MIXED TENSES (ACTIVE AND PASSIVE)

1. I'm planning to buy a new house. I …………………………….. (look) for one for two months now.
So far ……………………….. (look) at ten houses, but I …………………… (not find) one I like.
2. After she ………………………….(clean) the house she’ll watch TV.
3. A: Are you all right?
B: Yes, I am. I ……………………. (not/sleep) very well last night. I ………………………(just/go)
to sleep last night when a lot of noise outside ……………………. (wake) me up. I ……………………. (get
up) and ……………………. (go) to the window. I ………………… (stand) there for a few minutes when
two police cars …………………. (stop) outside my house. I ………………………. (go) downstairs and a
policeman ………………….. (tell) me that two prisoners had escaped from prison and ………………….
………. (hide) in the area.
4. A: ………………………….(you/ever/appear) on TV?
B: Actually, I …………………………… (recently /ask) to take part in a show.
5. Max looks very fit. He ………………………….. (do) a lot of exercise these days.
6. A: Good morning, Catharine. A special guest …………………… (come) to our hotel this morning.
B: Really! ………………………. (I / know) who he is?
A: I ……………………. (think) you do. He ……………………… (star) in the TV series, 'Roofop', at
the moment.
7. Pompeii is an ancient town in Italy which ………………….. (destroy) when a volcano erupted in
79 AD. The lava and the ash ……………….. (bury) the town along with everything and everyone
in it. Most of the site ………………………. (study) by archaeologists who …………………………
(uncover) many objects among the ruins. The town is now a popular tourist attraction and
………………………… (visit) by thousands of people each year.
8. A: What ………………………… (you / look for), Tom?
B: I ……………………………. (look for) my garage key. I ……………………… (always /look for)
the garage key, because nobody ever …………… (put) it back on its hook.
9. Oliver Twist ………………………. (write) by Charles Dickens.
10. A: …………………………………. (you / move) the house yet?
B: Yes, the last boxes ………………………….. (just / move).
11. Olive oil ……………………………. (produce) in Mediterranean.
12. Can you come to the police station? The man ……………………. (suspect) of stealing your wallet
…………………………… (arrest), and ………………………. (question) at the moment.
13. George ………………….. (be) engaged to Kay for three months. Today he received a box with
the engagement ring in it and all his letters to her.
14. Why are you watching? I ……………………………….. (watch) the 7 o’clock news.
15. ……………………………… ( you ever / bake) your own bread? No, but I want to try.
16. The last time I …………… (go) to Portorož was in August. I ………………. (invite) to spend the
weekend there with my friends.