Passive Constructions – Prepositions of Place/Movement/Time

1. A) Put the verbs in brackets into the Present Simple Passive or Present Continuous Passive Forms.

1. The food …………………… (keep) here.

2. Such mistakes …………………… (make) even by the best students.

3. The houses …………………… (build) of stone, brick and wood.

4. A new museum …………………… (open) now.

5. The bridge …………………… (repair) at the moment.

6. A special rule …………………… (make) for students to be taken to the University now.

b) Put the verbs in brackets into the Past Simple Passive or Past Continuous Passive Forms.

1. The window …………………… (shut) an hour ago.

2. The student …………………… (ask) to tell the story again at the last lesson.

3. Every morning the boys …………………… (tell) what they had to do.

4. At last the problem …………………… (solve) to everybody’s satisfaction.

5. Last Friday he …………………… (meet) at the railway station.

6. While the professor …………………… (speak) no sound was uttered.

7. A modern tune …………………… (play) when we came into the hall.

8. I sat down for a rest while the repairs …………………… (do).

9. When I saw Helen she …………………… (cross) the street.

2. Write passive sentences.

1. Chinese …………………… (speak) in Singapore.

2. The new hospital …………………… (open) next year.

3. She …………………… (interview) soon.

4. …………………… (You invite) to Andy’s party?

5. He found that his money…………………… (steal).

6. These computers …………………… (make) in Korea.

7. Sorry about the noise – the road…………………… (mend).

8. Passengers …………………… (ask) not to speak to the driver.

3. Choose the best way of continuing after each sentence (Active or Passive).

1. He lives in a small house.

1. Somebody built it about forty years ago.

2. It was built about forty years ago.

2. English is worth learning.

1. People speak it in a lot of countries.

2. It is spoken in a lot of countries.

3. He got a sports car, but he didn’t like it.

1. So he sold it again.

2. So it was sold again.

4. My nephew is an artist.

1. He has just painted another picture.

2. Another picture has just been painted.

5. The new Virginia Meyer film is marvelous.

1. They are showing it at our local cinema.

2. It is being shown at our local cinema.

4. Fill in the gaps with by or with.

1. The film was directed …………. my favorite director.

2. The sauce was made …………. mushrooms and onions.

3. The child was stung ……….. a bee.

4. The window was broken …………. a piece of wood.

5. The glass bowl is filled ………….. fruit.

6. The dog was saved ……….. the neighbor.

7. He was shot …………. a rifle.

8. Dan was laughed at ……….. his friends.

9. The parcel will be delivered ……….. my uncle.

10. The house has been decorated ………… balloons.

5. Rewrite these sentences beginning with the words given.

1. Someone will give you the information later. You ______

2. Someone sent me a letter. A letter ______.

3. Someone knocked me over in the street. I ______.

4. The president will visit Poland. Poland ______

5. Some people think that beings from outer space have visited the earth. Some people think that the earth ______

6. People say that sunbathing causes skin cancer. People say that skin cancer______