(do) at six o'clock when the accident you
D. Read the dialogue and complete the blanks with the Past Simple or the Past Progressive of the verbs in brackets.
Police officer What time (1)
you
Creturn) home yesterday?
Mrs Olson I think I (2)
(get) home at about half past five.
Police officer OK, and what (3)
you
Chappen)?
Mrs Olson Hmm, at six o'clock, let me see.. I (5)
(do) the washing-up.
Police officer So you (6)
(be) busy in the kitchen. How (7)
(see) the accident then?
Mrs Olson Well, as I (8)
(do) the washing-up. I (9)
(look) out of the
window. This is what I (10)
(see). A boy (11)
(ride) his bicycle
along Keynes Street. When he (12)
Creach) the corner of Keynes and Walton
Street, a car (13)
(turn) into Keynes Street. The driver (14)
(not see) the boy and (15)
Chit) him. The boy (16)
(fall) off his
bike but the driver (17)
(not stop). He just (18)
(drive) away!
That's why I (19)
(call the police and (20)
Creport)
the accident
Police officer (21)
you
(manage) to see the driver?
Mrs Olson No, I (22)
(not can see him. He (23)
(be) too far away
K

Once an incredibly funny story happened to me. The whole family came to the village for the summer. Me and my dad are going fishing. We didn't have to go far, because the river was right behind the garden.

This was not the first time I went fishing, so I knew approximately what was happening and how. While helping my father to untangle the line, I heard a strange rustle in the bushes. There was a coniferous forest on the other side, so we concluded that it could be a squirrel. Dad and I took turns casting our fishing rods, and in less than a minute each of us pulled out an average perch that was found here in abundance. The river was so clear and transparent, and the sun bright, that their shining scales and red fins could be easily seen bent over the crystal water.

We put our catch in a pre-prepared net and decided to have a snack. Mom gave us sandwiches for the trip so that we don't go hungry. But in the bag where they had been lying before, they were gone. “It's strange, I remember exactly putting them on the bottom of my backpack,” Dad said in disappointment and surprise at the same time. Something rustled in the bushes again, and we immediately turned our heads in the direction of the continuous noise.

Father got up and crawled into the bushes, and went out already holding by the scruff of our red cat Vasily, in whose teeth was one of the perches we caught. The gnawed bones of the second, after a careful examination of the bushes, were found next to the remains of bread from sandwiches. Well, the cat could hardly keep on its paws and looked more like a ginger Kolobok.

From that day on, he got another nickname Glutton. Of course, not every cat can eat so much!

Active Voice into Passive Voice:

1. The workers gave the boss some flowers last week.

Passive: The boss was given some flowers by the workers last week. PAST SIMPLE

2. The police followed the thieves into a building.

Passive: The thieves were followed by the police into a building. PAST SIMPLE

3. The students painted the walls last year.

Passive: The walls were painted by the students last year. PAST SIMPLE

4. They will pick up John at this office.

Passive: John will be picked up at this office. FUTURE SIMPLE

5. Did they repair all the windows?

Passive: Were all the windows repaired? PAST SIMPLE

6. The secretary will send all the documents to Mr. Smith tomorrow.

Passive: All the documents will be sent to Mr. Smith by the secretary tomorrow.

FUTURE SIMPLE

7. My grandmother bakes a delicious cake every day.

Passive: A delicious cake is baked by my grandmother every day. PRESENT SIMPLE