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Active Passive

The document contains exercises on forming sentences in the passive voice using different tenses. It provides examples of rewriting active voice sentences as passive voice and filling in blanks with the correct passive form of verbs. There are exercises using the present simple, past simple, and passive forms. The focus is on practicing changing between active and passive voice in English.

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Active Passive

The document contains exercises on forming sentences in the passive voice using different tenses. It provides examples of rewriting active voice sentences as passive voice and filling in blanks with the correct passive form of verbs. There are exercises using the present simple, past simple, and passive forms. The focus is on practicing changing between active and passive voice in English.

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EXERCISES
1. Complete the sentences with the correct passive form of the verbs in brackets. Use the
Present
Simple.
a. English ____________________ (speak) in many countries.
b. The post ______________________ (deliver) at about 7 oclock every morning.
c. ______________________________ (the building/use) any more?
d. How often ______________________________ (the Olympic Games(hold)?
e. How _______________________ (your name/spell)?
f. My salary _____________________ (pay) every month.
g. These cars _________________________ (not make) in Japan.
h. The name of the people who committed the crime _____________________ (not know).
i. His travel expenses ________________________ (not pay) by his company.
2. Complete the sentences with the correct passive form of the verbs in brackets. Use the
Past Simple.
a. My car ______________________ (repair) last week.
b. This song ________________________ (not write) by John Lennon.
c. ________________________________ (the phone/answer) by a young girl?
d. The film ________________________ (make) ten years ago.
e. When ______________________________ (tennis/invent)?
f. The car ________________________ (not damaged) in the accident.
g. The original building _________________________ (pull) down in 1965.
h. Where ______________________________ (this pot/make)?
i. When _______________________________ (this bridge/build)?
3. Choose the correct form of the verbs in brackets.
The Passive Voice
5. Rewrite these sentences in the passive voice.
a. Someone built this house 200 years ago.
___________________________________________________________________________
______
b. A thief stole my purse.
___________________________________________________________________________
______
c. The police will arrest the robbers.
___________________________________________________________________________
______
d. They produce cars in this factory.
___________________________________________________________________________
______
e. They serve breakfast at eight oclock every day.
___________________________________________________________________________
______
f. People throw away tones of rubbish every day.
___________________________________________________________________________
______

g. They make coffee in Brazil.


___________________________________________________________________________
______
h. Someone stole Jims bike lat night.
___________________________________________________________________________
______
6. Rewrite these sentences in the passive voice.
a. They will build a new bridge next year.
___________________________________________________________________________
______
b. Brian Brody directed The Ultimate Space Adventure.
___________________________________________________________________________
______
c. Pierre Matie will design her costume.
___________________________________________________________________________
______
d. Someone found my wallet.
___________________________________________________________________________
______
e. One of the students broke the window.
___________________________________________________________________________
______
f. They will deliver my computer on Monday.
___________________________________________________________________________
______
g. Mary invited Paul to her birthday party.
___________________________________________________________________________
______
h. British astronomers discovered a new planet.
___________________________________________________________________________
______
8. Read and complete. Use Past Simple.
a. The toothbrush / invent / in the 15th century.
___________________________________________________________________________
______
b. The first public basketball game / play / in 1892.
___________________________________________________________________________
______
c. The first eyeglasses / wear / in the 1200s.
___________________________________________________________________________
______
d. The first bicycle / ride in 1791.
___________________________________________________________________________
______

e. The first hot dog / eat / in the 1860s.


___________________________________________________________________________
______
f. The first CDs / sell / in the 1980s.
___________________________________________________________________________
______
g. The first electric guitar / play / in 1923.
___________________________________________________________________________
______
h. The first computer mouse / use / 1964.
___________________________________________________________________________
______
9. Complete with the passive. Use Present Simple.
a. This programme _______________________ (watch) by millions of people.
b. Paper __________________________ (make) from wood.
c. Hundreds of people _______________________ (kill) in accidents every year.
d. London __________________________ (visit) by thousands of tourists every year.
e. The biology class _________________________ (teach) by Mr Green.
f. English _____________________ (speak) all over the world.
g. Lunch _____________________ (serve) at twelve oclock.
h. Books _____________________ (write) by authors.

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