- •The passive
- •1. What happens to a car when it is taken for a service? Look at the prompts and make sentences using the present simple passive, as in the example.
- •2. Mr Sullivan, who is a director, is preparing a scene for his new film. Read the orders and respond using the present continuous passive, as in the example.
- •3. Detective Maguire is talking to a police officer about a burglary which happened early yesterday morning. In pairs, ask and answer questions using the prompts below, as in the example
- •5. A young actress is hoping to star in a new film. Her friend is asking her what is going to happen. Respond to her questions using the passive infinitive, as in the example.
- •6. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct passive tense.
- •7. Rewrite the sentences in the passive, where possible.
- •8. Fill in by or with.
- •9. Rewrite the sentences in the passive.
- •10. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct passive tense.
- •Personal / impersonal construction
- •11. Complete the sentences, as in the example.
- •12. Rewrite the sentences in the passive.
- •13. Make a passive sentence from the words in brackets.
- •14. Underline the correct answer.
- •15. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct active or passive tense.
- •16. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct active or passive tense.
- •17. Rewrite the following passage in the passive.
- •18. Rewrite the following passage in the passive.
- •19. Rewrite the following passage in the passive.
- •20. Rewrite the sentences in the passive
- •21. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct passive tense.
- •22. Rewrite the sentences in the passive.
- •23. Choose the correct answer.
- •24. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct passive tense.
- •25. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct active or passive tense.
- •26. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct active or passive tense.
- •27. Make passive sentences using the prompts below. You can use any tense but you should introduce the agent wherever necessary.
- •In other words
- •28. Complete each sentence with two to five words, including the word in bold.
- •29. Rewrite the sentences in the active.
- •30. There are seven unnecessary words in the text below. Cross them out.
28. Complete each sentence with two to five words, including the word in bold.
1. People say that a change is as good as a rest.
be A change ...is said to be... as good as a rest.
2. Sylvia is organising the wedding reception.
by The wedding reception … Sylvia.
3. Tom needs someone to help him with his homework.
be Tom needs … with his homework.
4. Someone sent us an anonymous letter.
were We … an anonymous letter.
5. My father broke my mother's glasses when he sat on them.
got My mother's glasses … when my father sat on them.
6. Erica covered the sofa with an old sheet.
was The sofa … an old sheet by Erica.
7. Gina likes the chauffeur driving her to work every day.
being Gina … to work every day by the chauffeur.
8. Someone should inform the employees about the strike.
be The employees … about the strike.
9. They will offer Mr Templer a more responsible post.
to A more responsible post … Mr Templer.
10. David hasn't signed the new contract yet.
been The new contract … David yet.
11. Is Tim producing a new film next year?
produced Is a new film … Tim next year?
12. They expect Monica Smith to win the competition.
expected Monica Smith … the competition.
29. Rewrite the sentences in the active.
1. The actor was paid £10,000 to make the commercial.
... They paid the actor £10,000 to make the commercial...
2. A new cinema is being built in the city centre.
3. Breakfast will be served at eight in the morning.
4. All her best jewellery had been stolen by the burglars.
5. A lot of food was eaten at the party.
6. An old shipwreck has been discovered by divers.
7. She is going to be sent to Germany on business.
8. The band's latest video was made in Prague.
9. Designer clothes are sold in this shop.
10. The exam had been taken by all the children.
11. The experiment was being done by the scientists.
12. The exhibition will be opened by the mayor.
13. The Statue of Liberty was given to America by the French.
14. Chinese is spoken by more than one billion people.
30. There are seven unnecessary words in the text below. Cross them out.
1. St Patrick's Hospital, which was been completed
2. last week, is to be opened this afternoon by the Minister
3. of Health. The hospital it was built on the site of the old
4. Opera House and is then the largest hospital in the
5. county. The wards they are modern and spacious, and
6. the building is filled by with the most up-to-date
7. equipment. The money for the hospital was been
8. raised by charity organizations and the Minister did
9. congratulated them on their hard work.