PASSIVE VOICE

CBĐ CẤU TRÚC CƠ BẢN:

S V O

S TOBE Ved/PII BY O
Eg: Active: My grandfather planted this tree.
Passive: This tree was planted by my grandfather.
Thì tiếng Anh Cấu trúc câu chủ động Cấu trúc câu bị động
(Tense) (Active) (Passive voice)
Hiện tại đơn S + V(s/es) + O S + am/is/are + P2

Hiện tại tiếp diễn S + am/is/are + V-ing + O S + am/is/are + being + P2

Hiện tại hoàn thành S + have/has + P2 + O S + have/has + been + P2

Hiện tại hoàn thành S + have/has + been + V- S + have/ has been being +
tiếp diễn ing + O P2
Quá khứ đơn S + V(ed/Ps) + O S + was/were + P2

Quá khứ tiếp diễn S + was/were + V-ing + O S + was/were + being + P2

Quá khứ hoàn thành S + had + P2 + O S + had + been + P2

Quá khứ hoàn thành S + hadn’t + been + V-ing S + had been being + P2
tiếp diễn +O
Tương lai đơn S + will + V-infi + O S + will + be + P2

Tương lai hoàn S + will + have + P2 + O S + will + have + been + P2

thành
Tương lai gần S + am/is/are going to + S + am/is/are going to + be
V-infi + O + P2
Tương lai hoàn S + will + have + been + S + will have been being +
thành tiếp diễn V-ing + O P2
Động từ khuyết S + ĐTKT + V-infi + O S + ĐTKT + be + P2
thiếu

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 o’clock 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.
FIAT
Fiat 0.was started (started/was started) by a group of Italian businessmen in 1899. In
1903, Fiat,1_______________ (produced/was produced) 132 cars. Some of these cars
2________________ (exported/were exported) by the company to the United States
and Britain.In 1920, Fiat 3 _____________ (started/was started) making cars at a new
factory at Lingotto, near Turin. There was a track on the roof where the cars
4________(tested/were tested) by technicians. In 1936, Fiat launched the Fiat 500.
This car 5__________ (called/was called) the Topolino – the Italian name for Mickey
Mouse. The company grew, and in 1963 Fiat 6____________ (exported/was
exported) more than 300,000 vehicles. Today, Fiat is based in Turin, and its cars 7
________ (sold/are sold) all over the world.
4. 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

