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Exercise 10. Choose Present Perfect or Past Simple Active or Passive
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1. When it became clear that he would be moving to Austria, he _____________(sell) the house to his brother. 2. All the copies of the book already _______________________(sell out). 3. __________the car _______________(sell) for $2000 some days ago? 4. The tickets cost too much and ____________________(sell) badly. 5. Do you know if your neighbours _________________________(sell) their car? 6. According to yesterday’s newspapers, astronomers in Australia ______________(discover) a planet in a galaxy close to ours. 7. A new planet ________________________ (discover) but I don’t remember its name. 8. Radium ______________________ (discover) by Pierre and Marie Curie. 9. His father _________________ (receive) so many complains about the noise that he told Chris to sell his drums. 11. Over 50 letters of support _____________________ (receive) in the last 10 days. 12. His project ____________________ (receive) a lot of attention lately. Exercise 11. Turn from Active into Passive. 1. Someone is helping her with the housework. _She is being helped with the housework. 2. Thousands of people bought the book.___________________________________________ 3. You must give up your cigarettes_______________________________________________ 4. Fleming discovered pen education.______________________________________________ 5. They opened the Statue of Liberty in 1886._________________________________________ 6. You can improve your health with more exercise. __________________________________ 7. They are holding the meeting at 11 o'clock._______________________________________________ 8. My friend sent me an invitation. ________________________________________________ 9. The secretary has given Mrs Jones some letters. ____________________________________ 10. The traffic warden had already given him a ticket for illegal parking. __________________ 11. People must obey the law. ____________________________________________________ 12. They are performing the concert in London______________________________________________ 13. They returned my keys to me: someone had picked them up in the street. _______________ 14. You should keep the flowers in a warm sunny place. _______________________________ 15. A famous author was writing a TV documentary about India_________________________ 16. We can’t repair your clock. ___________________________________________________ 17. Someone is interviewing Dr Johnson at the moment. _______________________________ 18. You mustn’t touch this button. ________________________________________________ 19. They have made huge advances in computer technology in the last five years.___________ 20. The newspaper must print the story tomorrow.____________________________________ Download 0.54 Mb. Share with your friends:
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