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Passive Voice

The document discusses the passive voice and provides examples of changing sentences from active to passive voice and vice versa. It includes exercises where the reader is asked to change between active and passive voice for different sentences. The exercises cover topics like reported speech, forming questions in the passive, adding prepositions like "by", and conjugating verbs in different tenses in the passive form.

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Passive Voice

The document discusses the passive voice and provides examples of changing sentences from active to passive voice and vice versa. It includes exercises where the reader is asked to change between active and passive voice for different sentences. The exercises cover topics like reported speech, forming questions in the passive, adding prepositions like "by", and conjugating verbs in different tenses in the passive form.

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Passive Voice

Part I
Example:
active voice: This Hotel serves breakfast from 10 to 11.
passive voice: Breakfast is served from 10 to 11 in this hotel.

A.V: Shakespeare wrote ‘Romeo and Juliet’.


P.V: ‘Romeo and Juliet’ was written BY Shakespeare.

A.V: I paid my operation. I pay my operation


P.V: My operation was paid by me. My operation is paid by me.
I will pay my future operation (future) My operation will be paid by me.

Practice Part I

A. Complete these sentences using the correct form of the verbs in the box.
Use the passive form of the Present Simple or Past Simple. Provide the
Spanish translations for each example.

build check found hold make produce repair sell speak write

Example: Scotch whisky is made in Scotland.

Spanish Translation:
El whisky escocés es hecho en Escocia.
ó
El whisky escocés se hace en Escocia.

1. The car _WAS REPAIRED_ last week.


2. The Olympic games _ARE HOLD_ every four years.
3. English __IS SPOKEN__ in many countries.
4. ‘Yesterday’ _WAS WRITTEN_ by John Lennon and Paul McCartney.
5. Car speeds _ARE CHECKED_ by radar.
6. The Channel Tunnel _WAS BUILT_ to connect Britain with Europe.
7. Souvenirs __ARE SOLD__ at all popular tourist places.
8. The first Volkswagen Beetles _WAS PRODUCED_ in 1937.
9. The Times newspaper __WAS FOUNDED__ in 1785.

B. Now write the questions for the sentences in exercise A., using the passive form.

Example: Where is Scotch whisky made?

1. When _WAS THE CAR REPAIRED_?


2. How often _ARE THE OLYMPIC GAMES HOLD_?
3. Where _IS ENGLISH SPOKEN__?
4. Who _WAS YESTERDAY WRITTEN BY_?
5. How _ARE CAR SPEEDS CHECKED_?
6. Why __WAS THE CHANNEL TUNNEL BUILT__?
7. Where __ARE SOUVENIRS SOLD __?
8. When __WAS THE VB PRODUCED__?
9. When __WAS THE TN FOUNDED__?

C. Change the active sentences into passive sentences. Use the words in brackets (
).

Example: We sell tickets for all shows at the box office. (Tickets for alla shows/sell/at the
box office)
● Tickets for all shows are sold at the box office.

1. Thomas Edison invented the electric light bulb. (The electric light bulb/invent/by
Thomas Edison).
__THE ELECTRIC LIGHT BULB WAS INVENTED BY THOMAS EDISON___

2. Someone painted the office last week. (The office/paint/last week)


_THE OFFICE WAS PAINTED LAST WEEK__

3. Several people saw the accident. (The accident/see/by several people)


__THE ACCIDENT WAS SEEN BY SEVERAL PEOPLE__

4. Where do they make these video recorders? (Where/these video recorders/make)


__WHERE ARE THESE VIDEO RECORDERS MADE?__

5. Six countries signed the agreement. (The agreement/sign/by six countries)


___THE AGREEMENT WAS SIGNED BY SIX COUNTRIES___

6. A stranger helped me. (I/help/by a stranger)


__I WAS HELPED BY A STARNGER_

7. They don’t deliver The Post on Sundays. (The post/not/deliver/on Sundays).


__THE POST ISN’T DELIVERED ON SUNDAYS___

D. Put in the correct active or passive form in brackets ( ).

Fiat was started (started/was started) by a group of Italian businessmen in 1899.


In 1903, Fiat _________ (produced/was produced) 132 cars. Some of these cars
____________ (exported/were exported) by the company to the United States
and Britain. In 1920, Fiat ___________ (started/was started) making cars at a new
factory in Lingotto, near Turin. There was a track on the roof where cars
_______________ (tested/were tested) by technicians. In 1936, Fiat launched the
Fiat 500. This car ______________ (called/was called) the Topolino - the Italian
name for Mickey Mouse. The company grew, and in 1963 Fiat ____________
(exported/was exported) more than 300,000 vehicles. Fiat is based in Turin, and
its cars ______________ (sold/are sold) all over the world.

Part II
Practice Part II

A. Make questions from the passive sentences in brackets ( ).


Example: (That car was made in Germany): Where was that car made?

1. (Mary was examined by the doctor this morning): When __WAS MARY
EXAMINED BY DOCTOR__?
2. (The food will be prepared on Friday): When __WILL BE THE FOOD
PREPARED__?
3. (This window has been broken three times) How many times __HAS BEEN THE
WINDOW BROKEN__?

B. Write the negative of the sentences in exercise A.

Example: That car was not made in Germany OR That car wasn’t made in Germany.
1. Mary wasn’t examined by the doctor this morning
2. The food won’t be prepared on Friday
3. This window hasn’t been broken three times

C. Complete the sentences with a passive form of the verb in brackets.

Example: Bread is made (make) from flour.


1. I was at school when these houses ________________ (was building).
2. Cakes _______________ (make) from flour.
3. We lived in a caravan in the garden while our house ____________ (was building).
4. This work ____________________ (must finish) before five o’clock.
5. All the windows ________________ (have cleaned) this week.
6. These cups _________________ (broke) when we arrived.
7. Some money _________________ (have stolen) from Tom’s jacket.

D. Make these active sentences passive. Use a phrase with ‘by’.

Example: Your manager must write the report.


The report must be written by your manager.

1. The children are organizing the Christmas party.


The Christmas party _________________________
2. The French team has won the silver medal.
The silver medal ____________________________
3. A woman was training the guard dogs.
The guard dogs _____________________________
4. People of all ages can play this game.
This game _________________________________
5. A large crowd was watching the match.
The match _________________________________
6. The headmaster sent a reply.
A reply ____________________________________
7. Two different teachers have marked the exams.
The exams _________________________________
8. A police car is following that green van.
That green van ___________________________r__

E. Complete the sentences with the correct passive form of the verb in brackets.

Example: The castle was built (build) in 1546.

1. The mountains can ____________ (see) from a great distance.


2. These houses _________________ (build) in 1946.
3. The repairs must __________________ (finish) by tomorrow.
4. The town has _______________ (attack) several times since the beginning of the
war.
5. The emails will _________________ (send) tomorrow morning.
6. White wine can _________________ (make) from red grapes.
7. The accident happened while the cars ______________ (load) onto the lorries.
8. The new models will _________________ (deliver) next week.

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