protect it from ultraviolet rays, extreme temperatures, and threatening foreign substances.

The Swedish scientists, Alfred B. Nobel, left money (6. award)  to people who have done something important to help humankind.

I didn’t see anyone but I (7. watch) .

It’s imperative that the wildlife programme (8. broadcast)  tomorrow.

The President (9. deliver)  a speech, but in the end he (10. change)  his mind.

He has five outstanding students, each (11. deserve)  (12. give)  a scholarship.

I can’t understand why he (13. be)  so selfish. He isn’t usually like that.

I hope you don’t mind my mentioning this but some rumours (14. circulate)  about your engagement to a banker.

I’m sorry I wasn’t in when you came round. I would like (15. see)  you.

BRACE YOURSELF

All tenses (Present, Past, Future), both voices (Active, Passive), (Perfect, Simple, Continuous). + wish/if clauses + gerunds/bare infinitive/infinitive 

NB. No contracted forms, only full forms such as do not don't or didn't

EXERCISE 1

1.    While the book  (read) the bell  (ring).

2.   No, The window  just (open).

3.   They wished they  (not/lie) to him that day.

4.   As soon as we  (buy) new car yesterday, our neighbors  (come) to visit us.

5.   The children  (have) a nap during two hours every day.

6.   A match of hockey  (watch) last Saturday.

7.   Next week seems to be very busy. First of all, on Monday we  (meet) our partners.

8.   Secondly, on Tuesday a conference on violence  (take) place.

9.    (we/invite) the representatives from SLE?

10.                I think that they  (not/be) interested.

EXERCISE 2

    1.      If you still  (decide)  (call) them, you  (can)  (tell) them that all   

          the   participants  (must)  (present) their company.

2.                If this test  (write) tomorrow, then the teacher  (can) check it the day after tomorrow.

3.                Driver’s licence  (require)  (drive).

4.                I wish he  (call) me at last!

5.                Unless the book  (read) last summer, they  (be) in trouble.

6.                By the time the firebrigade  (arrive), the warehouse  (destroy) completely.

7.                I  (have) only ten minutes  (get) home. The program  (start) in 8 minutes.

8.                Look! Your bicycle  (break). It is in pieces!

9.                Look! Your bicycle  (break). Who is that naughty boy who  (try) to break it apart?

10.               By the end of this term many exercises  (do).

11.                By the end of last term many exercises  (do).

EXERCISE 3

    1.               John  (not/play) the guitar right now.

2.               His guitar  (take) to the workshop.

3.               I  (think) it  (repair) at the moment.

4.               When he  (take) it there yestrday after he  (break) it.

5.               The master  (say) that it  (be) ready the following week.

6.               This year I   (study) hard. And the year is not over yet.

7.               As last year I  (receive) bottom marks as I (not/do) any work at all.

8.               Last night, we  (have) dinner with our friends. It  (be) a nice event as all of our best friends  (invite) to the party.

9.               Tim  (not have) problem with his weight when he  (be) at school.

10.                Tim  (not have) problem with his weight so far.

11.               I think that Tim  (not have) problem with his weight any more.

12.               Tim  (not have) problem with his weight before he  (start) to goble junk food.

FUTURE 

1.   As soon as she  (see) that her children  (finish) weeding the garden, she  (be) happy.

2.   As soon as I  (feel) that you  (do) something wrong, I  (punish) you.

3.   As soon as he  (receive) his pay check, he  (pay) the rent.

4.   They  (start) to shout as soon as they  (realize) it.

5.   Don’t sell this material to them. As soon as they  (realize) that you  (sell) them defective article, they  (sue) you.

6.   He  (post) this letter as soon as he  (finish) it.

7.   They  (tell) you everything as soon as you  (ask) them.

8.   As soon as he  (answer) question 1, he  (proceed) to question 2.

9.   It is not a smart thing to do. As soon as everybody  (learn) that you  (do) it, you  (be) laughed at.

10.         As soon as you  (hand) in the composition what you  (write) I  (mark) it.

11.         He  (see) the result as soon as you  (complete) this work.

12.         As soon as you  (come), you  (see) that I  (already/finish) cleaning the house.

13.         As soon as the cashier  (see) that you  (take) alcohol, she  (ask) you for an ID card.

14.         As soon as they  (arrive) they  (see) that everything  (clean).

15.         I  (come) to take my car from the garage as soon as the mechanic  (call) me.

16.   As soon as she  (find) a new job, she  (quit) her old one.

17.   Mary  (tell) Mark what she has decided as soon as she  (make) up her mind.

18.   As soon as they  (understand) what you  (offer), they  (can) answer you.

19.   She  (agree) to the offer as soon as she  (think) it over.

 TENSES TENSES TENSES

1.     Many fairy tales  (read) for children by their parents.

2.    Furniture  (sell) at the shops.

3.    Don’ t sit on that chair it  (break) and we  (not/repair) it yet.

4.    The room  (clean) yesterday. Now it is clean and I can rest. I  (sit) and  (read) one of my favorite books.

5.    When we  (arrive) at the camping site last weekend, we see, that empty bottles  (throw) by somebody everywhere. The people who  (rest) there before  (not/collect) them. We were very disappointed. We  (collect) them ourselves.

6.    A: Why  (the baby/cry)?  B: I  (think) it  (feed) at the moment and as you  (know), babies  (not/like) to sit still.

7.    We  (not/have) any sugar, I  (go) to the shop now.  (you/need) anything?

8.    We  (arrive) at the hotel at 12:00, just as we  (deal) by phone. When we  (come) into the room, we  (see) that it  (not/clean) yet. The towels were dirty as they  (not/change). There were papers on the floor which  (not/collect) and the laundry  (look) as if it  (not/change) either.

9.    Last week I  (buy) a nice present for my mother. I  (come) across it really accidently. While I (stroll) around in the old town, I  (notice) a small shop which I  (not/see) there before. I  (enter) it and there  (be) many different souvenirs. Goods of different kinds  (display) on numerous shelves. On one of them I  (see) a beautiful vase. I  (look) for such vase for several years, and there it  (be). So I  (buy) it and  (leave) the shop.

10. As soon as he  (find) the ring which I  (lose) at his birthday party, he (call) me and (tell) me that it  (find) in the most unusual place – fridge!