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PASSIVE VOICE
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I E S S E R R A N Í A B A J A |
2 0 2 3 - 2 0 2 4
Passive structure
VERB ‘TO BE + PAST PARTICIPLE (3RD COLUMN)
PRESENT SIMPLE PASSIVE ➡ AM / IS/ ARE + PAST PARTIPLE
PAST SIMPLE PASSIVE ➡ WAS/ WERE + PAST PARTICIPLE
FUTURE SIMPLE PASSIVE ➡ WILL BE + PAST PARTICIPLE
Verb changes
Present simple passive exercises
1. Somebody cleans the office every day.
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2. Somebody sends emails.
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3. Somebody cuts the grass.
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4. Somebody prefers chocolate.
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5. Somebody o?en steals cars.
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6. Somebody plays loud music.
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7. Somebody speaks English here.
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8. Somebody loves the London parks.
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9. Somebody wants staff.
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10. Somebody writes arJcles.
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11. Somebody loves Julie.
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12. Somebody reads a lot of books.
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13. Somebody cooks dinner every day.
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14. Somebody delivers milk in the mornings.
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15. Somebody buys flowers for the flat.
16. Somebody washes the cars every week.
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17. Somebody writes a report every Friday.
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18. Somebody fixes the roads.
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19. Somebody builds new houses every year.
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20. Somebody sells vegetables in the market.
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Past simple passive exercises
1. Somebody lost the lePer.
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2. Somebody found the key.
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3. Somebody made mistakes.
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4. Somebody loved that woman.
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5. Somebody cleaned the rooms.
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6. Somebody fixed the computer.
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7.Somebody built that house.
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8. Somebody wrote War and Peace.
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9. Somebody painted The Mona Lisa.
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10. Somebody stole my wallet.
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11. Somebody prepared lunch.
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12. Somebody drank a lot of coffee.
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13. Somebody forgot the papers.
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14. Somebody closed the windows.
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15. Somebody invited Julie and Luke to a party.
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16. Somebody built a website.
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17. Somebody ate all the cakes.
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18. Somebody told me to wait.
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19. Somebody employed a lot of new waiters.
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20. Somebody opened a shop.
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Future simple passive exercises
1.Somebody will clean the windows.
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2. Somebody will meet you at the airport.
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3. Somebody will process your applicaJon.
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4. Somebody will find your glasses.
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5. Somebody will bring food.
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6. Somebody will help you.
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7. Somebody will steal that bicycle.
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8. Somebody will take your order.
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9. Somebody will write a new book.
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10. Somebody will build a stadium.
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11. Somebody will collect your luggage.
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12. Somebody will explain the plan.
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13. Somebody will wash the floor later.
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14. Somebody will deliver a parcel
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15. Somebody will drink all the juice.
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16. Somebody will prepare everything.
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17. Somebody will write the arJcle next week.
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18. Somebody will eat the chocolate.
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19. Somebody will send the informaJon.
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20. Somebody will call you.
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Passive exercises with two objects
1.John gave a bar of chocolate to Jill.
a:_____________________________________________________________________
b:_____________________________________________________________________
2. I lent a pencil to Graham.
a:_____________________________________________________________________
b:_____________________________________________________________________
3. Fiona told the truth to Julian.
a:_____________________________________________________________________
b:_____________________________________________________________________
4. They offered the job to Simon.
a:_____________________________________________________________________
b:_____________________________________________________________________
5. The boss showed the new computer to Anna.
a:_____________________________________________________________________
b:_____________________________________________________________________
6. Julie taught the grammar to the students.
a:_____________________________________________________________________
b:_____________________________________________________________________
7. I sent the email to John.
a:_____________________________________________________________________
b:_____________________________________________________________________
8. Lucy threw the ball to the child.
a:_____________________________________________________________________
b:_____________________________________________________________________
9. Sophia sold the car to a doctor.
a:_____________________________________________________________________
b:_____________________________________________________________________
10. I asked the quesJon to David.
a:_____________________________________________________________________
b:_____________________________________________________________________
Rephrasing Passive Voice
1. The teacher glued the pieces of the broken toy.
- The pieces
2. Everybody must read the instrucJons first.
- The instrucJons
3. The police don’t oblige the suspects to say anything.
- The suspects
4. People speak English all over the world.
- English
5. I am having my house painted now.
- My house
6. This story will shock you.
- You
7. You should post these lePers.
- These lePers
8. The shop assistant didn’t give us the Jcket.
- We
9. Fleming discovered penicillin in 1928.
- Penicillin
10. You can make green paint by mixing blue and yellow.
- Green paint
11. They say this tree is over 400 years old
- This tree
12. They didn’t tell me the secret.
-I
13. The teenager in red has broken the window.
- The window
14. The teacher didn’t tell us the answer.
- We
15. They have found the stolen money.
- The stolen money
16. People consider that he is an expert on cricket.
- He
17. They have given us a Roald Dahl novel.
- We
18. London will fascinate you.
- You
19. They will tell us the news tomorrow night.
- We
