Put the verb into the correct form, present simple or past simple, active or passive. 1. It’s a big factory. Five hundred people are employed (employ) there. 2. Water ………………………………. (cover) most of the Earth surface. 3. Most of the Earth’s surface ……………………….. (cover) by water. 4. The park gates ……………………….. (lock) at 6.30 p.m. every evening. 5. The letter …………………………… (post) a week ago and it ………………………. (arrive) yesterday. 6. The boat …………………………….. (sink) quickly but fortunately everybody ………………………. (rescue). 7. Ron’s parents ………………………………….. (die) when he was very young. He and his sister …………………………………… (bring) up by their grandparents. 8. I was born in London but I …………………………… (grow) up in the north of England. 9. While I was on holiday, my camera ………………………….. (steal) from my hotel room. 10. Why …………………………….. (Sue/resign) from her job? Didn’t she enjoy it? 11. Why ……………………………. (Bill/sack) from his job? What did he do wrong? 12. The company is not independent. It ………………………………. (own) by a much larger company. 13. I saw an accident last night. Somebody ………………………………. (call) an ambulance but nobody ………………………….. (injure) so the ambulance ………………………………. (not/need). 14. Where ………………………………………………………. (these photographs/take)? In London? ………………………………………….. (you/take) them?

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1. is employed

2. covers

3. is covered

4. are locked

5. was posted, arrived

6. sank, was rescued

7. died, was brought up

8. was grown

9. was stolen

10. did Sue resign

11. was Bill sacked

12. is owned

13. was called, was injured, was not needed

14. were these photographs taken, did you take