Using the words in parentheses, complete the text below with the appropriate

tenses, then click the "Check" button to check your answers.

Lars: Excuse me, which movie are you waiting for?

Tony: We (wait) for the new Stars Wars movie. In fact, we

(wait) here for more than five hours.

Lars: Five hours? When did you arrive?

Tony: We (get) here at 6:00 o'clock this morning. More than forty people

(stand, already) here waiting for tickets when we arrived.

Lars: I can't believe that! Are you serious?

Tony: Yeah, people (take) Star Wars movies seriously. In fact, this

particular showing has been sold out for over a week. We (wait, just) in

line to get a good seat in the theater.

Lars: When did you buy your tickets?

Tony: I (buy) them last week by phone. I (know) tickets would

be hard to get because I (see) a news interview with a group of people

standing in line to get tickets. They (wait) in line for almost a month to buy

tickets for the first showing.

Lars: I don't believe that!

Tony: It's true. They (camp) out in front of Mann's Chinese Theater in Los

Angeles for about a month because they (want) to be the first people to

see the movie.

Complete the following sentences.
1. No other boy is as . as James. (tall / taller / tallest)
2. Milk is .. than any other food. (nourishing / more nourishing / most nourishing)
3. Radium is one of the metals. (valuable / more valuable / most valuable)
4. Few English poets were as . as Wordsworth. (great / greater / greatest)
5. Shimla is .. than most other hill stations in India. (famous / more famous / most famous)
6. Gold is one of the . metals. (precious / more precious / most precious)
7. Solomon was than any other king. (wise / wiser / wisest)
8. Few historians write as .. as Macaulay. (well / better /best)
9. Very few books are as . as David Copperfield. (popular / more popular / most popular)
10. A train is . than a car. (fast / faster / fastest)

The first sentence is in the ACTIVE VOICE. Choose the most correct way of saying the same
thing in the PASSIVE VOICE:

1. They were interviewing her for the job.

She ________________ for the job.
was being interviewed

was interviewed

has been interviewed

2. Tom is writing the letter.

The letter ________________ by Tom.
was written

is being written
 has been written

3. Everyone understands English.

English ________________ by everyone.
is understood

has been understood

was understood

4. The employees brought up this issue during the meeting.

This issue ________________ by the employees during the meeting.
has been brought up

is brought up

was brought up

5. The professor told him not to talk in class.

He ________________ by the professor not to talk in class.
has been told

was told

was being told

6. They say that women are smarter than men.

Women ________________ to be smarter than men.
were being said

were said

are said

7. The fire has destroyed the house.

The house ________________ by the fire.
has been destroyed

was being destroyed

is destroyed
8. She would have told you.
You ________________ by her.
would have been told

would be told

were being told

9. She would reject the offer.

The offer ________________ by her.
will have been rejected

would be rejected

will be rejected

10. This surprises me.

I ________________ by this.
would have been surprised

will be surprised

am surprised