Exercises

Exercise 1. Change the following sentences using Passive Voice.

1. The firemen are putting the fire out. 2. They were packing their things when the taxi arrived. 3. The hairdresser is cutting her hair. 4. The professor was examining the students when you looked into the room. 5. When she entered the room, they were watching television. 6. Mother was cooking the pie when the guests came.7. They are still asking questions about it. 8. Mother is showing my sister how to bath the baby. 9. Workmen are building a new road outside my house. 10.When we left the meeting, people were still asking questions.

Exercise 2. Translate the marked words into English using Passive Voice.

1.A lot of houses строится in Moscow and other towns. 2. When I entered the room, the children укладывались спать by mother. 3. The letter писалось the whole morning. 4. This article переводится into English. 5. The tourists встречаются by the students of our group. 6. The flowers поливались by me when my uncle came. 7. Dinner готовиться by her. 8. When I called on them, the model airplane изготовлялся by their children. 9. The tape-recorder чинится by my father. 10. The trees сажаются by the children.

Exercise 3. Choose the right form of the verb using the Continuous Passive.

1.Her tooth ….

a. is filling; b. is being filled; c. filled.

2.A new medicine … at the hospital.

a. is being tried; b. is trying; c. tried.

3. The shops … hundred of toys.

a. are being sold; b. are selling; c. is selling.

4. Thomas … .

a. is being called; b. called; c. is called.

5.Trees …in the yard.

a. are planted; b. are being planted; c. are planting.

6. When I came the whole house …. .

a. was tidied up; b. was being tidied up; c. being tidied up.

7. When we left the meeting, questions… still … .

a. were being asked; b. were asking; c. were asked.

8. The students ….now.

a. are being examined; b. were being examined; c. is examined.

9. Their things … still … when the taxi arrived.

a. were packing; b. were being packed; c. are being packed.

10. Oranges … still … .

a. are selling; b. are being sold; c. were being sold.

Perfect Tense (Passive Voice)
Present	Past	Future
has/have been + Past Participle The letters have been written by him already. have been written Have the letters been written by him by five o’clock? The letters have not been written by him yet.	had been + Past Participle The letter had been written by him when I phoned him. Had been written Had the letter been written by him when you phoned him? The letter had not been written by him when I phoned him.	will have been + Past Participle The letter will have been written by him by that time. Will have been written Will the letter have been written by him by that time? The letter will not have been written by him by that time.