Passive Tense
Fill in the blank in the passive voice
The front door _________ (leave) open last night.
was left
I ________ (work) here since I graduated school.
have worked
Complete the sentence with the past perfect form of the verb.
When we arrived the train __________ (leave).
had left
Fill in the blank with the correct form of the verb in the present perfect progressive:
We ________ (play) football for two hours.
We have been playing football for two hours.
Rewrite in the passive tense:
Martin Cooper made the first phone call in 1973.
The first phone call was made in 1973 by Martin Cooper.
Complete the sentence in the present perfect:
She _______ (live) here all her life.
has lived
Complete the sentence with the past perfect form of the verb.
I could sing along with the song because I _________ (hear) if before.
had heard
Correct the mistake in the given sentence:
My sister have been talking on the phone for 20 minuets.
My sister has been talking on the phone for 20 minuets.
Fill in the blank with a verb in the passive voice.
The file is still downloading, it ______________ (finish) by tomorrow night.
will be finished
Complete the sentence in the present perfect:
"Do you want some more?"
"No I _______ (have) enough."
Combine the two sentences with the given conjunction and put the verb that came first in the past perfect tense.
I went to bed.
I brushed my teeth.
After
I went to bed after I had brushed my teeth.
Explain the difference between the following two sentences:
I have been studying for the exam!
I have studied for the exam!
I have been studying for the exam!
Means I am still studying.
I have studied for the exam!
means I have finished studying.
Rewrite the following sentence as a question in the passive form including the word who.
This poem was written by Jalaladdin.
Who was this poem written by?
Add words to make the following a complete sentence in the present perfect.
you / ever / to / India / ?
Have you ever been to India?
Correct the mistakes in the given sentence. If you think there are no mistakes say so.
Had they eaten dinner when you arrive?
Had they eaten dinner when you arrived?
Which of the two sentences given are correct? If you think both are correct say so.
He has been writing poetry since he was 13.
He has written poetry since he was 13.
Both are correct
Fill in the blanks with a the given verb in the passive voice.
My father ___________ (drive, past) to the hospital because he ________ (give, past perfect) to much of his medicine.
was driven
had been given
Complete the sentence in the present perfect:
I _______ (speak, negative) Urdu for 10 years so I ________ (forgot) most of it.
haven't spoken
forgotten
Combine the two sentences with the given conjunction and put the verb that came first in the past perfect tense.
We lost the game.
I wore bad shoes.
Because
We lost the game because I had worn bad shoes.
I've _______ (work) hard but my sister ________ (do, negative) anything.
I've been working hard but my sister hasn't been doing anything.