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PASSIVE VOICE
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 Passive structure

VERB ‘TO BE + PAST PARTICIPLE (3RD COLUMN)

PRESENT SIMPLE PASSIVE ➡ AM / IS/ ARE + PAST PARTIPLE

PAST SIMPLE PASSIVE ➡ WAS/ WERE + PAST PARTICIPLE

FUTURE SIMPLE PASSIVE ➡ WILL BE + PAST PARTICIPLE

Verb changes
 Present simple passive exercises
1. Somebody cleans the office every day.
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2. Somebody sends emails.

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3. Somebody cuts the grass.

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4. Somebody prefers chocolate.

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5. Somebody o?en steals cars.

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6. Somebody plays loud music.

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7. Somebody speaks English here.
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8. Somebody loves the London parks.

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9. Somebody wants staff.

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10. Somebody writes arJcles.

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11. Somebody loves Julie.
_______________________________________________________________________

12. Somebody reads a lot of books.

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13. Somebody cooks dinner every day.

_______________________________________________________________________

14. Somebody delivers milk in the mornings.

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15. Somebody buys flowers for the flat.

16. Somebody washes the cars every week.

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17. Somebody writes a report every Friday.

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18. Somebody fixes the roads.
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19. Somebody builds new houses every year.

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20. Somebody sells vegetables in the market.

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 Past simple passive exercises
1. Somebody lost the lePer.
_______________________________________________________________________

2. Somebody found the key.

_______________________________________________________________________

3. Somebody made mistakes.

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4. Somebody loved that woman.

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5. Somebody cleaned the rooms.

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6. Somebody fixed the computer.

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7.Somebody built that house.

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8. Somebody wrote War and Peace.

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9. Somebody painted The Mona Lisa.

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10. Somebody stole my wallet.

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11. Somebody prepared lunch.
_______________________________________________________________________

12. Somebody drank a lot of coffee.

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13. Somebody forgot the papers.

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14. Somebody closed the windows.

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15. Somebody invited Julie and Luke to a party.

_______________________________________________________________________

16. Somebody built a website.

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17. Somebody ate all the cakes.

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18. Somebody told me to wait.
_______________________________________________________________________

19. Somebody employed a lot of new waiters.

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20. Somebody opened a shop.

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 Future simple passive exercises
1.Somebody will clean the windows.
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2. Somebody will meet you at the airport.

_______________________________________________________________________

3. Somebody will process your applicaJon.

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4. Somebody will find your glasses.

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5. Somebody will bring food.

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6. Somebody will help you.

_______________________________________________________________________

7. Somebody will steal that bicycle.

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8. Somebody will take your order.

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9. Somebody will write a new book.

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10. Somebody will build a stadium.

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11. Somebody will collect your luggage.
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12. Somebody will explain the plan.

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13. Somebody will wash the floor later.

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14. Somebody will deliver a parcel

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15. Somebody will drink all the juice.

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16. Somebody will prepare everything.

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17. Somebody will write the arJcle next week.

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18. Somebody will eat the chocolate.

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19. Somebody will send the informaJon.

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20. Somebody will call you.

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 Passive exercises with two objects
1.John gave a bar of chocolate to Jill.
a:_____________________________________________________________________
b:_____________________________________________________________________

2. I lent a pencil to Graham.

a:_____________________________________________________________________
b:_____________________________________________________________________

3. Fiona told the truth to Julian.

a:_____________________________________________________________________
b:_____________________________________________________________________

4. They offered the job to Simon.

a:_____________________________________________________________________
b:_____________________________________________________________________

5. The boss showed the new computer to Anna.

a:_____________________________________________________________________
b:_____________________________________________________________________

6. Julie taught the grammar to the students.

a:_____________________________________________________________________
b:_____________________________________________________________________

7. I sent the email to John.

a:_____________________________________________________________________
b:_____________________________________________________________________
8. Lucy threw the ball to the child.
a:_____________________________________________________________________
b:_____________________________________________________________________

9. Sophia sold the car to a doctor.

a:_____________________________________________________________________
b:_____________________________________________________________________

10. I asked the quesJon to David.

a:_____________________________________________________________________
b:_____________________________________________________________________
 Rephrasing Passive Voice

1. The teacher glued the pieces of the broken toy.

- The pieces

2. Everybody must read the instrucJons first.

- The instrucJons

3. The police don’t oblige the suspects to say anything.

- The suspects

4. People speak English all over the world.

- English

5. I am having my house painted now.

- My house

6. This story will shock you.

- You

7. You should post these lePers.

- These lePers

8. The shop assistant didn’t give us the Jcket.

- We

9. Fleming discovered penicillin in 1928.

- Penicillin

10. You can make green paint by mixing blue and yellow.
- Green paint
11. They say this tree is over 400 years old
- This tree

12. They didn’t tell me the secret.

-I

13. The teenager in red has broken the window.

- The window

14. The teacher didn’t tell us the answer.

- We

15. They have found the stolen money.

- The stolen money

16. People consider that he is an expert on cricket.

- He

17. They have given us a Roald Dahl novel.

- We

18. London will fascinate you.

- You

19. They will tell us the news tomorrow night.

- We