KEY TO THE EXERCISES:

1. Write in the passive.

1. The house was bought by Peter

2. The wine will be brought by Mary
3. The car is being repaied by my friends
4. English is spokenin this class by most students.
5. She was sheltered by an elderly couple.
6. He was helped by a policeman
7. Her work was finished by nine o'clock.
8. This broken chair can’t be repaired.
9. He was carried into the hospital
10.Are the letters being typed?
11.The carhasn’t been taken into the garage
12.Some milk has been spilt on the carpet
13. Was your question answered?
14. I was shown the cathedral/ The cathedral was shown to me
15. the children were told to leave the room
16.She was allowed to go to the dining room
17. I wasn’t told the truth/ The truth wasn’t told to me
18. You will be given a new notebook/ A new notebook will be given to you
19. He is being taught English / English is being told to him
20. I had been offered a job/ a job had been offered to me
21. She has been read the letter / The letter has been read to her
22.
23.The baby was looked after
24. She has been being looked at for hours
25.The girl was smiled at as she walked by
26.Your friend is wll spoken of
27.The key must be looked for
28.The president is said to arrive on Monday /It is said (that) the president will arrive on
Monday
29.Money is thought to be the most important thing in life / It is thought that money is the most
important thing in life
30.It is thought that he was an artist / He is thought to be an artist
31.It is thought I come from Italy / I am thought to come from Italy
32.It is feared that the criminals would escape /The criminals are feared to escape
33.It is hoped that prices won't go up this year / Prices are hoped not to go up this year
34.It is generally assume that the USA is the richest country in the world / The USA is
generally assumed to be the richest country in the world

2. Write in the active:

1.    Ms Sullivan teaches us grammar.
2.    The teacher praised him.
3.    The firemen took the injured to the hospital.
4.    An earthquake destroyed the town.
5.    The boy’s work pleased the teacher.
6.    The fire damaged the building.
7.    Who taught you French?
8.    The manager will give you a ticket.
9.    Spectators thronged the streets.
10.    Everyone will blame us.
11.    The wind blew down the trees.
12.    The police caught the thieves.
13.    Alice posted the letter.
14.    The hostess received us.
15.    They/somebody killed the snake with a stick.
16.    The people welcomed the minister.
17.    They found him guilty of murder.
18.    John Mathews built this house in 1991.

3. Complete the sentences with a passive construction, using the verbs given in the
form suggested.

1. Much of London (destroy) __was destroyed__ by fire in the seventeenth century.

(Past Simple)
2. The man who (bite)___had been bitten__ by a snake was given a serum. (Past Perfect)
3. A leader should be a man who can (respect)___be respected__. (Infinitive)
4. Many slums (demolish) _are being demolished_ to make way for new buildings. (Present
Continuous.)
5. The police (instruct) __has been instructed__ to take firm action against hooligans.
(Present Perfect)
6. He (save)__was saved__ from bankruptcy by the kindness of a friend. (Past
Simple)
7. A cease-fire (expect) __is expected__ (declare) __to be declared__ later this
week. (Present Simple, Infinitive)
8. A great deal of research (do)__has been done___ into possible causes of cancer
(Present Perfect)
9. The worker claimed that he (victimize)__was being victimized__ by his employers. (Past
Continuous)
10. The tenant (evict)__was evicted__ for not paying his rent. (Past Simple)
11. It (think) _had been thought__ that the Government would do something to help. (Past
Perfect)
12. Three hundred new houses (build) __will have been bought__ by the end of next year.
(Future Perfect)
13. Because of a strike, work on the building had to (discontinue)__be discontinued_.
(Infinitive)
14. The witness strongly objected to (cross-examine)__being cross-examined__. (Gerund)
15. (Threaten)__Having been threatened__ by a blackmailer, he immediately informed the
police. (Perfect Participle)
16. I am not accustomed to (treat)___being threatened__ in that way. (Gerund)
17. The passengers ought (inform) __to have been informed__ the train (withdraw)
__had been withdrawn__ from service. (Perfect Infinitive. Past Perfect)
18. Customers (ask) _are asked__ to ensure that they (give)
__have been given_ the correct change before leaving the shop, as mistakes cannot
afterwards (rectify)__be rectified__. (Present Simple, Present Perfect, Infinitive)
19. Was he very upset at (not offer)___not being offered__ the job? (Gerund)
20. The man was sent to prison for six months, (find) __having been found_ guilty of fraud.
(Perfect Participle)

