4 The president will open the new National Museum.

PASSIVE VOICE 5 A local firm is building the new primary school.

6 Many of the guests did not use the swimming pool.
1- Underline the verb forms which are not possible. 7 A life guard rescued the two children.
I Mv car has being stolen. 8 More than a million people read this magazine each week.
2 Jack was borned on a Thursday. 9.They’ve just cleaned the hotel rooms.
3 Then I realized that none of the guests had been sent an invitation. 10. They were servicing her car when I called her.
4 Mary's car is being serviced today. 11. They will have finished the project by Friday.
5 Your order will been sent as soon as possible. 12. They might invite him to their wedding.
6 The hole in the road was being repaired when I came home.
7 This swimming pool is used by over a thousand people each week. 5-Put the verb in brackets into a passive or active form, as appropriate.
8 When was this church built?
9 An address is writing on the back of the envelope. Opening of new Gulliver Sports Centre
10 Customers are request to ask for a receipt. The new Gulliver Sports Centre (1) ……………………………………… (open) yesterday by the minister for sport,
Angela Thomas. The building in Fairdene Road(2) ....................... (use) originally as a covered market,
2- Underline the most suitable verb form in each sentence. but(3) ............................... (fall) out of use in the 1990s and (4)…………………….. (sell) to Fairdene Council in
I Their new house hasn't been finished / wasn't finished yet. 2001.It (5) ................................ (convert) into a sports hall in 2002. Local schools (6) ........... (play) indoor
2 The robbers were arrested / have been arrested as soon as they left the bank.
football and basketball there and keep-fit classes (7) .............................(hold).In 2005 the hall (8) ...........
3 Sue told us her baby is born / had been born two weeks earlier than expected.
4 If there is too much snow, the match has been cancelled / will be cancelled. (damage)by a fire ,which(9) ........................ (break out) in the heating system. The hall(10)
5 By the time we got there, the rain had stopped / had been stopped. .......................................... (not use) for several months ,and (11)………………………………..(remain) empty
6 When were you told / have you been told about the new rules? while discussions (12) .......................... (go on) about its future. It (13) ................................... (decide)
7 Most of the passengers were swimming / were swum easily to the shore. eventually to enlarge and rebuild the hall, and an appeal for money (14) ............................. (launch).
8 The winning horse was ridden / was riding by Pat Murphy. More than £300,000 (15) ............................. (raise) by local people..Two years ago a sportswear company
9 I looked again for the old man, but he was vanished / had vanished. (16) ................................ (offer) to pay for the rest of the building work and plans (17)
10 I don’t think that you will be asked / are being asked to show your passport.
...................................... (draw up).
3- Put each verb in brackets into a suitable passive form. The new sports centre (18) .............................. (include) a swimming pool, running track and other sports
1 I m sorry, but this carpet (already sell) …………………….…………………………………………………… facilities, as well as a food area and a sports shop. Anyone can use the sports centre on payment of a small
2 The old house on the corner ………………………………………………….(knock down) last year. fee. The minister (19) ........................................... (congratulate) everyone involved ,and a demonstration
3 When exactly (John give) .................................................................................... his prize? of the facilities (20) ....................................... (give) by local school children.
4 Most people agree that America (not discover) .............................................. by Christopher
Columbus, but by the Vikings.
5 Not much (know)…………………………………………. about this strange illness. HAVE / GET STH DONE
6 Police confirmed that the murder weapon …………………………………..( discover) in a nearby lake. We use this construction have /get + object + past participle of the main verb to say that we arrange
7 It (announce) .............................................. ........ yesterday that the government has decided not to raise for someone else to do something for us. We conjugate the verb have / get in the different tenses.
income tax.
The subject of this structure is the person whom the action is done, not the doer. “ Get” is more
8 Good news! I (ask)…………………………………………… . to take over as the new manager.
colloquial than “Have”.
