Sequence of Tenses

Date: 2015-10-07; view: 472.

A was made

A were contained

A is used

A are kept; are guarded

A is situated

A were allowed

A have been imprisoned

A had been shut up

A were locked

The Tower of London

Passive voice

Test

1. The Tower of London ( ___ ) by William the Conqueror in 1078 as a castle and palace.

A was built

B had been built

2. At the time when it was a prison a lot of people ( ___ ) in the Tower for their religious beliefs or suspected treason.

B were being locked

3. Anne Boleyn, Sir Walter Raleigh and Elizabeth the First ( ___ ) there, too.

B were shut up

4. Spies ( ___ ) in the Tower during both World Wars.

B were imprisoned

5. Some of the prisoners ( ___ ) to walk in the grounds, live in comfortable rooms and receive visitors.

B are allowed

6. The Jewel House ( ___ ) at the Tower now.

B is being situated

7. The collection of the Crown Jewels ( ___ ) in it. Saint Edward's Crown, the Imperial State Crown, and the royal sceptre ( ___ ) there.

B is kept; is guarded

8. Saint Edward's Crown ( ___ ) for the coronation ceremonies.

B have been used

9. 3000 precious jewels ( ___ ) in the Imperial State Crown.

B are contained

10. In 1671 a daring attempt ( ___ ) to steal the Crown Jewels by a man named Captain Blood.

B was being made