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Q Tenses. Put in present perfect passive or present progressive passive verbs.
► 'Is the Army Museum still in Green Street?' 'No, it '{close)

1 'Don't look now, but I think we '{follow)
2 Hello, police? I'd like to report a theft. My handbag..........................................................{steal)
3 'Why did you take the bus?''My car '{repair)
4 I think someone's been in my room - some books..........................................................{move)
5 'There's nobody here.' 'No, all the students........................................................ home.'{send)
6 'When..........................................................you
'Tomorrow morning.'{interview)
7 A group of suspected terrorists..........................................................by the police, {arrest)

8 Another group of suspected terrorists........................................................ . but they
..........................................................{not arrest, watch)
9 The hospital will be closed for two years, while i t ........................................................ (rebuild)
10 James..........................................................to join the local football team, {ask)

Q Grammar in a text. Put in simple present active or passive verbs.

Gorillas ( ►find) in several countries in Central Africa. They are about

1.6 metres tall, and they (i cover)...............................................with black or brown hair. Gorillas'lives
(2 spend)...............................................in groups. Each group has five to ten gorillas in it. The gorillas
in a group (3 walk).............................................. about 0.5 to 1.0 km per day, looking for food. They
{4 not eat).............................................all the leaves in one part of the forest before moving on;
some leaves (s leave).............................................. on the trees and plants.
At night gorillas (6 sleep).............................................in nests; these nests
(7 make).............................................. of branches and leaves. The number of gorillas living in Africa
today (8 not know)...............................................but it is certain that this number is getting smaller.

Why? Because in the countries where the gorillas (9 live)...............................................more and more
trees (10 cut down).............................................. every year.

^ Internet exercise. Use a search engine (e.g. Google) to find short simple sentences with the

following verbs. Write the sentences.
"are made" ..............................................................................................................................................
"is spoken" .............................................................................................................................................
"will be spent" .......................................................................................................................................

"are being built" .....................................................................................................................................
"have been seen" ...................................................................................................................................
"were given" ...........................................................................................................................................
"were sent" .............................................................................................................................................
"was arrested" .........................................................................................................................................

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