9 I don’t believe that this play (write) .................................................. .... by Shakespeare.
l0 After(rescue) ………………………….…………… from the river, the boy (take) ……………………………… Example : Jim arranged for the plumber to fix the tap of the kitchen.
to hospital. Jim had the tap of the kitchen fixed by the plumber.
11.Breakfast (serve) …………………………………….. every day from 7am to 10 am. To make questions or negatives , we need auxiliaries.
12. The secret must not (reveal) ………………………………….. to anyone. When did you have your hair cut? / Ann doesn’t have her hair cut every month.
13. At the moment the suspect (interview) ………………………………………………by the police This construction is also used instead of a passive form to express an accident or misfortune
happened to someone.
4- Rewrite each sentence in the passive form.
Example : My wife had her suitcase stolen yesterday at the airport.
I A sudden storm flooded the football pitch.
2 Vandals scratched the car door.
3 Scientists in Geneva have discovered a new planet.
 IMPERSONAL PASSIVE VOICE:
A- Use the words to complete the sentences. Use the structure Have / get something done Some of the verbs you can use with this structure are believe, claim, consider, estimate, feel, hope,
know, report, say, think, understand, etc.
1. We ..................................................................................(the house / paint ) at the moment.
2. I lost my key. I’ll have to .................................................................................. (another key / make ). Active : People say that ...........
3. When was the last time you ............................................................................. ( your hair / cut ) Passive structures : It + passive reporting verb + that + clause ( impersonal passive)
4. You look different. ..........................................................................(you / your hair / cut )? Subject + passive reporting verb + to infinitive ( simple or perfect) ( personal passive)
5. What are those workmen doing in your garden?
Oh, we ................................................................................................( a swimming pool / build ) They say that Peter works hard:
6. Can I see the photographs you took when you were on holiday? a) It is said that Peter works hard b) Peter is said to work hard.
I’m afraid I ............................................................................. (not / the film / develop ) yet. People say that he worked hard
7. This coat is dirty. I must ................................................................................... ( it / clean ) A It is said that he worked hard. b) He is said to have worked hard
8. If you want to wear earrings, why don’t y.........................................................................................?
( your ears / pierce ) We use a simple infinitive (to work) when the verb is Present simple or future simple.
9. I ............................................................................................... (not / my car / service ) yet. We use a perfect infinitive ( to have worked) when the verb is in the past form.
How often .......................................................................................... ( you / your car / service) ?
At least once year.
10. A: “Your hair looks nice” B: Thanks. I ……………………………..……………………………………………..(just / cut) C- Change the following sentences into a personal passive form.
1. People know that eating fruit is good for you.
It...........................................................................................................................................................
B-Rewrite these sentences using have/get something done causative forms: Eatingfruit……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
2. Everyone knows that the statement was false.
1. I’ve been getting a lot of annoying phone calls, so the phone company is going to change my .............................................................................................................................................................
number. 3. People believe that Norma is living in Paris.
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2. This room gets too hot when the sun shines so I’m getting someone to fit blinds on the windows.. 4. People say that Chris was in the army.
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3. The tailor is shortening my trousers.
5. People think that someone murdered Mr Stone.
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4. I ought to ask the mechanic to check the oil and the tyres.
……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..… 6. They say that Iris speaks Spanish fluently
5. Julie’s housekeeper irons all her clothes .............................................................................................................................................................
.............................................................................................................................................................. 7. People expect that the strike will end soon.
6. We have decided that we are going to get someone to paint all the house next month. .............................................................................................................................................................
……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 8. Everyone believes that the thieves got in through the kitchen window.
7. When will your glasses be made?. .............................................................................................................................................................
……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 9. They report that many people are homeless after the floods.
8. I haven’t been to the car-wash for a long time .............................................................................................................................................................
……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….……… 10. Everyone says that the company is losing a lot of money.
9. The dentist is going to take my tooth out next Wednesday. .............................................................................................................................................................
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11. People say that she wrote all those letters yesterday
10. Mary goes to the hairdresser’s to do her hair every week.
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12. People think that the jewels were stolen by one of the guests.
11. When did the mechanic last service your car?
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