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The document lists various sentences that illustrate the use of passive voice in different tenses, including present, past, and past perfect forms. It provides examples of actions being performed on subjects, such as buildings being renovated and letters being written. The focus is on the grammatical structure rather than the content of the actions themselves.

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The document lists various sentences that illustrate the use of passive voice in different tenses, including present, past, and past perfect forms. It provides examples of actions being performed on subjects, such as buildings being renovated and letters being written. The focus is on the grammatical structure rather than the content of the actions themselves.

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a) are being rebuilt


2. a) is being served
3. a) is being explained
4. a) is being published
5. a) are, being announced
6. a) is being renovated
7. a) are being taken
8. a) has been sold
9. a) are being painted
10. a) is being built
11. a) is being painted
12. a) was being repaired
13. a) was being checked
14. a) was being painted
15. a) was being asked
16. a) was being built
17. a) was being cleaned
18. a) had… been chosen
19. a) had been cleaned
20. a) had not been cooked
21. a) had been finished
22. a) had been sent

Use the appropriate form:


1. The football match was played at 2 o’clock yesterday.
2. The letter was written at seven o’clock yesterday.
3. When Nina came home, the dinner was being cooked.
4. I couldn't wear my suit yesterday because it was being
cleaned.
5. We had to stay in a hotel while our house was being
decorated.
6. Rules were implemented by them during last year.
7. An experiment was carried out to investigate the nature of
colour the whole day last week.
8. This book had been translated into the Japanese language
until I did it.
9. My car had been washed by 5 o’clock.
10. “Hamlet” had been played in this theatre for 7 months
before it won the award.
11. Had your computer been repaired by last Sunday?
12. The lunch was cooked by 12 o’clock yesterday.
13. The letter had been written yet when I returned home.

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