Active or passive?

Ex. 13 a) Put the verb in brackets in the correct active or passive form. Make sure that you use the correct tense (Present Simple, Past Simple or the future with will).

1. The new art gallery (finish) before the end of next year.

2. We (tell) Redman the bad news yesterday.

3. In Japan, kimonos (wear) for special occasions, for example when a woman gets married.

4. Two people (hurt) when their car went over a bridge last night.

5. My parents remember where they were when John F. Kennedy (kill).

6. The Government (build) three new hospitals next year.

7. I'm sorry I'm late. My train (delay).

8. Thanksgiving Day (celebrate) in the USA in November every year.

b)

1. More cars (steal) every year in Britain than in any other European country: about half a million!

2. In the next ten years, about 30% of the world's cars…(manufacture) in Asia.

3. Corradino d'Ascenio …(design)the first Vespa scooter in 1946.

4. The Japanese newspaper Yomiuri Shimbun …(read) by over 14 million people every day.

5. Australia (produce) about 40% of the world's diamonds.

6. A book of drawings by Leonardo da Vinci …(sell) for over $30 million in 1994.

7. Surprisingly, the Finns…(eat) more ice cream than any other people in Europe!

8. More than 10 million Sony PlayStations …(sell) in the next year.

9. Georgio Armani ..(start) his successful clothes label in the late 1970s.

10. In 1997, 15% of all clothes sold in the world …(make) by the American companies.

c)

1. At the station they will (meet, be met) by a man from the travel bureau. 2. She will (meet, be met) them in the hall upstairs. 3. The porter will (bring, be brought) your luggage to your room. 4. Your lug­gage will (bring, be brought) up in the lift. 5. You may (leave, be left) your hat and coat in the cloak­room downstairs. 6. They can (leave, be left) the key with the clerk downstairs. 7. From the station they will (take, be taken) straight to the hotel. 8. Tomor­row he will (take, be taken) them to the Russian Mu­seum.

d) 1. Nobody (to see) him yesterday. 2. The telegram (to receive) tomorrow. 3. He (to give) me this book next week. 4. The answer to this question can (to find) in the encyclopedia. 5. We (to show) the his­torical monuments of the capital to the delegation. 6. You can (to find) interesting information about the life in the USA in this book. 7. Budapest (to di­vide) by the Danube into two parts: Buda and Pest. Yuri Dolgoruki (to found) Moscow in 1147. Moscow University (to found) by Lomonosov. 10.We (to call) Zhukovski the father of Russian aviation.

14. Complete sentences with Present Simple Active or Present Simple Passive.

1. Я всегда хвалю моих друзей. 2. Меня всегда хвалят дома. 3. Мы часто вспоминаем вас. 4. Нас часто вспоминают в деревне. 5. Мне дают сок каждое утро.6. Каждое утро я даю кошке моло­ко. 7. Он каждый день рассказывает нам что-ни­будь интересное. 8. Ему каждый день рассказы­вают что-нибудь интересное. 9. Я часто посылаю письма друзьям. 10. Меня часто приглашают в кино. 11. Моей сестре часто помогают в школе. 12. Я иногда забываю взять учебник. 13. Он пишет много писем. 14. Книги А. Кристи читают с интересом.. 15. Собак любят во многих се­мьях.