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Active Slavonian women make the best cakes.

Present Simple
Passive The best cakes are made in Slavonia.

Active Slavonian women are making the best cakes.

Present
Continuous Passive The best cakes are being made in Slavonia.

Active Slavonian women made the best cakes.

Past Simple
Passive The best cakes were made in Slavonia.

Active Slavonian women were making the best cakes.

Past Continuous
Passive The best cakes were being made in Slavonia.
Active Slavonian women have made the best cakes.
Present Perfect
Simple Passive The best cakes have been made in Slavonia.
Active Slavonian women have been making the best cakes.
Present Perfect
Continuous Passive The best cakes xxxxx in Slavonia.

Active Slavonian women had made the best cakes.

Past Perfect
Simple Passive The best cakes had been made in Slavonia.

Active Slavonian women had been making the best cakes.

Past Perfect
Continuous Passive The best cakes xxxxx in Slavonia.

Active Slavonian women will make the best cakes.

Future Simple
Passive The best cakes will be made in Slavonia.
Active Slavonian women will be making the best cakes.
Future Continuous
Passive The best cakes xxxxx in Slavonia.

Active Slavonian women will have made the best cakes.

Future Perfect
Simple Passive The best cakes will have been made in Slavonia.

Active Slavonian women will have been making the best cakes.
Future Perfect
Continuous Passive The best cakes xxxxx in Slavonia.

Active Slavonian women are going to make the best cakes.

«going to» future
Passive The best cakes are going to be made in Slavonia.

Infinitive Active Slavonian women are to make the best cakes.

 Passive The best cakes are to be made in Slavonia.

I.

1. was taken
2. has broken
3. is spoken
4. is being read
5. had painted
6. was written
7. will be given
8. be left
9. tell
10. has been employed
11. gave
12. was given
13. runs
14. was knocked down
15. was ruined
16. will have my house built

17. has all her cakes made

18. has done her new hair-style

19. had all the letters sent by my secretary

20. repaired his bike

II. Suggested answers

A.

1. The car is being repaired by the garage mechanic now.

2. One million dollars has been donated for the victims of tsunami by a famous director.
3. The hotel was still being built when there was an earthquake.
4. The itinerary had been planned long before they went on their trip.
5. The newspapers will be delivered early in the morning.
6. All the files were destroyed by the fire.
7. What has been done to make them feel better?
8. Most of the work will have been completed by the time the president arrives.
9. It was believed for a long time that the Earth was the centre of the Universe.
10. He was made to pay back all the money.

1. Did they tell you to show your luggage?

2. The police is recording our conversation.
3. Someone will have taken the cake out of the oven by lunch time.
4. The lecturer is going to give us the handouts.
5. You should write the word “Croatian” with a capital letter.
6. They have just announced our flight.
7. They mine for opals in Australia.
 8. A handsome bartender was serving the drinks.
9. That teacher had punished several students before the authorities warned the parents about
the problem.
10. We are to hand in the essays at the end of the week.

1. If they had repaired the television set properly, it wouldn’t have broken down again.
2. You don’t have to defrost fish fingers before you fry them.
3. All the food for the wedding reception is going to be prepared by the bride’s aunt.
4. The hotel staff don’t wash the towels every day.
5. The leaflets were being counted by his young assistant.
6. A famous interior designer is redecorating their apartment.
7. The new laboratory has not yet been used by the students.
8. Someone must have erased the document.
9. It ought to have been reported to the principal.
10. People believed that he had been killed by the terrorists.

III.

1. had been drawn

2. is it made / was it made
3. will be given
4. Is it being occupied / Is it occupied
5. was knocked
6. has been taken
7. am going to be prepared
8. Who was it created by?
9. were being humiliated
10. haven't been told
11. have been supported
12. were stolen
13. Who was The Titanic directed by?
14. will be done
15. be washed
16. having been injured

17. to be finished

18. to be taken

IV. Suggested answers

1. have / get your eyes tested

2. have / get my car repaired

3. have it evaluated

4. will have all the arrangements made by my lawyer

5. are having dinner served

6. had had them prepared

7. was having her room painted

8. had my nails done

9. am going to have a suit made

10. have it washed / cleaned

V.

1 have been 14 is born

2 have been hunted 15 were being killed
3 killed 16 had been decreased
4 have been proven 17 became
5 will be killed 18 was needed
6 started 19 was introduced
7 were hunted 20 could continue
8 were used 21 is forbidden
9 was going on / went on 22 have not recovered
10 allowed 23 are considered
11 decreased 24 are hunted
12 were slaughtered 25 will be forced
13 do not breed

VI. PRETEŠKO I KONFUZNO

1. be
2. by
3. is
4. given
5. been
6. be
7. were
8. chosen
9. being
10. be
11. will
12. reduced
13. being
14. understood
15. be
16. been

VII.

1. X You don’t have to leave a tip because the service is included in the bill.
2. X All our crops are being ruined by the heavy rains.
3. X Too much attention has already been devoted to this problem.
4. X The old pine tree that stood at the end of our garden fell during the last storm.
5. X She kept turning because she had a feeling that they were being followed.
6. X They were driving very slowly because the fog was thickening.
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8. X A crate of medical supplies was still being loaded into the truck when the driver
 turned the engine on.

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10. X She went outside to collect the clothes that had been drying on the line.
11. √
12. √
13. X She remembered having been taken to the circus by her aunt, who was always
glad to spend some time with the kids.

14. X He had been made to tell them everything about the conspiracy before the plotters
had any chance to continue with their plans.

15. X He can’t talk at the meeting today because he is having his teeth fixed.