Exercise 1: Choose the best answer.

1.     The longest fish in the contest was eighteen inches long".

 "It_____ by Thelma Rivers".

 a. was catching    b. caught    c. was caught     d. catch

2. "I heard you decided to take up tennis".

 "Yes, I have_____ every day".

a. been played    b. been playing    c. playing     d. play

3. "Are we about to have dinner?".

 "Yes, it _____ in the dinning room".

 a. is serving    b. serves    c. is being served    d. served

4. "Why is Stanley in jail?"

 "He_____ of robbery".

a. has been convicted    b. has been convicting    c. has convicted     d. convicted

5. "Where are Jack and Jan?"

 "They_____ the boxes you asked for into the house".

a. have been bringing     b. bringing     c . have been brought     d. to bring

 6. "Where's the old chicken coop?"

"It_____ by a windstorm last year".

a. destroy     b. is destroyed          c. was destroyed          d. destroyed

7. "We're still looking for Thomas".

 "Hasn't he_____ yet?".

A. been found      b. to find      c. found          d. being found

8. "Whatever happened t that fortune - teller?"

"I don't know. She _____ around her in a long time".

 a. hasn't seen       b. didn't see         c. hasn't been seeing          d. hasn't been seen

9. "Diana is a wonderful ballet dancer".

"She_____ since she was four".

a. has been dancing         b. has been danced       c. is dancing       d. was danced

10. "What a beautiful dress you're wearing!"

 "Thank you. It_____ especially for me by a French tailor".

a.      is made    b. has made     c. made     d. was made

11. "Those eggs of different colors are very artistic".

 "Yes, they_____ in Russia".

 a. were painted    b. were paint      c. were painting      d. painted

12. "Homer is in jail for smoking marijuana".

"He_____ that it was against the law".

a. is telling     b. was told   c. old        d. tells

 13. "The maintenance people didn't remove the chairs from the ballroom".

"Don't worry. They _____ them before the dance begins".

 a. will have been moved     b. will have moved          c. were moved     d. moved
14. Gold_____ in California in the nineteenth century.

   a. was discovered       b. has been discovered         c. was discover       d. they discovered

15. _____ that military spending is extremely high.

a. We are felt     b. It feels    c. It is felt     d. We feel that it is

16. All planes_____ before departure.

 a. will checked              b. will has checked                c. will be checked                     d. will been checked

17. I wanted_____ by the head of the company, but it was impossible.

 a. to see     b. to be seen     c. seeing       d. being to see

18. Katherine_____ at Bob's house every night this week.

a. has been eaten    b. has eating    c. is being eating     d. has been eating

 19. "Where did you get these old dresses?".

"We_____ them in the old trunk".

a. were found    b. finding     c. found      d. have been found

20. "What happened to the old mail carrier?"

 "He_____ to a new neighborhood to work".

a.      has sent    b. was send     c. was sent      d. sent

 Exercise 2: Choose the best answer.

1. Some body cleans the room every day

a. The room every day is cleaned

 b. The room is every day cleaned

c. The room is cleaned every day

d. The room is cleaned by somebody every day

 2. They cancelled all flights because of fog.

 a. All flights because of fog were cancelled.

b. All flights were cancelled because of fog.

c. All flights were because of fog cancelled

d. All flights were cancelled by them because of fog

3. People don't use this road very often.

a. This road is not used very often

 b. Not very often this road is not used

c. This road very often is not used

d. This road not very often is used

4. Somebody accused me of stealing money

 a. I was accused by somebody of stealing money.

 b. I was accused of stealing money

 c. I was accused of stealing money by somebody

d. I was accused stealing money.

5. How do people learn languages?

 a. How are languages learned?

 b. How are languages learned by people?

 c. How languages are learned?

 d. Languages are learned how?