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Exercise 1: Put the following into the passive voice. Use the agent when necessary only. 1. My friend booked the flight. 2. They make cars in the USA. 3. People are drinking a lot of coffee nowadays. 4. Scientists have made new scientific discoveries. 5. People export rice from Thailand. 6. They are repairing my bike today. 7. My company didn’t build that road. 8. My cousin, Tom, will meet you at the airport. 9. Did Alan write that report? 10.Has anyone cleaned the room yet? 11.They are planting flowers in the school garden. 12.Can students speak Vietnamese in English classes? 13.What will thay heve done by the end of the year? 14.They gave the job to Amy and Bob. 15.They started the work last week. 16.They finished the kitchen on Saturday. 17.Somebody calls the president every day. 18.Last Thursday we appointed a new marketing manager. 19.William the Conqueror built the castle in the 11 th century. 20.We put up a notice about the trip on the notice board yesterday. 21.The cold weather damaged the plants. 22.Can you do this work by yourself? 23.We shall lock the house up for the summer. 24.How many lessons are you going to learn next month? 25.You must pay special attention to the conclusion of the speech. 26.The police are questioning him about the stolen goods. 27.We had to put off our visit until later. 28.The collective farm and state-farm workers are selling vegetables and fruit at the market. 29.Did the ideals interest you? 30.What caused this crack? Exercise 2: Put the following into the active voice. 1. This door must be kept shut. 2. Two pictures were stolen from the museum last night. 3. Rolls Royce cars are made in England. 4. Were many new bridges built last night? 5. Beers cannot be drunk after 11p.m. 6. The television was not invented by Bell. 7. America was found in 1942 by Christopher Columbus. 8. A report was read in the meeting by the monitor. 9. I was offered a good career opportunity by that company. 10.This scientific theory has been proved to be false. 11.Too little money is being spent in this project. 12.The car which was damaged in the hurricane is now being repaired. 13.Why wasn’t the motorbike either locked or put in the garage? 14.Due to his late home-coming, he was punished. 15.He was not allowed to go out last week 16.The house is now being guarded by the police. 17.At the time sugar was known as white gold because so much money was made from it. 18.The world history has been changed by some small plants. 19.Smoking is banned in public places. 20.Your money should be put to good use. Exercise 3: Put the following into the passive voice. 1. They invited Jack but they didn’t invite Tom. 2. Someone broke into his house and stole a lot of his valuables. 3. Why have they never tried my scheme? 4. You must keep dogs on leads in the gardens. 5. He escaped when they were moving him from one prison to another. 6. No one has taken out the garbage. 7. He wants people to call him sir. 8. He doesn’t like people laughing at him. 9. People know that he is armed. 10.Someone seems to have made a terrible mistake. 11.You order me about and I’m tired of it. 12.We believe that he has special knowledge. 13.They shouldn’t have told him. 14.Don’t touch this switch. 15.They took down the notice. 16.We know that you were in town last Sunday. 17.He preferred that man to teach him. 18.You can’t wash this dress. 19.Someone turned on the light in the hall and opened the door. 20.People believe he has worked for the president. 21.People believe that someone murdered Mr. Stone. 22.People think that an apple day is good for you. 23.People say he is a bad boy. 24.Someone has taken away my handbag by mistake. 25.He wanted nothing except people left him in peace. 26.Didn’t they tell you to be here by 6 o’clock? 27.The teacher made us to do a lot of homework last week. 28.Someone should tell him never to to that again. 29.It is impossible to do this now. 30.People must not leave bicycles in the hall. 31.Don’t let others see you. 32.The others told the new students where to sit Exercise 4: Put the verbs in brackets in the correct form. 1. From the clink of dishes one could tell that supper _________ (prepare) 2. They (take) George out of the house, and he ___________ (show) the way to the office. 3. Mrs Brown (come) to inform her that dinner already _______________ (serve) 4. His phrase ______________ (greet) by a strange laugh from a students who ______________ (sit) near the wall. 5. The house where the robbery took place ____________ (guard) by the police to prevent it from ___________ (enter). 6. Anne _____________ (not see) Hary until the party ____________ (seat). 7. When the police __________ (ring), I ____________ (reach) for the phone, and _________ (tell) that I ____________ (call) from Moscow. 8. She _______________ (want) things not so much for herself as for her child, and she ____________ (be) anxious to do whatever she ___________ (tell). 9. A note _____________ (bring) in and ____________ (put) on the table ___________ (await) Eleanor. 10.Jerry ___________ (know) George ______________ (hide) by the dark. 11.We ___________ (tap) on the door but it _______________ (not lock), then we ______________ (open) the door and _______________ (enter). 