2. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct tense, active or passive.

a The robbers (catch) as they ___________ (leave) the bank.

b Jo (arrive) home to find feathers everywhere. Her cat___________

(catch) a bird.

с Our dustbins (empty) on a Monday.

d Mr Taylor was furious with the newsagent because his Sunday newspaper

___________ (not deliver).

e It's a very upsetting time for Aunt Mary. Her budgie ___________ (miss) for three

days now.

f Why you (not like) going to the opera? We ___________

(love) it. We ___________(see) La Boheme next Saturday.

g We (drive) down a quiet country lane when suddenly we ___________

(overtake) by a police car.

h When I woke up this morning, the world looked like a wonderland. It ___________

(snow) all night.

i Don't worry. When you (arrive) in New York, you___________ (pick up) by

one of our drivers and taken to the conference centre.

5. At home on a train

1. Read about Pat and Ronald Thomas, who live on a train.

Put the verb in brackets into the correct verb form, active or passive.

Pat and Ronald Thomas (a) ______________ (not live) in a caravan, but their home (b) ______________ (travel) more miles than any house in Britain! Their house (c) ______________ (make) from a pair of Victorian railway carriages, and they (d) ______________ (live) there for ten years. ‘I (e) ______________ (not want) to live in a train at first,’ admits Pat, ‘but when I (f) ______________ (see) that this train had a garden with a stream, I just (g) ______________ (fall) in love with it. We (h) ______________ (buy) it from an old lady, and she (i) __________ already __________ (do) a lot of work on it. But there is a lot left to do and we (j) _________ still _________ (make) improvements.’

Visitors are often surprised to see how spacious the house is. All the dividing walls (k) ______________ (remove)? So now the rooms are about fifteen metres long.

Pat and Ronald (l) ______________ (pay) £68,000 for their house. Recently they (m) ______________ (offer) more than £100,000 for it, but it’s not for sale.

‘I (n) ______________ (discover) more and more about the history of this train all the time,’ says Ronald. ‘It (o) ______________ (build) in Swindon between 1855 and 1875. We (p) ______________ (work) so hard to make it beautiful that I don’t think we (q) _________ ever _________ (sell) it,’ he admits. ‘I hope it (r) ______________ (remain) in our family forever.’

2. Here are the answers to some questions about Pat and Ronald. Write the questions.

a _________________________________________in a caravan?

No, they don't. They live in a pair of railway carriages.

b __________________________________________________ ?

For ten years.

с _____________________________________________from_?

An old lady.

d __________________________________________________ ?

£68,000.

e __________________________________________________

__________________________________________________ ?

More than £100,000.

f __________________________________________________ ?

In Swindon between 1855 and 1875.

g __________________________________________________ ?

Yes, they are. They want to make it even more beautiful.

h __________________________________________________ ?

No, they won't. They want it to remain in the family forever.

Auxiliary verbs