- •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. 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.
- •1. Have you dusted the house for fingerprints yet?
- •6.Rewrite the sentences in the passive,where possible.
- •7. Fill in by or with.
- •8. Rewrite the sentences in the passive.
- •9. Put theverbs in brackets into the correct passive tense.
- •1 Ellie will take the children to school.
- •11. Make a passive sentence from the words in brackets.
- •12. What happens in Luigi's restaurant before it opens for the evening? Look at the prompts and make sentences using the present simple passive, as in the example.
- •13. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct passive tense.
- •14. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct passive tense.
- •15. Rewrite the sentences in the passive, wherepossible.
- •17. Rewrite the sentences in the passive. Omit the agent where possible.
- •18. Underline the correct answer.
- •19. Choose the correct verb forms in this news report about a storm.
- •20. In each of these sentences underline who or what is doing the action (the agent).
- •21. You are telling a friend some news. Use the notes and complete the second sentence. Sometimes you need to use the active and sometimes the passive.
- •22. Write a paragraph from the notes about the first motor car. Some sentences are active and some are passive. Use a phrase with by only if it adds information.
- •23. Underline the correct answer.
- •24. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct active or passive tense.
- •25. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct active or passive tense.
- •26. Rewrite the sentences in the active.
- •27.Put the verbs in brackets into the correctpassive or active tense.
- •28. Rewrite the sentences in the passive.
- •29. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct passive tense.
- •30. Rewrite the sentences in the passive.
- •31. Choose the correct answer.
- •32. Rewrite the following passage in the passive.
- •33. Rewrite the following passage in the passive.
- •34. Rewrite the following passage in the passive.
- •35. Rewrite the following passages in the passive.
- •36. TranslateintoEnglish.
- •37. TranslateintoEnglish.
- •38. TranslateintoEnglish.
- •39. TranslateintoEnglish.
- •40. TranslateintoEnglish.
6.Rewrite the sentences in the passive,where possible.
1 John opened the door.
...The door was opened by John.....................
2 They didn't come home late last night.
...It cannot be changed...................................
3 Their nanny takes them to the park every day.
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4 I left very early yesterday afternoon.
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5 Meg asked the policeman for directions.
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6 Charles is moving house next month.
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7 The letter arrived two days ago.
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8 Sam took these photographs.
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7. Fill in by or with.
1 The lock was broken ...with... a hammer.
2 This book was written...............my favourite author.
3 The cake was decorated...............icing.
4 The tiger was shot...............a gun.
5 Claire was shouted at...............her teacher.
6 He was hit on the head...............an umbrella.
8. Rewrite the sentences in the passive.
1 Someone is repairing the garden fence.
...The garden fence is being repaired....
2 Do they teach Latin at this school?
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3 I don't like people pointing at me.
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4 She hit him on the head with a tennis racquet.
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5 Michael has made the preparations.
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6 Is Tim cleaning the house?
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7 Who built the Pyramids?
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8 The boss is going to give us a pay rise.
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9 I expect they will deliver my new car soon.
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10 The police are questioning the suspects.
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11 Did your next door neighbours see the thieves?
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12 Paul remembers his teacher asking him to star in the school play.
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13 A lot of children use computers nowadays.
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14 Who smashed the kitchen window?
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15 They won't have completed the work by the end of the month.
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16 The children will post the letters.
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17 People make pancakes from flour, eggs and milk.
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18 Had Helen closed the windows before she left the house?
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19 Jill hasn't done the housework yet.
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20 They may not deliver the parcel today.
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