ESCOLA SECUNDÁRIA C/ 3º C.E.B. DR.

MANUEL FERNANDES
FICHA DE GRAMÁTICA DE INGLÊS – 9º ANO, L. E. II
D. Change the active sentences below into passive ones. Use the words in brackets.

1. We sell tickets for all shows at the Box Office.

(Tickets for all shows/ sell/ at the Box Office) ______________________________________

2. Someone painted the office last week.

(The office/ paint/ last week) __________________________________________________

3. Several people saw the accident.

(The accident/ see/ several people) _____________________________________________

4. Where do they make these video records?

(Where/ these video records/ make) ____________________________________________

E. Build affirmative(+), negative(-) and interrogative(?) sentences in the Present Perfect

Tense.

1.We / just/ buy/ a new house (+)

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2. I/ never/ be/ to Brazil (-)
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3. You/ sell/ many TV sets this month (?)
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4. Susan/ come/ yet (?)
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F. Use the verbs in the box in the Present perfect Continuous Tense.

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1. Rachel _________________________ the grass. That’s why she’s so tired.

2. My eyes are so red because I__________________________ some onions.
3. They _________________________ the floors.
4. Your hands are really soft because you _________________________ the washing up, aren’t
they?

G. Insert the correct form and tense of the verbs in brackets.

On April 22nd 2002, millions of TVs around the world ____________ (be)switched off. TV-Turnoff
Network, a non-profit organization, ____________ (promote) the annual event since 1995. In the
beginning, only a few thousand people ____________ (take) part. In 2002, more than 12 countries
____________ (join) in.
People ____________ (worry) about the effects of TV ever since the 1940s, when television
____________ (become) popular. Each year, children in the U.S. ____________ (spend) more time
glued to the tube than doing anything else. But studies link excessive TV-viewing to problems such
as passivity, bad eating habits, lack of exercise, obesity and violent behaviour.

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