EXERCISE 3:

EXERCISE 3:     Complete the sentences with the correct verb form. Pay attention to whether the verb is active or passive.

1- Hardly (her head, touch]  ....................................... the pillow when her emergency pager (start)  ...................................  to bleep.

2- The moment he {see}........................................  the bright red sports car in the showroom window, he (KNOW)  .................................... he had to own it,

3- I hope, by the time she [leave] ...........................................school, she [change]  ................................. her mind about joining the army,

4- My daughter [want]  ...................................... to be a ballet dancer ever since I [take]  ................................. her to see 'Swan Lake" by the Sandlers Wells Ballet Company.

5- I think that by the time Bob [call] ............................................ around, my hair [be]  .................................  dry.

6-   The last time 1 [eat] ......................................... at Rackham's restaurant, I [have]  ................................. the poached salmon.

7- 1 [gain] .................................. some weight recently, but I have promised myself that I [diet] ................................... as soon as 1 [get] ....................................... the chance.

8- My sister is so lazy! Whenever she [hold]  ........................................... a party, she [hire]  ................................. caterers.

9- While our car [repair)  ...................................... tomorrow, I [look] ....................................... around the shops for a few items for the holiday,

10- We [not, buy)  .................................... any more furniture until we [move]  ................................. into our new house next month,

11- Just as she [board]  ........................................the plane, her boyfriend (run)  ................................. up to her begging her not to go.

12- No sooner (she. enter)  .......................................  the ballroom than her diamond necklace [drop] .................................. to the floor. To her embarrassment, individual diamonds shot off in all directions.

13- The first time she {take) ......................................... her son to school, she [stand]  ................................. at the gate watching him feeling a little sad.

14- By the lime my husband {get)  .......................................... out of the lift on the sixth floor, 1, having climbed the stairs, [be, already) ............................................. there to meet him. He couldn't believe it,

15- If I [keep] .................................... working at my present rate, I [address) ................................. all the envelopes before the post [collect] ............................................... from the office