- •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.
23. Underline the correct answer.
Fire 1) swept/was swept through a furniture warehouse yesterday afternoon. Most of the stock inside2) was damaged/damaged, but shocked workers3) have been managed/managed to save a small amount of it. The police 4) are being investigated/ are investigating the cause of the fire, but it 5) is thought/thinks that it was an accident. The shop manager 6) is being looked/is looking for another warehouse where stock can 7) keep/be kept. 'A lot of stock 8) has been lost/has lost, but the shop 9) will open/will be opened tomorrow as usual,' said the manager. 'I'm just glad no one 10) hurt/was hurt.'
24. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct active or passive tense.
Tea 1) ...is made...(make) from the leaves of the tea plant. At first,it 2) ........................... (use) as a medicine, but it 3) ..............................(become) an everyday drink in the 3rd century AD. First, the leaves4) ...................................(pick) from the plant and they are spread onto acloth. They 5)............................(leave) there for up to twenty hours.Next, the leaves are rolled up until they 6) ..............................(break)into small pieces. Finally, the leaves 7) ...............................(dry). The
tea 8).........................(pack) into containers and sent to different countries, it 9) .........................(sell) to customers as loose leaves, as teabags and as instant tea. To make tea, we 10)................................(boil)
water and 11)........................................................(pour) it over the dry tea in a teapot.This 12)..................................(leave) for three to five minutes. We canthen add milk, lemon or sugar. In Britain, it was the custom to serve tea in the afternoons with sandwiches and cakes. This custom
13) ...........................................(start) by the Duchess of Bedford around1840. Today, people 14)................................................(drink) tea all over the world.
25. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct active or passive tense.
A: Did you visit many places when you were on holiday?
B: Well, on the first day we 1) ...were taken... (take) ona tour of the historic monuments by our guide.
A: Oh. Did you go everywhere with him?
B: No, we also 2) ..............................(go) to someplaces by ourselves.
A: How did you manage to travel to the other places?
B: We 3).........................(advise) to hire a car, but we 4).................................. (choose) to travel on
public transport because it is much cheaper.
A: How did you know which buses and trains to catchthough?
B: We 5) ........................................(ask) at the touristinformation centre and we 6)……………………..
(give) an excellent book which 7)............................(tell) us everything we needed to know.
A: So, you enjoyed it then?
B: Oh, yes! We had a really great time!
26. Rewrite the sentences in the active.
1 Her excuse may not be believed by her parents.
...Her parents may not believe her excuse....
2 The painting has been valued by an expert.
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3 He likes being given presents.
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4 The bill must be paid immediately.
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5 Hot water is provided by the hotel 24 hours a day.
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6 Our newspaper is delivered by a boy every morning.
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7 Her wedding dress will be made by a designer in Paris.
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8 The meeting was attended by several important art critics.
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9 Preparations are being made by the event organisers.
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10 An interesting book has been published by the company.
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