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.

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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.

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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.

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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

5. 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