4. Complete the sentences with a passive construction after deciding the tense, using
the verbs given
1. In 1987, an emergency decisión ___was taken__after the oilspill. (take)
2. This morning, aerosol sprays _have been removed_from the perfume department.
(remove)
3. Next month this river __will be cleaned up / is being cleaned up / is going to be cleaned
up__. (clean up)
4. The 'hole' in the ozone layer___has been noticed__by scientists for 30 years. (notice)
5. If cars _are not banned___from the area, we will soon suffer from respiratory illnesses. (not
ban)
6. If a nuclear bomb exploded, the earth__would be destroyed_. (destroy)
7. Scientists say that the ozone layer__is being destroyed_by chemicals. (destroy).

5. Rewrite the sentences in the passive, making the words in italics the subject of the
sentence or clause in which they appear.

1. The oldest councilor was given the freedom of the city.

2. Access to the secret documents was denied to all but a few.
3. The child was shown how to use the telephone.
4. He was declared persona non grata and was allowed only forty-eight hours to leave the
country.
5. He was given artificial respiration.
6. Why wasn’t he offered the job/ Why wasn’t the job offered to him?
7. Weren’t you promised a rise in salary at the beginning of the year?
8. He was left a legacy of 10.000.
9. When he looked at the stamps, he found they he had been sold forgeries.
10. What were you paid for doing the job?
11. He should told never to do that again.
12. You were asked to meet me here at 11 o'clock, not half past.
13. Will I be sent the details?
14. The godos will be sent to you as soon as they are available.
15. That boy must be taught a lesson!

6. Make questions to which the underlined words are the answers:

1. What was Peter accused of ? murder
2. Has it been answered?
3. Why was he arrested? because he hit a man.
4. How many of the girls have been invited? Few
5. Where has George been taken to? hospital.
6. When will it be done? next month.
7. When was the first experiment made? in 1950.
8. How many times has it been tried? three times.
9. Who was she punished by? Mr West.
10. What has hebeen asked? to leave the house.
11. Who was it meant for? Helen.
12. Who was I invited by? John.
13. Has it already been completed. Yes
14. How many languages has this book been translated into? Into 5 languages.
15. How must itbe written? in ink.
16. Who was it written by? Jean.
17. Where was the book found? under the table.
18. What have they been told? to come.
19. When was it signed? yesterday
20. How was it written? beautifully

7. Rewrite these sentences in an alternative passive form, beginning your sentences

with the words in italics.
1. He is said to be an honest, hard-working man.
2. This surgeonis considered to be is a brilliant practitioner.
3. Some redundancy in the Midlandsis now thougt to be inevitable.
4. The statements he had made were proved to be were false.
5. Mr Smith was understood to be willing to meet the British Prime Minister.
6. The Chancelloris believed to be thinking of imposing special taxes to raise extra revenue.
7. The electricity supply industryis expected tol be running into surplus capacity by next year.
8. Several American motor manufacturersare reported to be planning to set up assembly
plants overseas.
9. The brewersare expected to raise the price of beer in the near future.
10. The drug was claimed to produce/have produced no undesirable side-effects.
11. The police is said to have acted with great restraint, despite provocation.
12. The Prime Minister was alleged to have misled the House
13. The Government is believed to have had second thoughts on this problem.
14. The explosion was believed to have been caused by a mine.
15. The ship's radio equipment is presumed to have been put out of the action during the fire.
16. The information was later admitted to have been obtained from unreliable sources.

