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Passive Voice Exercises

The document provides exercises on using verbs in different tenses and voices. It contains sentences to be completed with verbs in the correct form, questions to be written in the passive voice, and sentences to be rewritten in the passive voice instead of using "somebody", "they", or "people". The exercises focus on transforming sentences between active and passive voice.

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Passive Voice Exercises

The document provides exercises on using verbs in different tenses and voices. It contains sentences to be completed with verbs in the correct form, questions to be written in the passive voice, and sentences to be rewritten in the passive voice instead of using "somebody", "they", or "people". The exercises focus on transforming sentences between active and passive voice.

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Exercises

Complete the sentences using one of these verbs in the correct form, present or past:

cause damage hold invite make


overtake show surround translate write

1 Many accidents _____ <M:".~ C().,¥._?._~---- by dangerous driving.


2 Cheese .. __ . .... .... .... ....... ........ from m ilk.
3 The roof of the building .... __________ ...... ................. in a storm a few days ago.
4 You to the wedding. Why didn't you go?
5 A cinema is a place where films .................. ..... .......... .................................... .
6 In the United States, elections for president ............................. .. .... ..................................... every four years.
7 Originally the book . .... . . ... .. ..... ...................... ....... ............ in Spanish, and a few years ago it
... ...... ......... .. into English.
8 Although we were driving fast, we ... _ _ .... ......... ..................... .. .. by a lot of other cars.
9 You can't see the house from the road. lt .... .............................. .. . .. .................... by trees.

Write questions using the passive. Some are present and some are past.
1 Ask about glass. (how I make?) ...... H9.W.... ~~ 9~?.-~.... m.~.?. ...... . ................ .............. ... . ... ............. ............. ........
2 Ask about television . (when I invent?) ... . . .................................................................................. _..... .... ..................... .
3 Ask about mountains. (how I form?) .. . .... .................... ..... .. ................ .......... . . ...... .. ...................... ..
4 Ask about antibiotics. (when I discover?) .. .. . . . . . . .. ..... . .. ...................
5 Ask about si lver. (what I use for?) .. .... .. . . . ...................... ........................... ..... .. .................. .

Put the verb into the correct form, present simple or past simple, active or passive.
1 lt's a big factory. Five hundred people . ~e ..~PlP.!d.~...... (employ) there.
2 ______ DU:;l sq.m.~.o~---~ (somebody I clean) this room yesterday?
3 Water .... . ........ .... (cover) most of the earth's surface.
4 How much of the earth 's surface ..................... (cover) by water?
5 The park gates ................. ....... ........ ........... .. .. (lock) at 6.30 p.m. every evening.
6 The letter ............................ . . . . .. . (send) a week ago and it (arrive) ........ ........ ......... ... ... yesterday.
7 The boat hit a rock and .......................................................... (sink) quickly. Fortunately everybody
_....... .. .......... .................... .... .... . ...... (rescue).
8 Robert's parents . . .. . .. . .. .. (die) when he was very young. He and his sister
______ .................. . ........... (bring up) by their grandparents.
9 I was born in London, but I ........ ... (grow up) in Canada.
10 While I was on holiday, my camera ......... ................ _...................... (steal) from my hotel room.
11 While I was on holiday, my camera ....................................................... (disappear) from my hotel room .
12 Why .. ...... ..................... .. ........................ (Sue I resign) from her job? Didn 't she enjoy it?
13 Why ... ........ ........... ...... ... ..... ... . ..... (Ben I fire) from his job? Did he do something wrong?
14 The company is not independent. lt .. ...... ...................... ...... (own) by a much larger company.
15 I saw an accident last night. Somebody ....................... .... (call) an ambulance but nobody
..... .. ........ ..... ...................... ......... (injure), so the ambulance ....... ........ .................................... ....... (not I need).
16 Where .................................................. ..... ... .......... ..... ............ . ....................... (these pictu res I take)? In London ?
.... .. ...... .. ........................................ (you I take) them, or somebody else?
17 Sometim es it's quite noisy living here, but it's not a prob lem for me -
I ... ..... . ..... .. ... ......... (not I bother) by it.

• • • Rewrite these sentences. Instead of using somebody, they, people etc., write a passive
sentence.
1 Somebody cleans the room every day. ... Th~ ...tQ.P.m ....~?. ....~~-- -~Y~!1 ...~... ..................................... .
2 They cancelled all flights because of fog. Al l .................................................................................................................. ..
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3 People don t use this road much.
4 Somebody accused me of stealing money.
5 How do people learn languages? How ....................................... ..................................... ............................... .
6 People warned us not to go out alone.
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