Fill in the blanks with an appropriate verb form.
1The situation is very serious. We ............... something before it is too late.
Wrong!
Use "must do" to show that action is necessary now.
2That letter ............... by now. It might have been sent to the wrong address.
Wrong!
Use "should have arrived" for something expected to have happened before now.
3A decision ............... at the next meeting.
Wrong!
Use "will be taken" for a future passive action.
4Do you believe that more money ............... on education?
Wrong!
Use "should be spent" because the money receives the action.
5This building is in a dilapidated state. It ............... repaired a long time ago.
Wrong!
Use "should have been" to say that a necessary past action did not happen.
6I told my mother that I wanted ............... at 5:30.
Wrong!
Use "to be woken up" as the passive infinitive after "wanted".
7Nobody knows how the fire started. It ............... caused by a short circuit.
Wrong!
Use "might have been" for a possible past passive cause.
8How many children ............... every day?
Wrong!
Use "are born" for the present simple passive.
9You ............... plenty of time to make a decision.
Wrong!
Use "will be given" because the person receives the time.
10An honest person ............... by all.
Wrong!
Use "is respected" for the present simple passive.
11There was a fight at the party, but luckily, no one ...............
Select 2 answers.
Wrong!
Both "was injured" and "got injured" are correct passive forms here.
12I don't think that taxes ...............
Wrong!
Use "should be raised" because taxes receive the action; "raise" needs an object, so the active form is not possible here.
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- The situation is very serious. We must do something before it is too late.
- That letter should have arrived by now. It might have been sent to the wrong address.
- A decision will be taken at the next meeting.
- Do you believe that more money should be spent on education?
- This building is in a dilapidated state. It should have been repaired a long time ago.
- I told my mother that I wanted to be woken up at 5:30.
- Nobody knows how the fire started. It might have been caused by a short circuit.
- How many children are born every day?
- You will be given plenty of time to make a decision.
- An honest person is respected by all.
- There was a fight at the party, but luckily, no one was injured / got injured.
- I don’t think that taxes should be raised.