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1.PUT THE VERBS INTO THE PRESENT PERFECT SIMPLE OR PRESENT

PERFECT CONTINUOUS
1.The police _______________ (not find) the murderer yet, but the dead man`s brother
______________ (be) in the station all day.The police say that he _____________
(help) them with their enquiries.
2. Ann _____________ (fail) her driving test three times because she`so bad at reversing.
But she _____________ ( practise) reversing for the last week and I think she ___________
(get) a bit better at it.
3.He _____________( work) for Crow brothers for forty years and never once ____________
(be) late.The firm just _______________ (present) him with a gold watch as a sign of their
appreciation.
4.Someone _____________ (use) my umbrella! It`s all wet!And it was wet yesterday
and the day before! Well, it wasn`t me.I _______________(not be) out of the house for a
week!
5. I ______________(lose) my address book.________ you __________ (see) it?
6.Where have you been? _______ you _______________ (play) tennis?
7.Is it still raining? No, it _________________ (stop).
8. I ___________________ (read) the book you lent me, but I _____________________
( not finish) it yet.It`s very interesting.
2. ACTIVE INTO PASSIVE
1.Somebody cleans the room every day.
2.They cancelled all flights because of fog.
3.Are they pulling down the old theatre?
4. Someone has already told him to report for duty at six.
5. Students had warned us not to go out alone.

PASSIVE INTO ACTIVE

1. I think we are being followed.
2. Have you ever been mugged?
3. Evening dress will be worn by my sister.
4. Our house has been finally sold by us.
5. Has the dinner been made by you?

3. CHOOSE THE CORRECT VERB FORM.

1. He made me to do/ do/doing it all over again.
2. She can sing/singing/to sing quite well.
3. He didn`t argue/to argue/arguing with his boss.
4. It is easy to be/be/being wise after the event.
5. He tried to avoid answer/to answer/ answering my question.
6. Don`t forget to post/posting/post the letter I gave you.
7. Do you know how getting/to get/get to John`s house?
8. When I`m tired, I enjoy to watch/watching/watch television.It`s relaxing.

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1. RELATIVE CLAUSES
Combine the sentences using a relative pronoun.Add punctuation where necessary.
1. Those are the people.They shouted at us.
Those______________________________________________ .
2. Tom had been driving all day.He was tired and wanted to stop.
Tom_________________________________________________ .
3. There is a woman living next door to me.She`s a doctor.
The woman_____________________________________________ .
4. London was once the largest city in the world, but the population is now falling.
The population od London______________________________________ .
5. A job was advertised.A lot of people applied for it.Few of them had the necessary
qualifications.
Few of__________________________________________________________
6.Amy has a son.She showed me a photograph of him. He is a policeman.
Amy showed me__________________________________________________
7. All of Mary`s brothers are married.
Mary has three brothers,_________________________________________.
8. Most of the information we were given was useless.
We were given a lot of information,_________________________________.
9. Both of Julia`s sisters are teachers.
Julia has two sisters ,_____________________________________________
10.None of the ten people who applied for the job was suitable.
Ten people applied for the job,___________________________________

2. PARTICIPLES
Rewrite the sentences using present or past participles instead of relative clauses:
1.We were kept awake by the dog that barked all night.
____________________________________________________________.
2. The figures which were given by the government were wrong.
_______________________________________________________________.
3. Cars that are parked on the pavement will be removed.
_________________________________________________________________.
4. Employees who handle food have to wear gloves.
___________________________________________________________________.
5. Products thar are made in China now have a good reputation.
______________________________________________________________________.
6. All the money that has been spent has been wasted.
______________________________________________________________________.
7. Passengers who arrived late missed the flight.
________________________________________________________________________.