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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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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