Hadrian's Wall

Tenses Exercise

3. Sharon (love) to travel. She (go) abroad almost every summer.
6. Sam (try) to change a light bulb when he (slip) and (fell).
7. Everyday I (wake) up at 6 o'clock, (eat) breakfast at 7 o'clock and (leave) for work at 8 o'clock. However, this morning I (get) up at 6:30, (skip) breakfast and (leave) for work late because I (forget) to set my alarm.
8. Right now, Jim (read) the newspaper and Kathy (make) dinner. Last night at this time, they (do) the same thing. She (cook) and he (read) the newspaper. Tomorrow at this time, they (do, also) the same thing. She (prepare) dinner and he (read). They are very predictable people!
9. By this time next summer, you (complete) your studies and (find) a job. I, on the other hand, (accomplish, not) anything. I (study, still) and you (work) in some new high paying job.
10. The students (be, usually) taught by Mrs. Monty. However, this week they (teach) taught by Mr. Tanzer.

Exercise on Reported Speech

Complete the sentences in reported speech. Note whether the sentence is a request, a statement or a question and whether you have to change the tenses or not.

1. "I was very tired," she said.
→ She said

2. "Be careful, Ben," she said.
→ She told Ben

3. "I will get myself a drink," she says.
→ She says

4. "Why haven't you phoned me?" he asked me.
→ He wondered

5. "I cannot drive them home," he said.
→ He said

6. "Peter, do you prefer tea or coffee?" she says.
→ She asks Peter

7. "Where did you spend your holidays last year?" she asked me.
→ She asked me

8. He said, "Don't go too far."
→ He advised her

9. "Have you been shopping?" he asked us.
→ He wanted to know

10. "Don't make so much noise," he says.
→ He asks us

Passive Voice

1. People believe that nuclear power stations are dangerous.
→

2. His collegues thought that he was on holiday.
→

3. People know that cars pollute the environment.
→

4. They suppose that the new product will come out soon.
→

5. They found that the mission was impossible.
→

6. She would not have noticed the mistake. -

7. I would not have given this book away. -

8. Would my mum have packed the bag? -

9. He must fill in the form. -

10. They need not buy bread. -

11. He could not read the sentence. -

12. Will the teacher test our English? -

Hadrian's Wall

Fill the gaps with the correct tenses (active or passive voice).

1. In the year 122 AD, the Roman Emperor Hadrian (visit) his provinces in Britain.

2. On his visit, the Roman soldiers (tell) him that Pictish tribes from Britain's north (attack) them.

3. So Hadrian (give) the order to build a protective wall across one of the narrowest parts of the country.

4. After 6 years of hard work, the Wall (finish) in 128.

5. It (be) 117 kilometres long and about 4 metres high.

6. The Wall (guard) by 15,000 Roman soldiers.

7. Every 8 kilometres there (be) a large fort in which up to 1,000 soldiers (find) shelter.

8. The soldiers (watch) over the frontier to the north and (check) the people who(want) to enter or leave Roman Britain.

9. In order to pass through the Wall, people (must go) to one of the small forts that (serve) as gateways.

10. Those forts (call) milecastles because the distance from one fort to another (be) one Roman mile (about 1,500 metres).

11. Between the milecastles there (be) two turrets from which the soldiers (guard) the Wall.

12. If the Wall (attack) by enemies, the soldiers at the turrets (run) to the nearest milecastle for help or (light) a fire that (can / see) by the soldiers in the milecastle.

13. In 383 Hadrian's Wall (abandon).

14. Today Hadrian's Wall (be) the most popular tourist attraction in northern England.

15. In 1987, it (become) a UNESCO World Heritage Site.