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
