ACTIVE ENGLISH: BOOK 3 / PAGE 131 PASSIVE
PRESENT TENSE PASSIVE
1.The flowers…………….(water) every day.
2.Jane………………(drive) to school by her mother every morning.
3.Yoghurt…………….(make) from milk.
4.All the employees in this company …….……..
(pay) really well.
5.Her bedroom………………..(not/often/tidy)
by her.Her mother usually does it.
6.The computer in the teacher’s office…………
(use) by all the teachers.
7.The groceries………………(always/deliver)
to our home.
8.Helen…………….(look )after by her grandma when her mother works night shift.
9.Our local museum……………….(visit)by a lot of tourists during summer.
10.Their bikes…………….(sometimes/fix) by their father.
PAST TENSE PASSIVE
1.He……………..(fire) last week.
2.Their house…………….(redecorate)last year.
3.My new iron……………..(make) in France.
4.The roads……………..(flood) during the storm yesterday.
5.Her car windows………………(break) by a stranger while she was shopping.
6.My daughter……………….(bite) by a dog on her way home.
7.I………………..(give) some nice presents on my name day.
8.His new book………………..(publish) last month and received very good reviews.
9.He……………..(advise)to take some regular exercise by his doctor yesterday.
10.We………………(not/allowed) to leave until everyone had finished.
PRESENT TENSE PASSIVE or PAST TENSE PASSIVE
1.“Romeo and Juliet”…………………(write) by Shakespeare.
2.These pictures……………….(take) during our last holidays in Crete.
3.All the reports………………..(type) by the secretary.
4.The rubbish……………….(collect) every morning.
5.I……………….(often/call) to help with the paperwork by my headmistress.
6.The e- mail…………………….(send) to you two hours ago.I wonder why you haven’t received yet.
7.Why…………the advertisement…………….(not/place) in the newspaper yesterday?
8.The dishes………………..(not/wash) by her.They…………….( put)in the dishwasher.
9.All the housework …………………..(always/do) by Margaret.
10.I had lost one of my earrings but luckily it………………(find).
11.They have moved into a new house.Their last things………………(move) last week.
12.She…………….(ask) to take part in the show but she refused.
13.Who…………..the book…………………..(borrow)by?I hasn’t been returned yet.
14.English……………….(speak) by many people in Greece.
15.These building plans……………….(design) by a famous architect.
16.His homework…………………..(never/hand) in on time.
17.These cars………………..(service) once a year.
18.The burglar……………….(arrest) last night while trying to break into a flat.
19.A lot of people…………………(invite) to their wedding.
20.Mrs Wilson………………..(take) to hospital last night.
1.
1.are watered
2.is driven
3.is made
4.are paid
5.is not often tidied
6.is used
7.are always delivered
8.is looked
9.is visited
10.are sometimes fixed
2.
1.was fired
2.was redecorated
3.was made
4.were flooded
5.were broken
6.was bitten
7.was given
8.was published
9.was advised
10.were not allowed
3.
1.was written
2.were taken
3.were typed
4.is collected
- am often called
6.was sent
7.wasn’t placed
8.were not washed,were put
9.is always done
10.was found
11.were moved
12.was asked
13.was borrowed
14.is spoken
15.were designed
16.is never handed
17.are serviced
18.was arrested
19.were invited
20.was taken