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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 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)?
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. Change the
following sentences into passive sentences using the words
in brackets.
a.
We sell tickets for all shows at the Box Office.
(Tickets for all shows/sell/at the Box Office)
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b.
Thomas Edison
invented the electric light bulb. (The electric light
bulb/invent/by Thomas Edison)
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c.
Someone painted
the office last week. (The office/paint/last week)
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d.
Several people
saw the accident. (The accident/see/by several
people)
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e.
Where do they make
these video recorders? (Where/these video recorders/make)
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5. Rewrite these
sentences in the passive voice.
a.
Someone built this house 200 years ago.
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b. A thief stole my purse.
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c. The police will arrest the robbers.
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d. They produce cars in this factory.
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e. They serve breakfast at eight o’clock
every day.
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f. People throw away tones
of rubbish every
day.
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g. They make coffee
in Brazil.
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h. Someone stole Jim’s bike lat night.
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6. Rewrite these
sentences in the passive voice.
a.
They will build a new bridge
next year.
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b. Brian Brody directed
The Ultimate Space Adventure.
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c. Pierre Matie will design her costume.
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d. Someone found my wallet.
e.
One of the students
broke the window.
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f. They will deliver
my computer on Monday.
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g. Mary invited Paul to her birthday party.
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h. British astronomers discovered a new planet.
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7. Form the question.
a. Paper is made
from wood. Is paper
made from wood ?
b. The telephone was invented by Mr Bell.
?
c. This picture was
painted by Peter.
?
d. The thieves will
be arrested by the police.
?
e. Champagne is made
in France. ?
f. The letters will
be sent next week. ?
g. The animals are fed three
times a day.
?
h. This article was
written by Stanley.
?
i.
CDs are made of plastic. ?
j. The party was organised by Paul. ?
8. Read and complete. Use Past Simple.
a.
The toothbrush / invent / in the
15th century.
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b.
The first
public basketball game / play / in 1892.
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c.
The first eyeglasses / wear / in the 1200s.
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d.
The first bicycle / ride in 1791.
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e.
The first hot dog / eat / in the 1860s.
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f. The first CDs / sell / in the 1980s.
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g.
The first electric guitar
/ play / in 1923.
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h.
The first computer mouse
/ use / 1964.
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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 o’clock.
h. Books (write) by authors.
10. Put the verbs in brackets into Past Simple
Passive.
Two
men (see) breaking into a house
in my street last night.
The police
(call) and they arrived very quickly.
One man (catch) immediately. The other escaped,
but he (find) very soon. Both
men
(take) to the police station where they (question) separately by a police officer. The two men (charge)
with burglary.
