Question

Use the Past or Future Perfect, active or passive to complete the sentences given below


1. Two men were arrested when they tried to sell a painting that (steal) from Mrs. Hilton’s collection. It (give) to her as a wedding present.
2. Jane was surprised to find the fridge empty. All the food (eat).
3. The Kiddles ere able to go to the concert as the tickets (book) long before.
4. The newspaper report said that they lately there (be) a serious decline (падение) in the number of people qualifying as teachers.
5. By the end of the next month over 20 old buildings (demolish).
6. The newspaper report read that a ban (запрещение) on tiger hunting (impose) to prevent the instinction of tigers.
7. When the boss entered the room in the morning he saw that all the accounts (do).
8. The new software trial (complete) and the staff were ready to release it.
9. Columbus discovered America though at first he thought he (reach) Asia. Before he discovered it people (believe) that the earth was flat.
10. Scott reached the South Pole in 1912 but Amundsen (beat) him by a month.

Answer 1

1. was stolen
2. was eaten up.
3. were booked
4 had been
5. will have been demolished
6. will have been imposed
7. had been done
8. had been completed
9 had reached // believed
10.will have beaten