PAST SIMPLE AND PAST PERFECT: A) 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Put the verbs into the correct tense.

William (live) in Boston for six years before he (move) . to New York. The blue car (cross) .. the street after the lights (turn) .. red. When James (try) . to ring us, we (already/leave) the house. After Joanna (finish) her presentation, we (ask) our questions. On her first day at the driving school, we (be) . very nervous because we (not drive) a car before.

B) Read the following paragraph and put the verbs in bracket into the Simple Past or Past Perfect Simple. It (be) .. a cold and rainy Sunday, so I (decide) .. to finish the essay that I (start) .. writing a few days before. I (switch) .. on the computer and (open) the document. Then I (begin) looking for my notes that I (handwrite) on a sheet of paper. But the notes (be) not on my desk and I (can not) .. remember where I (put) .. them. I (turn) the whole house upside down. And where (I / find) .. my notes? I (leave) . them in the sitting room, under a huge staple of papers and magazines. Now that I (find) .. my notes, I (want) .. to continue writing my essay. F irst I (not know) .. what to write but then I (have) . lots of ideas. I (almost / complete) my essay when my computer suddenly (crash) and I (notice) that I (forget) to save the document.

PASSIVE VOICE: Present Simple, Present Perfect and Past Simple Passive Q.1) The house . (build) in 1645. a. is built b. was built c. has been built

Q.2) Bread (make) from milk, eggs and flour. a. is made b. was made c. has been made

Q.3) Twilight romance novels (write) by S. Meyers. a. are written b. were written c. have been written

Q.4) The film adaptations of the first three books . (release) in 2008, 2009 and 2010. a. are released b. were released c. have been released

Q.5) Pine cones . (eat) by squirrels. a. are eaten b. were eaten c. have been eaten

Q.6) Since 2012 the webpage . (visit) by 3.5 million people. a. is visited b. was visited c. has been visited

Q.7) Every day more than million items (search) by people in Google.com. a. are searched b. were searched c. have been searched

Q.8) The mailman (bite) by the dog two days ago. a. is bitten b. was bitten c. has been eaten

Q.9) The concert tonight . (cancel) because the guitarist is sick. a. is canceled b. was canceled c. has been canceled

Q.10) Sponge Bob Square Pants (create) by Stephen Hillenburg. a. is created b. was created c. has been created

Q.11) The new opera . (finish / just). a. is just finished b. was just finished c. has been just finished