- •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.
9. Put theverbs in brackets into the correct passive tense.
A: Do you still work at Browns and Co?
B: Yes, I do. I 1) ...have been employed... (employ) byMr Brown for five years now, you know.
A: Oh. Do you still enjoy it?
B: Oh yes! I 2) ............................................. (give) apromotion last year and I'm very happy.
A: A promotion? So, what is your job now?
B: I 3).......................(make) Head of European Sales.
A: So, what do you do?
B: Well, sometimes I 4)..................................(send) toother countries on business.
A: I see. Do they pay you well?
B: Well, I 5).................................(pay) quite well and Iexpect I 6)............................(give) a pay rise soon.
A: Good for you!
10. Rewrite the sentences in the passive.
1 Ellie will take the children to school.
...The children will be taken to school by Ellie....
2 He cut the grass with the new lawnmower yesterday.
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3 Did they show the fire on the news?
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4 Emma is showing them the photographs.
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5 When did the wind blow down the tree?
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6 Who has to sign these papers?
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7 Amanda hates people staring at her.
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8 She expects her boss to offer her a promotion.
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9 He has to tidy his bedroom.
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10 Will you have completed the task by Friday evening?
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11 Terry offered her a lift to work.
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12 Who teaches traditional dance at this school?
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13 People often stuff turkeys with chestnut stuffing.
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14 They awarded him a prize for his competition entry.
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15 Will they play the tennis match on an indoor court?
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16 Tom doesn't like people asking him personal questions.
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17 Everyone must learn the poem by heart.
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18 Jean hadn't cleaned the house by the time her husband arrived.
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19 Who is going to welcome the guests?
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20 We cook all the meals.
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21 Grandmother takes care of the children.
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22 Kate is choosing a new carpet at the moment.
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23 Had Stuart washed the car before he went to the cinema?
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24 Peter gave Jane a letter.
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25 Who made all these cakes?
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