Present/Past Simple Passive
Complete the sentence with the verbs in brackets. Use the Present Simple Passive or the Past Simple Passive.
Glue . . . (use) to hold the pages of a book together.
Complete the mini-dialogues with the verbs in brackets. Use the correct form of the Present Perfect Simple of the Past Simple.
A: How long . . . (you / be) a member of the Adventures Group.
B: I . . . (join) the group last year.
have you been, joined
Copy and complete the sentences with the correct verb in brackets. Use the Present Perfect Continuous.
. . . you . . . (build / plan) the route for a long time?
Have you been planning
Complete the sentence with the verbs in brackets. Use the Present Simple Passive or the Past Simple Passive.
Modern glue is synthetic, but in the past, glue . . . (make) differently.
was made
Complete the mini-dialogues with the verbs in brackets. Use the correct form of the Present Perfect Simple of the Past Simple.
A: Two women . . . (disappear) in the jungle five days ago.
B: . . . (a rescue team / arrive) in the area yet?
A: Yes, but they . . . (find) any sign of them yet.
disappeared, has a rescue team arrived, haven't found
Copy and complete the sentences with the correct verb in brackets. Use the Present Perfect Continuous.
He . . . (not go / not take) on journeys since his accident.
He hasn't been going
Complete the sentence with the verbs in brackets. Use the Present Simple Passive or the Past Simple Passive.
Starch, a white substance in potatoes and rice, . . . (include) in its ingredients.
was included
Complete the mini-dialogues with the verbs in brackets. Use the correct form of the Present Perfect Simple of the Past Simple.
A: . . . you ever . . . (organise) adventure holidays?
B: Yes. I . . . (start) organising adventure activities for families three years ago.
Have you ever organised, started
Copy and complete the sentences with the correct verb in brackets. Use the Present Perfect Continuous.
How long . . . they . . . (hide / hike) on the Pacific Crest Trail?
How long have they been hiking
Complete the sentence with the verbs in brackets. Use the Present Simple Passive or the Past Simple Passive.
Because of the starch, old books today . . . often . . . (find) with small insects inside them.
are often found
Complete the mini-dialogues with the verbs in brackets. Use the correct form of the Present Perfect Simple of the Past Simple.
A: Ben . . . (just / send) me a message. He's in hospital with a broken leg.
B: How . . . (that / happen)?
A: He . . . (fall) while he was mountain biking.
has just sent, did that happen, fell
Copy and complete the sentences with the correct verb in brackets. Use the Present Perfect Continuous.
We . . . (spend / find) the nights in campsites since we started our trip.
We have been spending
Complete the sentence with the verbs in brackets. Use the Present Simple Passive or the Past Simple Passive.
The old glue . . (eat) by these small insects, and books . . . sometimes . . . (destroy) completely by the insects.
is eaten, are sometimes destroyed
Complete the sentence about a modern-day adventurer with the verbs in brackets. Use the Present Perfect Simple or the Past Simple.
Like most people in the world, you . . . probably . . . (dream) about having adventures, but you . . . (not do) much about these dreams yet.
have, dreamt/dreamed, haven't done
Copy and complete the sentences with the correct verb in brackets. Use the Present Perfect Continuous.
She . . . (not share / not write) her blog for several months.
She hasn't been writing