Progress Test 1 Active and Passive Voices

1. Choose the correct word or phrase in each sentence.

1) I looked at my watch – it (was reading/read) 5 minutes to eleven.

2) It’s a boring novel. I (have been reading/have read/read/was reading) it for 2 weeks.

3) I (lived/have lived) in Madrid for 5 years and now I miss it a lot.

4) When we bought the house, it (was/has been/have been) empty for several years.

5) The preparations for the party (have just finished/had just finished) and the guests are already arriving.

6) I can’t believe my eyes! My book (was already published/had already been published/has already been published)!

7) He (was sitting/sat/had sat) in the park until the light (had faded/faded).

8) I’m waiting for Sue. (Have you seen/Did you see) her?

9) The old fireplace (was replaced/has been replaced/replaced) in this room recently.

10) I hope this road (will be repaired/will be repairing/will have repaired/will have been repaired)

2. Use the correct tense forms of the verbs in brackets.

1) Mrs. Carlton (to switch) on the light above her head and now (to lie) back against her pillow with a thermometer between her lips. (refers to the Past)

2) They (to walk) slowly to the seat on which she and Bart (to sit) on the first day she (to come) to Pine Ridge and (to sit) there in silence. (The Past)

3) A lens and forceps lying upon the seat of the chair (to suggest) that the hat (to suspend) in this manner for the purpose of examination. (The Past)

4) He is a man who (to lead) a sedentary life, (to go) out little, (to have) grizzled hair which he (to have) cut within the last few days and which he (to anoint) with lime-cream.

5) It was only after he (to sit) down in the vacant seat in the dinning car that he (to notice) Kate.

6) Dennis (to work) at a new project this semester.

7) He (to stay) in bed now. He (to break) his leg. Yesterday he (to slip) and (to fall).

8) Mother (to cook) supper and (to watch) TV. (The Past)

9) John and Mary (look) for a house to buy. They hope they (find) something suitable before their baby (bear). This afternoon they (meet) the estate agent and a new house (show) to them (already, describe) on the phone what the new house (look like).

10) While my car (to fix) I made a telephone call to my office.

11) Since he (to fail) to get promotion he lost interest in his job.

12) When I come home I (to clean) my flat as usual.

3. What tenses will you use in the underlined words or phrases? Just name the tense.

Pattern: Я иду к зубному. (present cont.)

1. На ул. Маяковского возводится памятник великому русскому поэту.

2. Джон включил телевизор. Шел сериал «Клон».

3. Я почувствовал, что нечто кольнуло меня в бок.

4. В то время как заряжался мой мобильный телефон, я сидел у камина, читая роман.

5. Вы когда-нибудь были в Лондоне?

4. Imagine that you are teacher. Your task is to find as many errors as possible.

1) The rise in demand for timber destroys large areas of rain forest, isn’t it?

2) Let’s see that the children won’t get nervous, shall we/

3) The important thing that he knows is when the book comes out.

4) I’ve met a famous person in the High Street. Do you really/

5) She was living in Spain before her family had moved to Brazil.

6) We used to visit Switzerland four times during the 1970s and now we stay in Moscow for a bit.

7) She is treated in hospital, isn’t she/

8) When I went into the room I could smell cigarette smoke. Obviously somebody was smoking in there.

9) This is the first time he drove a car.

10) When a child she had got long fair hair, now she is wearing her hair short.

11) At that time we had no computer. We sold our old one.

12) After he had promised the job, he felt quite jubilant.

5. Explain the usage of tenses in the underlined fragments of the following sentences:

1) I must be well by that time, whatever happens.

2) I’m seeing Jason at his office on May 25.

3) When I came in he was having dinner.

4) After we’ve done all the packing it will be nice to have a light meal.

5) We’ll have fulfilled our work by the end of the month.

6) My friend was being asked by the teacher when I entered the classroom.

7) The new film is being demonstrated in all the big cinemas of Moscow.

8) He had been seen to read a yellow paper as they said.

6. Poor Jerusha Abbott can’t send a letter to her Daddy-Long-Legs, as she doesn’t know how to use English tenses. Help her to complete the letter.

Dear D. L. L.

I (study) Latin prose composition. My reexamination (come) the 7^th hour next Tuesday, and (to pass) or BUST.

I (be) a BEAST.

Please forget about that dreadful letter I (send) you last week – I (feel) terribly lonely the night I (write). I (not know) it but I just (come down) with tonsillitis and grippe. I (be) in the infirmary now and (be) here for 6 days; this is the first time they (let) me sit up and write. The head nurse is very bossy. But I (think) about it all the time and I (not get) well until you (forgive) me.

Here is a picture of the way I (look) with a bandage tied around my head. (not that arose) your sympathy?

Please forgive me for being impertinent. I badly (bring up).

Yours with love,

Judy Abbott