U NIT 9 GRAMMAR PRACTICE

Boost your English grammar! Practice past simple, past perfect, and passive voice with our engaging exercises.

Put the verbs in brackets into the past simple or past perfect. 1. By the time the rescuers arrived(arrive), they had run (run) out of food and water.2. The rescue team found (find) the child after they had searched (search) for ten hours.3. When I got(get) to the check-in desk, I realized I had left (leave) my ticket at home.4. It had rained (rain) all morning before the tornado touched (touch) down.5. They didn't know (not know) where to shelter from the storm because nobody had told (tell) them.6. Had you already left (you/ already leave) the office when the fire started (start)?7. The post hadn't arrived (not arrive) when I left (leave) home this morning.8. It had been (be) cloudy for days before it started (start) to rain heavily and flooded (flood) the whole City.9. After Tom and his neighbours had put out (put out) the fire, the fire engines arrived (arrive) at the cottage.10. She recognized (recognize) the warning signs that she had learnt (learn) in a school lesson on tsunami two days before. Complete the sentences with the passive form of the verbs in brackets. 1. Tsunamis arecaused ( cause) by large, undersea earthquakes.2. Nearly a quarter of all homes in the Keys were destroyed (destroy) by Hurricane Irma in 2017.3. Over the past two years, 500,000 damaged homes have been rebuilt (rebuild) with support from the government and donors.4. An earthquake warning system will be installed (install) on the West Coast next month.5. An average of 10 people in Florida are killed (kill) by lightning strikes annually.6. Indonesia was struck (strike) by a tsunami a few days ago.7. An estimated 10,000 people have been evacuated ( evacuate) due to the wildfires since Wednesday.8. Scientists predict the South coast will be hit (hit) by a large hurricane in two days.9. After the storm, some major roads are closed because they are being repaired (repair).10. The name Heather has been used (use) for three tropical cyclones up to now.