Put the verbs in brackets into the present perfect or the past
simple. Give reasons.
1 Niagara Falls
(be) a popular
tourist attraction for over a century.
2 The name Niagara
(come)
from the Native American word meaning
thundering noise'.
3 A lot of people (try) to go over
the falls. In 1901, 41-year-old schoolteacher
Annie Edson Taylor
(go) over
them in a barrel and (survive)!
4 In 1990, David Copperfield
(perform) a magic trick where he
(appear) to go over them while
chained up.
It had been discovered three years before by a farmer from Mildenhall, in Siffolk, but the discovery for some reason had been kept secret until then.
The newspaper article said the treasure has been sent to the British Museum.
The name of the farmer was given as Gordon Butcher.
The moment I read the story I sprang up from my chair and rushed out to my car.
Тридцать лет назад я был еще не женат и жил с мамой.
Однажды утром в апреле, когда я читал газету, я наткнулся на информацию о замечательной находке римского серебра.
Это было обнаружено три года ранее фермером из Милденхолла, в графстве Саффолк, но открытие почему-то держали в тайне до сего времени. Газетная статья сообщала что клад был отправлен в Британский музей.
Имя фермера было Гордон Мясник.
В тот момент как я прочитал историю, я вскочил с кресла и бросился к машине.
1 A new contract was signed by us two days ago.
2 I've been invited to my friend's birthday party.
3 The work will be done in time.
4 Flowers will be sent to our teacher. // Our teacher will be sent flowers by us.
5 A new book by this author has just been published.
6 A story is being read to the children by the teacher. // The children are being read a story by the teacher.
7 He said (that) the article had been translated by him.
8 A new hotel is being built on the beach.
9 By 9 o'clock tomorrow twenty miles will have been covered by us.
10 A new film was being shown at 8 o'clock yesterday.
11 A very important question has been clarified by us lately.
12 When the door was knocked at, the latest news was being broadcast on the radio.
13 Four meals a day are served in our family.
14 The author's novels were written in the 19th century, but they haven't been translated into Russian.
15 When I returned to my town, I found that the road had been repaired by the workers.
16 The film has been seen by at least a million people.
17 Three foreign languages are taught in that school.
18 My hat has been blown off by the wind.
19 The city was almost destroyed by an earthquake last year.
20 I was offered a very good job by my brother. // A very good job was offered to me by my brother.
21 The forms will have been filled up by Friday morning.
22... I noticed that the road was being widened some part of the road had been widened.
23 Their car will be put in the garage.
24 The purse was left by one one of the students.
25 The letter hasn't been stamped.
26...all the sandwiches had been eaten and all the beer had been drunk. Nothing had been left.
27 My car is being repaired by the mechanic.
28 Children are often spoilt by parents.