5. Rewrite these sentences in the passive voice.

1. They sell oysters in the shop next door.
____________________________________________________________
2. They haven’t delivered the food yet.
____________________________________________________________
3. Shakespeare wrote King Lear.
____________________________________________________________
4. They have to answer the questions on this sheet.
____________________________________________________________
5. Has anybody put the cases upstairs?
____________________________________________________________
6. Someone should take this rubbish away.
____________________________________________________________
7. They’ll ask you a lot of questions.
____________________________________________________________
8. Someone’s going to send her some flowers.
____________________________________________________________
9. They didn’t pay me much for that job.
____________________________________________________________
10. Have they offered him a better job?
____________________________________________________________
11. They told us a secret.
____________________________________________________________
12. Would they lend me their car?
____________________________________________________________13. People
should send their complaints to the head office.
____________________________________________________________
14. They had to postpone the meeting because of illness.
____________________________________________________________
15. They are going to hold next year’s congress in San Francisco.
____________________________________________________________
16. The bill includes service.
____________________________________________________________
17. People don’t use this road very often.
____________________________________________________________
18. They cancelled all the flights because of fog.
____________________________________________________________
19. Somebody accused me of stealing the money.
____________________________________________________________
20. They are building a new ring-road round the city.
____________________________________________________________
6.Choose the best answer to complete the following sentences
1. These T-shirts and jeans __________ in the US in 1900.
A. have made B. made C. were made D. make
2. The building is very dangerous. It __________ down next week.
A. knocked B. will knock C. will be knocked D. was knocked
3. The room looks nice. It __________
A. was cleaning B. has just been cleaned
C. will be cleaned D. is cleaning
4. We……… each other for 10 years.
A. know B. knew C. have known D. had known
5. Our twenty houses __________ when the fire engine __________
A. had burnt up / arrived B. burnt up / had arrived
C. had been burnt up / arrived D. will have burnt / arrives
6. After I __________ the grass, it __________ to rain.
A. have watered / will begin B. water / began
C. had watered / began D. had watered / will have begun
7. Next week when there __________ a full moon, the ocean tides will be higher.
A. is being B. is C. will be D. will have been
8. English is __________ all over the world.
A. spoken B. speak C. speaks D. to speak
9. Where will these coconut trees __________?
A. be planted B. planted C. plant D. be planting
10. Before Jane won the lottery, she __________ any kind of contest.
A. hasn’t entered B. doesn’t enter C. wasn’t entering D. hadn’t entered
11. My parents __________ tomorrow to stay with me for a few days.
A. come B. will have come C. are coming D. came
12. She left home in 1993 and __________ since then.
A. hasn’t seen B. didn’t see
C. hasn’t been seen D. wasn’t seen
13.__________ your house painted last year?
A. Had B. Did C. Was D. Have
14. What __________ you __________ at 8 o’clock last night?
A. did/ do B. have/ done C. were/ doing D. had/ done
15. - “We are having a party at the weekend.” -“Great! Who _________?”
A. will being invited B. Is going to invite
C. is going to be invited D. will invite
16. This is the fifth time you __________ the same question.
A. ask B. asked C. are asking D. have asked
17. This church was said __________ in the 19th century.
A. to build B. to be built C. to have been built D. being built
18. In England, the academic year __________ into three terms. Each term
__________ by a one-week break.
A. is divided / separated B. divided / is separated
C. is divided / is separated D. divided / separated
19. Gold __________ in California in the 19th century.
A. was discovered B. was discover
C. has been discovered D. they discovered
20. I am going to have my car __________
A. service B. to be serviced C. serviced D. servicing
21. Two tablets __________ twice a day to have you recover from the illness quickly.
A. must take B. must be taken C. must have taken D. must be taking
22. The next meeting __________ in May.
A. will hold B. will be held C. will be holding D. will have held
23. They had a boy _______ that yesterday.
A. done B. to do C. did D. do
24. We got our mail _______ yesterday.
A. been delivered B. delivered C. delivering D. to deliver
25. James_______ the news as soon as possible.
A. should tell B. should be told C. should told D. should be telled
26. My wedding ring _______ yellow and white gold.
A. is made B. is making C. made D. make
27. Mr. Wilson is _______ as Willie to his friend.
A. known B. knew C. is known D. know
28. References _______ in the examination room.
A. not are used B. is not used C. didn’t used D. are not used
29. Laura _______ in Boston.
A. are born B. were born C. was born D. born
30. His car needs ________.
A. be fixed B. fixing C. to be fixing D. fixed
32. My mother is going _____ this house.
A. sold B. sell C. to be sold D. to sell
33. There’s somebody behind us. I think we are _______.
A. being followed B. are followed C. follow D. following
34. Have you _______ by a dog?
A. bite B. bit C. ever been bitten D. ever been bit
35. The room is being _______ at the moment.
A. was cleaned B. cleaned C. cleaning D. clean
38. He was said _______ this building.
A. designing B. to have designed C. to design D. designed
39. Ted _______ by a bee while he was sitting in the garden.
A. got sting B. got stung C. get stung D. gets stung
40. These tennis courts don’t _____ very often. Not many people want to play.
A. got used B. used C. get used D. get use
41. I’ll get Minh _______ this for you.
A. do B. done C. did D. to do
42. Those letters _______ now. You can do the typing later.
A. need typing B. needn't be typed
C. need to type D. needn't typing
43. “What a beautiful dress you are wearing”- “thanks, it_______ especially for me
by a French tailor.”
A. is made B. has made C. made D. was made