4.6 - Simple, Progressive, and Perfect Tenses

​Tell the TENSE and VOICE of each underlined verb.

Multiple Choice

Carlos has purchased a new digital camera.

• Present Progressive,

  Active

• Present Progressive,

  Passive

• Present Perfect,

  Active

• Present Perfect,

  Passive

Multiple Choice

The check will have been mailed before the payment is due.

• Future Progressive,

  Active

• Future Progressive,

  Passive

• Future Perfect,

  Active

• Future Perfect,

  Passive

Multiple Choice

Louise had trained hard before the race.

• Past Progressive,

  Active

• Past Progressive,

  Passive

• Past Perfect,

  Active

• Past Perfect,

  Passive

Multiple Choice

The act will have been performed by the time you get there.

• Future Progressive,

  Active

• Future Progressive,

  Passive

• Future Perfect,

  Active

• Future Perfect,

  Passive

Complete the sentence

with the verbs in parentheses.

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Use the tense and voice indicated.

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Venice ____ on pilings in the marshy ground.

(build - simple past, passive)

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The weight of the city buildings ____ the pilings down into the muddy land.

(drive - present perfect, active)

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The city's residents and visitors ____ well water from beneath the city.

(use - present perfect, active)

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This also ____ to the gradual sinking of the city.

(contribute - present perfect, active)

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Global warming now ____ a rise in the water level in the sea and the lagoon.

(cause - present progressive, active)

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A plan finally was decided on in 2001 after many plans ____.

(propose - past perfect, passive)

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Workers ____ gates at entrances to the lagoon.

(construct - present progressive, active)

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These ____ high waters.

(block - simple future, active)

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Some ____ this plan for environmental reasons.

(oppose - simple present, active)

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The city ____ on the gates for many years.

(work - future progressive, active)

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I hope the city ____ the flooding problem with the plan.

(solve - future perfect, active)

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The beauty of Venice's waterways ____ romance to this city for centuries.

(add - present perfect progressive)