Active and Passive Voice Tenses Revision Key

1.

1. has been studying/has studied 11. has been supporting/ has supported
2. will be taking/ takes/is taking 12. is expecting
3. passes 13. will be giving up/is going to give up/will give up
4. will then specialise 14. will live/are going to live
5. will take 15. stops
6. will not be 16. are not worrying/do not worry
7. is 17. will manage
8. will then have been studying/have studied 18. is going to/ will qualify
9. will have earned 19. takes
10. has been working/has worked

1. joined 6. became
2. had been working/ha'd worked 7. has been working/has worked
3. had acquired 8. has proved
4. worked/was working 9. works
5. was working 10. is working

1. am I doing 11. have found

2. am babysitting 12. are happily painting
3. have gone 13. assure/have assured
4. are 14. have done
5. was babysitting 15. had
6. started 16. hope
7. are being 17. are telling/have told
8. is eating 18. has got
9. gave 19. have been trying
10. left

2.

When the North and South finally laid down their arms in 1865 at the end of the American Civil War they had been fighting
for over four years and the South, which had won several battles but had lost the war, was economically exhausted. It
was a tragedy that Abraham Lincoln, who had led the North to victory and was now ready to be generous to the South,
didn’t survive/hadn’t survived to make the peace. Five days after General Lee (had) surrendered at Appomattox, Lincoln
was assassinated.

'What have you been doing with yourself lately? I haven’t seen you for over a month.'
'I have been in Stockholm since I last saw you.'
'Really? How long were you there and what did you do/were you doing?'
'Nearly three weeks. I did/was doing some research at the Royal Library. I think I have already told you that I am working
on a book about Scandinavia.'
'Yes. How is it going/has it been going?'
'Not so bad. I hope/am hoping to have it in the hands of the publisher by the end of the year.'

3.
1 passive: were destroyed/have been destroyed 7 active: deteriorated/ has deteriorated
2 active: arrived 8 active: receded
3 active: exists/existed 9 passive: were worn
4 passive: was prevented 10 passive: has been developed/ is being developed/ was developed
5 passive: are needed 11 active: followed
6 active: have happened 12 passive: will be released/are being released
4.

1. has been sent 8. said

2. was stopped 9. had used
3. was found 10. said
4. have drunk 11. was depressed
5. heard 12. went
6. had been disqualified 13. drank
7. was banned 14. was caught

5.

1. was completely destroyed by the car

2. was awarded second prize
3. was refused permission to appeal against the decision
4. has earned them several million pounds
5. were recommended (to try) a new method of checking how much we were spending
6. has faded in the sun
7. sailing (being sailed) into the harbour

6.

1. I hadn't been ... four months when I was taught the elements of marketing and (was) made a sales
representative.
2. I recently had my salary increased by thirty per cent. The trouble is that at the same time I had my expense
allowance reduced by nearly half.
3. I have been lent a book on computers and I... work. I had never had them explained to me before.
4. Have you ever had your washing stolen when ... dry? I have. In fact I have been having mine stolen a bit at a
time ...
5. The latest news is that he has been charged with conspiracy, (has been) refused bail, and (has been) jailed.
You may be forbidden any contact ...

7.

(1)was (7) been

(2)being (6) be
(3) kicked/ thrown/ booted (9) housed / accommodated / installed
(4) were (10) worked / thought / sorted
(5) had (11) being
(6) followed / pursued (12) being/closely

8.

1. you have had your fingerprints put on police files you can never
2. have just got to get something done about this
3. for your help I would not have got my passport
4. of us can get everything organised all at the same
5. must take care not to get your family involved in any such dangerous

9.

A
1. This fabric creases easily. 10. By the time you come, all the flowers will have been
2. My house is being watched. watered.
3. I had my ceiling whitewashed yesterday. 11. This room hasn’t been used for ages.
4. Weapon must be handed in. 12. He had his wallet with all the cash and credit cards
5. He is often taken for his brother. stolen last year.
6. The letter hasn’t been sent yet. 13. Do you think the ink stain will wash out?
7. Have you had your car repaired yet? 14. He will be seen off by his relatives at the airport.
8. Dictionaries can’t be used. 15. Are you having your house painted?
9. You have been warned. 16. He is having his hand luggage searched.
17. Has the doctor been sent for?

B
I’ll never forget my first day at that office. I had been told to arrive 8.30, but when I got there the whole place seemed to
be empty. I didn’t know what to do, because I had been given no information about the building or where I was going to
work, so I just waited around until some of the secretaries began to turn up. Finally I was shown a dirty little office on the
fifth floor, where I was given a desk in a corner. Nothing happened for an hour; then I was given some letters to type on a
computer by one of the senior secretaries. This wasn’t very successful, because I had never been taught how to use a
computer. (In the letter I was sent when I was offered the job, I was promised computer training, but they’d obviously
forgotten about this.) By lunchtime things hadn’t got any better, and I decided that I wasn’t being paid enough to put up
with this nonsense, so I walked out and didn’t go back.