Causative Passive

EXERCISE 1

1. Every Friday, Joe has his car washed.

2. Tomorrow, (she is going to have her shower repaired.
3. Each Saturday, (we have a pizza delivered to our home.
4. Last year, Bob had his house cleaned by a charwoman.
5. As Phil had a broken arm, (he was having his texts typed by his secretary.
6. I ‘m having the goods picked up tomorrow in the afternoon.
7. We had our walls redecorated last summer.
8. Whenever Clara is staying at this hotel, she has her bags carried into her room.
9. We had our last party organized by professionals .

EXERCISE 2

1.have / cut 2.  having / taken 3.  have / made 4.  have / repaired

5.  have / drycleaned 6.  had / serviced 7.  having / made 8.  having / installed

9.  have / checked out 10. had / searched

EXERCISE 3
1 We had the roof repaired last year. It cost us a packet. (repair)
2 Anne has her hair done every Friday afternoon. (do)
3 I have the brakes checked three times a year. (check)
4 The government had the whole town evacuated yesterday. (evacuate)
5 I had my hard drive changed for a bigger one last week. (change)
 6 When did you last have the air-conditioning serviced? (service)
7 You don't think Liv Tyler's beautiful?! You should have your eyes tested. (test)
8 After the plague of fleas, the boss had the office disinfected. (disinfect)
9 Your cat's coughing. You need to have him treated for parasites. (treat)
10 Daphne have her legs done once a fortnight. (do)
11 I normally have my suit dry-cleaned before a wedding. (clean)
12 The headmaster had all the lockers searched for the missing footballs
yesterday. (search)
13 Have you had your house double-glazed? (double-glaze)
14 Have you had that poster I bought you framed yet? (frame)
15 The house is in chaos. We're having a new kitchen put in. (put)

EXERCISE 4
1. I had the oil in my car changed.
2. I had my hair cut in a completely new style.
3. We have had our house repainted.
4. I´m going to have my DVD player repaired next week by a friend of mine, who is an
electrician.
5. I´m having my jacket cleaned at a specialist cleaner´s.
6. The council have just had the town hall rebuilt .

EXERCISE 5
1. Tomorrow I´m going to the hairdresser´s to get my hair cut.
2. Yesterday I went to the optician´s to have my eyes tested.
3. This afternoon I´m going to the dentist to have a tooth taken out.
4. Last week I went to the doctor´s to have my blood pressure taken.
5. Next Saturday I´m going to the vet´s to have my dog vaccinated.
6. The day before yesterday I went to the garage to get my car serviced.
7. Last year I saw the architect to have my new house designed.
8. Next week I´m talking my accountant to have my annual accounts done.

You can find these exercises and many more at the following links:

THE PASSIVE (Theory)

http://www.englishpage.com/verbpage/activepassive.html

http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/passive

http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/grammar/passive.htm

http://mapenglisheoi.blogspot.com.es/2011/10/passive-voive-advanced.html
http://learnenglishfromhome.blogspot.com.es/2012/02/grammatube-causative-verbs-in-
english.html

http://www.monash.edu.au/lls/llonline/grammar/engineering/passive/3.xml

Passive EXERCISES:

http://www.eslflow.com/Passivetenselessons.html

http://www.nonstopenglish.com/allexercises/grammar/grammar-passive_voice.asp

http://www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.asp?id=3339

http://www.tolearnenglish.com/english_lessons/passive-voice-advanced

http://mbonillo.xavierre.com/exercises/bch2/2bch2009/passrph2bch6.htm

http://menuaingles.blogspot.com.es/2011/02/unit-22-level-3-upper-intermediate.html

http://busyteacher.org/classroom_activities-grammar/passive_voice-worksheets/

Causative Passive Theory and Exercises

http://perso.wanadoo.es/autoEnglish/gr.havdon.i.htm

http://www.better-english.com/havedone.htm

http://www.englishgrammarsecrets.com/havesomethingdone/menu.php

http://www.oup.com/elt/global/products/solutions/int_unit_page/unit9/grammar/
exercise1

http://perso.wanadoo.es/autoenglish/gr.havdon.i.htm

http://www.better-english.com/grammar/havedone.htm

http://www.englishgrammarsecrets.com/havesomethingdone/menu.php

http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/410/grammar/caus.htm (upper intermediate

theory and exercises)