I. Write the correct tense form of the verb in brackets. 1. Sam (try) __was trying___ to change a light bulb when he (slip) ___slipped___ and (fall) ___fell__. 2. Right now, I am watching TV. Tomorrow at this time, I (watch) ___will be watching____ TV as well. Tomorrow after school, I (go) __am going____ to the beach. 3. If it (snow) ___snows___ this weekend, we (go) ___will go___ skiing near Lake Tahoe. 4. Sharon (love) ____loves___ to travel. She (go) ____goes_____ abroad almost every summer. Next year, she plans to go to Peru. 5. Right now, Jim (read) ___is reading____ the newspaper and Kathy (make) __is making___ dinner. Last night at this time, they (do) ___were doing___ the same thing. She (cook) ___was cooking___ and he (read) ___was reading____ the newspaper. Tomorrow at this time, they (do, also) ___will also be doing___ the same thing. She (prepare) ___will be preparing____ dinner and he (read) ___will be reading___. They are very predictable people! I (work) ____have been working___ for this company for more than thirty years, and I intend to stay here until I retire! 6. We were late because we had some car problems. By the time we (get) ___got___ to the train station, Susan (wait) ___had waited___ for us for more than two hours.
II. Change the active sentences into the passive form.
1. We haven’t cleaned our house for weeks. ____Our house has been cleaned for weeks_________ 2. They are going to open a new restaurant next week. ____A new restaurant is going to be opened next week. _______ 3. They couldn’t use the car because the garage was servicing it. ____The car couldn’t be used because it was being serviced in the garage _______ 4. Will they publish her new book next week? ____Will her new book be published next week? _________ 5. Someone has just found her. _____ She has just been found. _____ 6. You must finish the report soon. ___The report must be finished soon. ________ 7. They are producing a new kind of energy. ____A new kind of energy is being produced. ________ 8. His parents made him study hard for the exam. _____He was made to study hard for the exam by his parents. ___________ 9. You should turn off the lights after school. ____The lights should be turned off after school. _______ 10. They will be installing new solar panels on our roof. _____New solar panels will be being installed on our roof. ________