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  • Don’t take long, they ARE SERVING lunch in a few minutes.
    Active - Present Continuous
  • The vandals HAVE THROWN bottles into windows and destroyed a few cars.
    Active - Present Perfect
  • They WERE PLAYING nice music when we arrived at the reception.
    Active - Past Continuous
  • Your salads ARE BEING PREPARED at the moment.
    Passive - Present Continuous
  • Alexander Fleming DISCOVERED penicillin by chance.
    Active - Past Simple
  • A railway line CONNECTS the village with the town.
    Active - Present Simple
  • All the changing rooms WERE BEING USED so I had to wait in a queue.
    Passive - Past Continuous
  • A lot of successful films HAVE BEEN DIRECTED by Steven Spielberg.
    Passive - Present Perfect
  • When we arrived at school, the central heating WAS BEING FIXED.
    Passive - Past Continuous
  • The survivors WERE RESCUED by a cruise ship that happened to be near them.
    Passive - Past Simple
  • Sally told me that her wedding dress WAS DESIGNED by Vera Wang.
    Passive - Past Simple
  • More bike lanes SHOULD BE BUILT in this area.
    Passive - Modal verb
  • You MUST HAND IN this assignment before the end of the week.
    Active - Modal verb
  • The new staff members WILL BE GIVEN all the help they need.
    Passive - Future Simple
  • The weather WILL NOT IMPROVE in the next few days.
    Active - Future Simple
  • The Sistine Chapel IS VISITED by millions of tourists every year.
    Passive - Present Simple
  • The bridge IS BEING REPAIRED so we can’t go that way.
    Passive - Present Continuous
  • In this street, letters ARE DELIVERED at 8 every day.
    Passive - Present Simple
  • The Times HAS NEVER PUBLISHED such a shocking article before.
    Active - Present Perfect
  • A little dog WAS FOLLOWING her and she stopped to see if it had a name tag on.
    Active - Past Continuous
  • At last night’s ceremony, they GAVE the award to an unknown actress.
    Active - Past Simple
  • My school ORGANIZES a short story competition every year.
    Active - Present Simple
  • I’m afraid this shirt CANNOT BE WASHED in cold water.
    Passive - Modal verb
  • They ARE SHOWING the visitors round the zoo.
    Active - Present Continuous
  • That door HASN’T BEEN OPENED for ages; that’s why it’s stuck.
    Passive - Present Perfect
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