- •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.
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- •40. TranslateintoEnglish.
11. Make a passive sentence from the words in brackets.
1 A: That's a beautiful picture. B: Yes. (It / paint / my mother)
...It was painted by my mother....
2 A: Have they caught the thieves yet? B: Yes. (two men / arrest / yesterday)
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3 A: Did you build the garage yourselves? B: No. (the garage / build / before we moved in)
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4 A: Why is Paul afraid of dogs?B: (he / bite / a dog / when he was a little boy)
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5 A: Sarah is very ill. B: (she / take / to hospital last night)
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6 A: This room is a disgrace. B: (it / not clean / for weeks)
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7 A: Did you know about your surprise party? B: No. (it / arrange / in secret)
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8 A: Are you going to drive to work today? B: I can't, (the car / not fix / yet)
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9 A: Has Tom got a job?B: No. (he / make redundant / last month)
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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.
1 the carpets/vacuum 6 the food/prepare
...The carpets are 7 the ovens/heat
vacuumed.... 8 the flowers/arrange/in vases
2 the tables/wipe 9 the salt and pepper pots/fill
3 the cutlery/polish 10 the candles/light
4 the places/set
5 the menu/check
13. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct passive tense.
1 A: That's a lovely shirt. Is it new?
B: Yes. It ...was bought... (buy) for me by my grandmother.
2 A: When do you have to have this report ready?
B: Well, it .......................(must/hand in) by Tuesday.
3 A: Did you read the newspaper this morning?
B: No. It..............................(not/deliver) by the time Ileft for work.
4 A: Where is your car?
B: At the garage. It ........................................(repair).
5 A: Do you know your exam results yet?
B: No. They ................................(not/announce) yet.
6 A: Are you going to make dinner tonight?
B: No. It....................................(make) by Simon. Hepromised to do it.
7 A: Have you finished your homework yet?
B: No, but it .........................(finish) by eight o'clock.
A: Who waters your plants for you when you're away? B: They..............................(water) by my neighbour.
14. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct passive tense.
The Academy Awards Presentation 1) ...was firstorganised... (first/organise) in 1929 and since then, it 2)..................... (hold) every year. The presentation 3) ..........................(attend) by those at the top of the film industry and 4)..............................(watch) on TV by millions of viewers who want to see'
5) ............................. (present) with the golden statue which6)..............................(desire) by everyone in the motion pictureworld.The voting for the Academy Awards 7)....................................(conduct) secretly and the results 8)....................................(not/reveal) to anyone until the envelope 9) ...................................
(open) on stage in front of the audience. Awards 10)............................................(give) for the best individual or collective workand 11).................................(separate) into different categories.Up to five nominations 12).................................(make) in eachcategory. The awards, which 13).................................(know) asOscars, 14) ................................ (consider) to be the highesthonour anyone in the film industry can 15).....................(give).