Test your knowledge on grammar English tenses (active and passive voice).

. After submitting your answers, you will see how well you have done in the test. adrian!s "all adrian!s "all #ill the gaps with the correct tenses (active or passive voice). $. %n the year $&& A', the (oman Emperor adrian (visit) his provinces in )ritain. &. *n his visit, the (oman soldiers (tell) him that +ictish tribes from )ritain!s north (attack) them. ,. -o adrian (give) the order to build a protective wall across one of the narrowest parts of the country. .. After / years of hard work, the "all (finish) in $&0. 1. %t (be) $$2 kilometres long and about . metres high. /. The "all (guard) by $1,333 (oman soldiers. 2. Every 0 kilometres there (be) a large fort in which up to $,333 soldiers (find) shelter. 0. The soldiers (watch) over the frontier to the north and (check) the people who (want) to enter or leave (oman )ritain. 4. %n order to pass through the "all, people (must go) to one of the small forts that (serve) as gateways. $3. Those forts (call) milecastles because the distance from one fort to another (be) one (oman mile (about $,133 metres). $$. )etween the milecastles there (be) two turrets from which the soldiers (guard) the "all. $&. %f the "all (attack) by enemies, the soldiers at the turrets (run) to the nearest milecastle for help or (light) a fire that (can 5 see) by the soldiers in the milecastle. $,. %n ,0, adrian!s "all (abandon) . $.. Today adrian!s "all (be) the most popular tourist attraction in northern England. $1. %n $402, it (become) a 67E-8* "orld eritage -ite.

Hadrian's Wall
Fill the gaps with the correct tenses (active or passive voice).
1. In the year 122 AD, the Roman Emperor Ha rian visite !o" m"st "se active

voice. !o" can either "se Simple Past (to emphasi#e the $act) or Past Progressive (to emphasi#e the co"rse o$ the action). his provinces in %ritain.
2. &n his visit, the Roman sol iers tol him that 'ictish tri(es $rom %ritain)s

north ha attac*e 1st verb: +se active voice. As it is an action that happene in the past, yo" m"st "se Simple Past. 2nd verb: +se active voice. ,he action ha happene (e$ore the sol iers tol Ha rian a(o"t it, that)s why yo" have to "se Past Perfect. them.
3. -o Ha rian gave+se active voice. As it is an action that happene in the past,

yo" m"st "se Simple Past. the or er to ("il a protective wall across one o$ the narrowest parts o$ the co"ntry.
4. A$ter . years o$ har wor*, the /all was $inishe +se passive voice. As it is an

action that happene in the past, yo" m"st "se Simple Past in passive voice. in 120.
5. It was+se active voice. As it is a $act in the past, yo" m"st "se Simple Past.

+n$ort"nately, the /all is not complete anymore, so yo" cannot "se -imple 'resent here. 111 *ilometres long an a(o"t 2 metres high.
6. ,he /all was g"ar e +se passive voice. As it is an action that happene in

the past, yo" m"st "se Simple Past in passive voice. sol iers.

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7. Every 0 *ilometres there was a large $ort in which "p to 1,444 sol iers

$o"n +se active voice. As the ver(s escri(e $acts in the past, yo" m"st "se Simple Past. shelter.
8. ,he sol iers watche over the $rontier to the north an chec*e the people

who wante +se active voice. As the ver(s escri(e $acts or reg"lar actions in the past, yo" m"st "se Simple Past. to enter or leave Roman %ritain.
9. In or er to pass thro"gh the /all, people ha to go to one o$ the small $orts

that serve +se active voice. As the ver(s escri(e $acts or reg"lar actions in the past, yo" m"st "se Simple Past. 5ote that )m"st) oes not have a past $orm, so yo" m"st "se )ha to). as gateways.
10. ,hose $orts were calle milecastles (eca"se the istance $rom one $ort to

another was1st verb: +se passive voice. As the ver( escri(es a $act in the past, yo" m"st "se Simple Past in passive voice. 2nd verb: ,he ver( )(e) can only (e "se in active voice. As the ver( escri(es a sit"aiton in the past, yo" m"st "se Simple Past. one Roman mile (a(o"t 1,344 metres).

11. %etween the milecastles there were two t"rrets $rom which the sol iers

g"ar e +se active voice. As the ver(s escri(e a sit"ation in the past, yo" m"st "se Simple Past. the /all.
12. I$ the /all was attac*e (y enemies, the sol iers at the t"rrets ran to the

nearest milecastle $or help or lit a $ire that co"l (e seen1st verb: +se passive voice. As the ver( escri(es a sit"ation in the past, yo" m"st "se Simple Past in passive voice. 2nd-3rd verb: +se active voice. As the ver(s escri(e a sit"ation in the past, yo" m"st "se Simple Past. 4th verb: +se passive voice. As the ver( escri(es a sit"ation in the past, yo" m"st "se Simple Past in passive voice. (y the sol iers in the milecastle.
13. In 606 Ha rian)s /all was a(an one +se passive voice. As the ver( escri(es

a sit"ation in the past, yo" m"st "se Simple Past in passive voice.

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14. ,o ay Ha rian)s /all is,he ver( )(e) can only (e "se in active voice. As the

ver( escri(es a sit"aiton in the present, yo" m"st "se Simple Present. most pop"lar to"rist attraction in northern Englan . action happene at a certain time in the past, yo" m"st "se Simple Past. +5E-8& /orl Heritage -ite.

13. In 1701, it (ecame,he ver( )(ecome) can only (e "se in active voice. As the