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Active and passive voice (compare) Active Voice

Passive Voice

Grammar Exercises

Exercise. 1. Open the brackets to put the verbs into Present Simple Passive Voice. Make true sentences.

1. Ferrari cars (make) in Italy. 2. Space shuttles (launch) from Florida. 3. Parmesan cheese (produce) in Italy. 4. Berlin (locate) in Spain. 5. Natural gas (export) from Russia. 6. Penguins (find) in Africa. 7. Honey (make) by bees. 8. Volkswagen cars (make) in Great Britain. 9. Snails (eat) in France. 10. Bananas (import) to Ukraine. 11. Coffee (grow) in Brazil. 12. English (speak) in many countries. 13. Elephants (find) in the Antarctic. 14. Soup (eat) with a knife. 15. Stamps (sell) at the Post office.

Exercise 2. Open the brackets to put the verbs into Present Simple Active or Passive Voice.

A) When you (to arrive) at an airport, you should go straight to the check-in desk where your ticket and luggage (to check). You (to keep) your hand luggage with you but your suitcases (to take) to the plane on a conveyor belt. If you are at an international flight, your passport (to check), and then you and your bags (to x-ray) by security cameras. Sometimes you (to give) a body search and your luggage (to search) by a security officer. You (to wait) in the departure lounge until your flight (to call) and you (to tell) which number gate to go. Finally you (to board) your plane and you (to show) your seat by a flight attendant.

B) Office Life

In 70% of British offices, employees (ban) from using social networking offices sites, such as Facebook. About 40% of Internet use in the office (not relate) to work. Almost half of work time (waste) on chat, drinking tea, and taking personal phone calls.

Most employees complain that they (overwork). Many people (stress) by the number of e-mails they receive. Stress at work (associate) with the risk of heart disease. It also (know) to cause depression.

Exercise 3. Krakatoa. Put the verbs in brackets in Past Simple Passive.

Did you know that the greatest explosion in the world was caused (cause) by a volcano? Krakatoa, an island in Indonesia, erupted in 1883. More than half the island 1) ________________ (destroy). The explosion 2) __________ (hear) in India and Australia. Rocks 3) _________________ (throw) more than 55 kilometres high into the air. Surprisingly, only a few people 4) _____________ (kill), but a huge wave, 35 metres high, 5) _________________ (create) by the explosion. Several small islands 6) _______________ (cover) by the wave. 163 villages 7) ___________________ (destroy) and 36,000 people 8) _________________ (drown).Dust 9) _______________ (carry) all round the world, and the weather everywhere 10) ____________________(affect) for many years afterwards.

Exercise 4. Famous people quiz. Choose the correct answer. Use Past Simple Passive and the preposition by.

Leonardo da Vinci________the Ancient Greeks_________Alexander Graham Bell

Lewis Carroll___________Walt Disney_________________Marconi

The Ancient Egyptians__________John Lennon ____________Christopher______Columbus Shakespeare

Example: Was “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland” written by Shakespeare? No, it wasn’t. It was written by Lewis Carroll.

1. Was the “Mona Lisa” painted by Picasso?

2. Was the radio invented by Alfred Nobel?

3. Were the Pyramids built by the Chinese?

4. Was America discovered by Marco Polo?

5 Was the telephone invented by Siemens?

6. Was the song “Imagine” written by Elvis Presley?

7. Was Mickey Mouse created by Goscinny and Uderzo?

8. Was “Romeo and Juliet” written by Agatha Christie?

9. Was the Parthenon built by the Ancient Romans?

Exercise 5. Fill in the blanks with the prepositions by or with.

1. The boat was carried ____________ the waves into the open sea.

2. The teacher was pleased ___________ our work.

3. America was discovered _____________ Columbus.

4. “Hamlet” was written ___________ Shakespeare.

5. Soup is eaten ___________ a spoon.

6. He was knocked down __________ a big stick.

7. He was knocked down __________ a car.

8. He was taken to hospital ___________ an ambulance.

9. He was treated ___________ very effective drugs.

10. He was cured __________ a very skillful doctor.

11. The letter was written __________ a pencil.

12. He was scolded __________ his mother.

Exercise 6. Put the verbs in correct form, Present Simple or Past Simple, active or passive.

1. Water __________________(cover) most of the earth’s surface.

2. How much of the earth’s surface _____________________(cover) by water?

3. The park gates _________________ (lock) at 6.30 p.m. every evening.

4. The letter _________________ (post) a week ago and it ______________ (arrive) yesterday.

5. The boat hit a rock and _____________ (sink) quickly. Fortunately everybody_____________ (rescue).

6. Richard’s parents __________________ (die) when he was very young. He and his sister______________________(bring up) by their grandparents.

7. While I was on holiday, my camera _______________________ (steal) from my hotel room.

8. While I was on holiday, my camera ____ ______________(disappear) from my hotel room.

9. I saw an accident last night. Somebody ________________(call) an ambulance but nobody______(injure), so the ambulance ___________________(not / need).

10. ______________ (somebody / clean) this room yesterday?

Exercise 7. Complete each statement or question in the Present Continuous Tense, Passive Voice. The main verb is in parentheses.

1. The baby __________________________________ by his mother. (feed)

2. My videos ___________________________________ by a lot of people on YouTube. (watch)

3. __________ you _______________________________? (help)

4. I ___________________________________________ by a strange person in the car behind me. (follow)

5. The room _________________________________________ by the housekeeping staff. (clean)

6. ________ she ______________________________________ at work? (train)

7. This TV show __________________________________________ around the world. (seen)

8. Those old computers _________________________________________ very much these days. (use -negative)

9. My tomatoes ___________________________________________ by chipmunks. (eat)

10. _________ Jeff _____________________________________ to Iraq? (send)

Exercise 8. Use Present or Future Simple Active or Passive to complete the following sentences.

1. Don’t worry! You ________________ (arrive) to the airport in time.

2. Your breakfast __________________________ (take up) to your room tomorrow morning.

3. The TV-set doesn’t work now but it ___________________ (mend) soon.

4. This programme is going to be interesting. Millions of people ________________ (watch) it on Friday.

5. I am sure somebody ___________________ (meet) you at the station.

6. The luggage _____________________ (inspect) by the customs officers.

7. The thief ______________________ (put) in prison after the trial.

8. United definitely _____________________ (win) tonight.

9. The workmen have a holiday today. The work ____________________(finish) tomorrow.

10. The match ___________________ (play) on Wednesday evening.

11. A number of political prisoners ______________________ (release) within the next few months.

12. When I _______________ (see) her I ______________ (tell) her the whole story.

13. The prices ______________________ (rise) again this month.