The Past Perfect Passive

Exercise 1. Brian came home last night an found that his flat had been broken into. He made a list for the police describing all the things that had happened. Make up sentences according to the pattern.

Pattern: clothes/throw on the floor – When Brian came home, he found that his clothes had been thrown on the floor.

1. front door lock/break 2. mirror/smash 3. television/steal 4. money/take 5. furniture/ move 6.wine/drink 7. posters/tear down 8. books/remove from the shelves 9. desk drawer/break 10. food from the fridge/eat 11. watch/smash 12. wife’s diamonds/steal 13. milk/spill on the carpet 14. dog/put to sleep

The Future Perfect Passive

Exercise 1. Make up sentences using the Future Perfect Passive according to the pattern.

Pattern: By the time you get there (everything/do). – By the time you get there everything will have been done.

1. By next summer (the swimming pool/build) in this street. 2. By three o'clock (my work/finish) already. 3. By the time you come back (the flat/tidy up). 4. (The supper/ cook) by the time the children come from school? 5. By next year (this house/ reconstruct). 6. I hope by winter (this road/repair). 7. I think by tomorrow (the question/settle). 8. By the time he comes (all traces/hide). 9. You can’t go to the library at eight tomorrow. By that time (it close). 10. They think that by next winter (the reconstruction works/finish) and they’ll be able to let the tourists see the gallery.