The Passive: Present Name

simple / Past simple

Surname
Class
Date

 1 Complete the sentences using the correct present  3 Complete the article with the correct passive
simple passive form of the verbs in brackets. form of the past simple of the verbs in brackets.

Young people are healthy, sporting, and

conscientious about school

A survey 1 (carry) out last month to

find out about the lives of young Britons. The results
of the survey 2 (publish) in all major
newspapers yesterday. The survey 3
(develop) to improve local authorities’ services to
young people. More than 111,000 youngsters
4
(interview). Questionnaires
5
(send) to schools or 6
(email) to youth clubs nationwide. The questions
in the survey 7 (design) to reflect the
1 In Britain some medicines (sell) in priorities set out in the Government’s Every Child
supermarkets. Matters initiative which 8 (launch) last
2 Millions of text messages (send) every month. 86% of the participants think they are quite
day. or very healthy and 73% take part in sports. 50% of
3 Chianti (produce) in Tuscany. respondents plan to go to university when they leave
4 English (speak) all over the world. school. The information that emerged from the survey
5 Some websites (visit) by thousands of 9
(give) to schools and local authorities
people every day. who can compare their results with the national
6 A lot of films (make) in the United States. picture.
7 Pizza (eat) all over he world.
8 All credit cards (accept) in this
restaurant.  4 Complete the sentences with the correct passive form (Present
simple or Past simple) of the verbs in brackets.
9 The Financial Times (write) in English.
10 This programme (watch) by millions of
1 Spanish (speak) by millions
people.
of people in the USA.
 2 Complete the sentences using the correct passive 2 The first Harry Potter book
(publish) in 1997.
form of the past simple of the verbs in brackets.
3 All rooms (clean) every
1 The Ferrari California (design) by morning.
Pininfarina. 4 Facebook (start) in 2006.
2 Avatar (direct) by James Cameron. 5 Google (found) by Larry
3 The World Wide Web (invent) by Page and Sergey Brin.
Tim Berners-Lee. 6 In Britain football matches
4 The 2010 World Cup (win) by Spain. (play) on Saturdays.
5 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 7 Penicillin (discover) by
(write) by J.K. Rowling. Alexander Fleming.
6 The 2008 Olympic Games (hold) in 8 Reality shows (watch) by
Beijing. millions of people.
7 The Statue of Liberty (build) in 9 In Italy stamps (sell) in
France. tobacconists’.
8 David Beckham (buy) by Real 10 The British Museum (visit)
Madrid in 2003. by thousands of people every year.
9 The Mona Lisa (paint) by Leonardo
da Vinci.
10 The Nabucco (compose) by Verdi.

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Name ESERCIZI DI RECUPERO

Surname
Class
Date

 5 Use the suggestions given to write complete  7 Read the passage and underline the
sentences with the correct passive form (Present simple sentences that could be in the passive voice. Then
or Past simple). rewrite the sentences you underlined turning them
into the passive voice.
1 The Da Vinci Code / publish / 2003

2 German / speak / some parts of Italy

People consider the Internet to be the driving force
3 Microsoft / found / Bill Gates for change in all aspects of human communications.
But how did it all start?
4 Nowadays / a lot of products / sell / Internet
In 1969 the US government funded a special project:
5 Twitter / start / 2007 they called it ARPANET (Advanced Research Project
Agency Network). At first, they limited the project
6 Rice / grow / China and India to military matters, but later they connected many
universities to facilitate the exchange of information
7 The Eiffel Tower / build / nineteenth century via computer. Everybody considers Vinton Cerf to
be the father of the Internet: he devised a program
8 Golf / usually / play / summer which he first used at the University of Los Angeles.
However, the Internet became popular only 20
9 The album / release / 2010 years later. In 1989 the staff at CERN in Geneva
developed the World Wide Web. In 1991 an American
10 Lots of interesting programmes / broadcast / radio student wrote a revolutionary program: he called it
Mosaic. This is a hypertext system which contains
text, images, sound and video. This system links
 6 Rewrite the sentences transforming them from documents to each other. Today telephone lines
active to passive. Indicate the agent complement only connect millions of computers.
when it is important.
 8 TRANSLATION Traduci.
1 They make a lot of cars in Korea.
1 Il festival è stato organizzato per la prima volta nel
2 A lot of people in Pakistan play cricket.
1970.

3 The IT teacher took the students to a computer fair.

2 Dove sono fatti i migliori gelati?
4 A technician repaired my computer.
3 Queste scarpe non sono prodotte in Italia.
5 Mark Chapman killed John Lennon in 1980.
4 La radio è stata inventata da Marconi?
6 Novak Djokovic won Wimbledon in 2011.
5 Il programma è trasmesso in duecento paesi.
7 Robert invited Alison to the school party.
6 La partita è stata vinta dalla nostra squadra.
8 They serve lunch from 12.00 to 2 p.m.
7 I soldi sono stati trovati in una borsa nera.
9 A lot of people use computers to buy their holidays.
8 Quante lingue si parlano in Italia?
10 They speak Portuguese in Brazil.
9 L’uomo è stato arrestato ieri mattina.

10 Questo articolo è scritto da un giornalista francese.

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