Mixed tenses passive PDF

Passive voice: mixed tenses - PDF exercises for pre-intermediate, intermediate and advanced students of English to download for free.

Passive voice Mixed tenses Exercise 1

Key with answers 1

• Present simple vs continuous. Complete sentences with verbs in brackets:
  German ___ in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. (speak)
  German is spoken in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.
  Two films ___ at the cinema at the moment. (show)
  Two films are being shown at the cinema at the moment.

Passive voice Mixed tenses Exercise 2

Key with answers 2

• Past simple vs present perfect. Use the following words to make sentences:
  (the mistake | make | a long time ago)
  The mistake was made a long time ago.
  (such a lion | not see | so far)
  Such a lion has not been seen so far.

Passive voice Mixed tenses Exercise 3

Key with answers 3

• Past simple vs past perfect. Choose correct forms in each sentence:
  They escaped. They were warned | had been warned by somebody. ___

Passive voice Mixed tenses Exercise 4

Key with answers 4

• Present perfect vs past perfect. Rewrite sentences (the active to passive voice):
  Look. They haven't changed anything in this room.
  Look. Nothing has been changed in this room.
  I realized that they had misunderstood my idea.
  I realized that my idea had been misunderstood.

Passive voice Mixed tenses Exercise 5

Key with answers 5

• All tenses. Complete the interview with Steve Hobs, the manager at Grapple Phones:
  Interviewer: Your new Smartphone Z ___ now. (sell) Does it bring any new features?
  Steve Hobs: Yes, it does. Smartphone Z ___ last week (launch) with all the revolutionary features which ___ (develop) for the previous Smarthone Y. And two new funcionalities...

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