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  • The weather will not improve in the next few days.
    Active - Future Simple
  • In this street, letters are delivered at 8 every day.
    Passive - Present Simple
  • A little dog was following her and she stopped to see if it had a name tag on.
    Active - Past Continuous
  • More bike lanes should be built in this area.
    Passive - Modal verb
  • We have to buy the tickets to get in the cinema.
    Active – Have/Has to
  • The new staff members will be given all the help they need.
    Passive - Future Simple
  • All the changing rooms were being used so I had to wait in a queue.
    Passive - Past Continuous
  • That door hasn't been opened for ages; that’s why it’s stuck.
    Passive - Present Perfect
  • The bridge is being prepared so we can’t go that way.
    Passive - Present Continuous
  • They are showing the visitors round the zoo.
    Active - Present Continuous
  • The Times has never published such a shocking article before.
    Active - Present Perfect
  • Sally told me that her wedding dress was designed by Vera Wang.
    Passive - Past Simple
  • At last night’s ceremony, they gave the award to an unknown actress.
    Active - Past Simple
  • Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin by chance.
    Active - Past Simple
  • Don’t take long, they are serving lunch in a few minutes.
    Active - Present Continuous
  • I’m afraid this shirt cannot be washed in cold water.
    Passive - Modal verb
  • A lot of successful films have been directed by Steven Spielberg.
    Passive - Present Perfect
  • A railway line connects the village with the town.
    Active - Present Simple
  • Your salads are being prepared at the moment.
    Passive - Present Continuous
  • You must hand in this assignment before the end of the week.
    Active - Modal verb
  • My school organises a short story competition every year.
    Active - Present Simple
  • The vandals have thrown bottles into windows and destroyed a few cars.
    Active - Present Perfect
  • When we arrived at school, the central heating was being fixed.
    Passive - Past Continuous
  • They were playing nice music when we arrived at the reception.
    Active - Past Continuous
  • The Sistine Chapel is visited by millions of tourists every year.
    Passive - Present Simple
  • The homework has to be finished if you want to play video games.
    Passive – Have/Has to
  • The survivors were recued by a cruise ship that happened to be near them.
    Passive - Past Simple
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