Active and Passive Voice Tenses Revision Key

1.

1. has been studying/has studied
2. will be taking/ takes/is taking
3. passes
4. will then specialise
5. will take
6. will not be
7. is
8. will then have been studying/have studied
9. will have earned
10. has been working/has worked
11. has been supporting/ has supported
12. is expecting
13. will be giving up/is going to give up/will give up
14. will live/are going to live
15. stops
16. are not worrying/do not worry
17. will manage
18. is going to/ will qualify
19. takes

1. joined
2. had been working/ha'd worked
3. had acquired
4. worked/was working
5. was working
6. became
7. has been working/has worked
8. has proved
9. works
10. is working

1. am I doing
2. am babysitting
3. have gone
4. are
5. was babysitting
6. started
7. are being
8. is eating
9. gave
10. left
11. have found
12. are happily painting
13. assure/have assured
14. have done
15. had
16. hope
17. are telling/have told
18. has got
19. have been trying

2.

When the North and South finally laid down their arms in 1865 at the end of the American Civil War they had been fighting for over four years and the South, which had won several battles but had lost the war, was economically exhausted. It was a tragedy that Abraham Lincoln, who had led the North to victory and was now ready to be generous to the South, didn’t survive/hadn’t survived to make the peace. Five days after General Lee (had) surrendered at Appomattox, Lincoln was assassinated.

'What have you been doing with yourself lately? I haven’t seen you for over a month.'

'I have been in Stockholm since I last saw you.'

'Really? How long were you there and what did you do/were you doing?'

'Nearly three weeks. I did/was doing some research at the Royal Library. I think I have already told you that I am working on a book about Scandinavia.'

'Yes. How is it going/has it been going?'

'Not so bad. I hope/am hoping to have it in the hands of the publisher by the end of the year.'

3.

1 passive: were destroyed/have been destroyed

2 active: arrived

3 active: exists/existed

4 passive: was prevented

5 passive: are needed

6 active: have happened

7 active: deteriorated/ has deteriorated

8 active: receded

9 passive: were worn

10 passive: has been developed/ is being developed/ was developed

11 active: followed

12 passive: will be released/are being released

4.

1. has been sent
2. was stopped
3. was found
4. have drunk
5. heard
6. had been disqualified
7. was banned
8. said
9. had used
10. said
11. was depressed
12. went
13. drank
14. was caught

5.

1. was completely destroyed by the car
2. was awarded second prize
3. was refused permission to appeal against the decision
4. has earned them several million pounds
5. were recommended (to try) a new method of checking how much we were spending
6. has faded in the sun
7. sailing (being sailed) into the harbour

6.

1. I hadn't been... four months when I was taught the elements of marketing and (was) made a sales representative.

2. I recently had my salary increased by thirty per cent. The trouble is that at the same time I had my expense allowance reduced by nearly half.

3. I have been lent a book on computers and I... work. I had never had them explained to me before.

4. Have you ever had yourwashing stolen when... dry? I have. In fact I have been having mine stolen a bit at a time...

5. The latest news is that he has been charged with conspiracy, (has been) refused bail, and (has been) jailed. You may be forbidden any contact...

7.

(1)was

(2)being

(3) kicked/ thrown/ booted

(4) were

(5) had

(6) followed / pursued

(7) been

(6) be

(9) housed / accommodated / installed

(10) worked / thought / sorted

(11)being

(12) being/closely

8.

1. you have had your fingerprints put on police files you can never
2. have just got to get something done about this
3. for your help I would not have got my passport
4. of us can get everything organised all at the same
5. must take care not to get your family involved in any such dangerous

9.

A

1. This fabric creases easily.

2. My house is being watched.

3. I had my ceiling whitewashed yesterday.

4. Weapon must be handed in.

5. He is often taken for his brother.

6. The letter hasn’t been sent yet.

7. Have you had your car repaired yet?

8. Dictionaries can’t be used.

9. You have been warned.

10. By the time you come, all the flowers will have been watered.

11. This room hasn’t been used for ages.

12. He had his wallet with all the cash and credit cards stolen last year.

13. Do you think the ink stain will wash out?

14. He will be seen off by his relatives at the airport.

15. Are you having your house painted?

16. He is having his hand luggage searched.

17. Has the doctor been sent for?

B

I’ll never forget my first day at that office. I had been told to arrive 8.30, but when I got there the whole place seemed to be empty. I didn’t know what to do, because I had been given no information about the building or where I was going to work, so I just waited around until some of the secretaries began to turn up. Finally I was shown a dirty little office on the fifth floor, where I was given a desk in a corner. Nothing happened for an hour; then I was given some letters to type on a computer by one of the senior secretaries. This wasn’t very successful, because I had never been taught how to use a computer. (In the letter I was sent when I was offered the job, I was promised computer training, but they’d obviously forgotten about this.) By lunchtime things hadn’t got any better, and I decided that I wasn’t being paid enough to put up with this nonsense, so I walked out and didn’t go back.

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