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Put the following sentences into passive:

1. The tennis club was holding a meeting at 6.30.

2. Her condition worried the vet.

3. We keep the butter here.

4. The broke the window.!. "eople have seen wolves in the streets.

6. The are repairing the bridge.#. The were carring the in$ured plaer o%% the %ield.

&. The have been repairing the road.9. Janet answered my questions.

10. Everybody supported the proposal.11. A visitor taught my economics class today.

12. What happened proved my point.

1. !omebody made a big mista"e.

1#. $ur law %irm represents the union.

1&. 'any companies use our so%tware programs.

1(. )he new process obtains much better results.

1*. )he government recogni+es the problem.

1,. )he waiter is calculating the bill.19. )he police will solve the crime.

20. )he merchants were displaying summer clothing.21. )he mosquitoes might bother you this time o% year.

22. Everybody accepted his o%%er.

2. We are hiring some new employees.

2#. )hey are tal"ing about what happened.

Put the following sentences into active:1. Alice was discouraged by the wea" response to the ads.

2. )he estate was evaluated by a pro%essional appraiser.

. !mo"e was detected by a sensor in the lab.#. )he hotel room has been cleaned by the maid.

&. A new hearing was requested by the de%endant-s lawyer.

(. )he carpet has been badly %aded by the sun.

*. A new plan was being developed by oberta.

,. )he entire pro/ect has been coordinated by a special tas" %orce.9. )he idea was critiqued by the entire sta%%.

10. )he roc"s were li%ted onto the truc" by a loader.

11. )he roc"et had been launched by a team %rom A!A.12. n%ortunately the house had been badly neglected by the previous owners.

1. )he pool is being cleaned by a neighbor-s son.

Select either past simple or present perfect:

1. 'r. 3rown left/has left last wee" %or a business trip.

2. !am lost/has lost his car "eys and can-t get home.

. )he choir sang/has sung that song a hundred times.

#. )he garage had/has had my car %or a wee" now and it still isn-t %i4ed.

&. We moved/have moved there ten years ago.(. We lived/have lived there ever since.

*. We lost/have lost the power about noon.

,. 5et-s go to the arrival section6the plane landed/has landed a %ew minutes ago.

9. 7 went/have gone to 8u"e niversity a %ew years ago.

10. )he city permitted/has permitted par"ing on that street %or years.

11. A%ter the interview the personnel director showed/has shown me the ca%eteria.

12. 7 complained/have complained about that problem a do+en times.

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1. 5ast winter my grandmother fell/has fallen and bro"e her hip.

1#. !ince the train stri"e began 7 drove/have driven to wor" every day.

1&. 7 drove/have driven my wi%e-s car to wor" this morning.