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araveg
Spain

TENSES HELP
 
Dear friends,
 
I needyour help. Is this exercise ok?
 
I �d be very grateful
 
Thanksin advance
      
COMPLETE THE SENTENCES WITH A VERB IN ACTIVE OR PASSIVE FORM:

1-      He(sentence) __WAS SENTENCED____________ to five years imrisionment by a judge

2-      The prisioner (allow)      IS  ALLOWED_____ out for exercise but he SPENDS  the  rest of their time in their cells

3-      I really must _HAVE DRIED AND CLEANED___________dress  (dry-clean) before my birthday

4-      They used (start) ____TO START ___ the engine hand. Now they (start) ____ARE STARTED by electricity

5- My grandma�s house  (burn) __WAS BURNT___ by a fire. She is   _LIVING___  in the basement

6-Why ___DON�T YOU DECORATE______  your house(decorate)? It will make it easier to sell

8-Almost half of the shoes which ___ARE MADE_ in India  are trainers.

9-      Lately sales of BOOTS (affect) __ARE AFFECTED_____ by the fact that they _HAVE BEEN ___ a fashion item for so many years

10-Peter plays tennis  every day but he can�t play today because he ____HASN�T REPAIRED  his racket (/repair)

 

26 Feb 2014      





douglas
United States

1-      He(sentence) __WAS SENTENCED____________ to five years imprisonment by a judge

2-      The prisoners (allow)    ARE ALLOWED_____ out for exercise but they  SPEND  the  rest of their time in their cells

3-      I really must _dry-clean my___________dress  (dry-clean) before my birthday

4-      They used (start) ____TO START ___ the engines by hand. Now they (start) ____ARE STARTED by electricity

5- My grandma�s house  (burn) __WAS BURNT___ by a fire. She is   _LIVING___  in the basement

6-Why ___DON�T YOU DECORATE______  your house(decorate)? It will make it easier to sell

8-Almost half of the shoes which ___ARE MADE_ in India  are trainers.

9-      Lately sales of BOOTS (affect) __ARE AFFECTED_____ by the fact that they _HAVE BEEN ___ a fashion item for so many years

10-Peter plays tennis  every day but he can�t play today because he ____HASN�T REPAIRED  his racket (/repair)

26 Feb 2014     



cunliffe
United Kingdom

Or
3. have my dress dry-cleaned.
4. engines used to be started by hand
5 burnt (down)
9. sales of boots have been affected
10 hasn �t had his racket repaired. 

26 Feb 2014     



a.antonides
Spain

With a slight difference:

3. causative → have my dressed dry-cleaned as you don �t usually do it yourself.  

4. to start - are being started → passive continuous (now)

5. was burnt

9. are affected - have been

10. causative → hasn �t had his racket repaired

26 Feb 2014     



araveg
Spain

thank you very much for your help
 
Have a nice day

27 Feb 2014