12.Lester ______________ (not attend) the wedding, though he ____________ (invite). 13.Tell me the trust, you ____________ (shock) by what I ___________ (say)? 14.I ______________ (sit) down for a rest when the shoes __________ (repair). 15.Before _____________ (go) to bed, the child _____________ (tell) to brush his teeth. 16.It ______________ (take) a moment before Nick ___________ (realize) that he ___________ (offer) a cup of tea. 17.The game ____________ (play) well by both teams last Sunday. 18.Like every other growing city, my town ____________ (crowd) with people who ________________ (look for) employment. 19.We just ____________ (move) to a new house which ____________ (give) to us by Jack’s company. 20.The story-teller ______________ (ask) to tell the tale once again. 21.The escaped convict ____________ (arrest) two days later. 22.The police _____________ (instruct) to take firm action against hooligans. 23.He _____________ (think) to have attacked a young boy in the park. 24.The car ___________ (rew) up ready for the thieves to get away quickly. 25.Checks _____________ (carry) out before anyone ______________ (allow) to leave the factory yesterday. 26.Sometimes printing errors ____________ (discover) after the newpaper has been published. 27.Two players ___________ (send) off the field during last Saturday’s match. 28.The hotel, which _______________ (complete) last month, _____________ (equip) with modern facilities. 29.As my car ___________ (repair) last Friday, I _____________ (give) a lift to work by a colleague. 30.Eleven strikers who ___________ (imprison) for disturbing the peace ___________ (release) yesterday. Exercise 5: Rewrite the following sentencces, beginning as shown, so that the meanung stays the same. 1. They have decided to cancel the match.  It 2. We are dealing with your complaint.  Your complaint 3. The teacher got angry with his beloved student.  It 4. It was a mistake to enter Brian for the exam.  Brian should not 5. People think the jewels were stolen by one of the guests.  One of the guests 6. People rumour that the escaped prisoner is living in Bermuda.  The escaped prisoner 7. At the time our aunt is looking after our children.  At the time our children 8. Nobody had invited Jane to the party, which annoyed her.  As Jane 9. The police towed away Alan’s car.  Alan got 10.Everyone thought that Helen had missed the plane.  Helen 11.You’ll get a rise in salary after six months.  Your salary will Exercise 6: Choose the best answer. 1. Since the first space mission many communication satellites________. A. was launched C. have been launched B. are lauched D. had been launched 2. The day before yesterday we_________ a very bad storm. A. had had C. had B. were having D. have had 3. By the time the applicant makes up his mind, the offer___________. A. will cancel C. will be cancelling B. will have been cancelled D. will have been cancel 4. Yesterday Pete_______________ a ticket for speeding. A. was gave C. had been given B. was given D. gave 5. Before leaving camp, the Boy Scouts___________the fire. A. put out C. had putted out B. had been put out D. were put out 6. Steve has recently had his poetry________________. A. publish C. published B. be publish D. to publish 7. In a fews months, the firm___________ its production. A. will be increasing C. will be increased B. is increased D. has increasing 8. She complains that she________headaches. A. has frequently C. has frequently had B. has been frequently D. had frequently been had 9. New officers___________ by our club when we hold our next meeting. A. will elect C. was elected B. are electing D. will be elected 10.Brigette thinks her dress is a little too long, so she plants to get it___________. A. shortened C. being shortened B. shorten D. to have shortened Exercise 7: Choose the correct form of the verbs. The hamburger is eaten all over the world. The first hamburgers (1) ________in Connecticut in 1895 by an American chef called Louis Lassen. Louis (2) _______ them hamburgers because he (3) ___________the recipe by sailors from Humburg in Germany. Hamburgers (4)_________a favourite in America in the early twentieth century. Their popularity (5) _________even more after the Second World War, when they (6) _____________in large quantities by teenagers who (7) ___________ fast food to family meals. In 1948, two brothers, Dick and Mac McDonald (8)____________a drive-in hamburger restaurant in San Bernardino, California. Since then, over 25,000 McDonald’s restaurants (9)_________ worldwide and now 35 million McDonald’s hamburgers (10)___________every day in 115 countries from India to the Artic Circle. 1. A. are sold C. have been sold B. were sold D. sold 2. A. is called B. was called B. called D. calls 3. A. gave C. is given B. was given D. gives 4. A. becomes C. became B. has become D. was become 5. A. grew C. is grown B. has grown D. has been grown 6. A. bought C. were bought B. was bought D. have been bought 7. A. preferred C. have preferred B. prefer D. were preferred 8. A. open C. was opened B. opened D. were opening 9. A. were opened C. have been opened B. opened D. are opening 10.A. have been eaten C. are eating B. eaten D. were eaten Exercise 8: Circle the letter that represents the incorrect form. 1. My brakes had not been tested yet when I came to pick up my car; in fact, the brakes were testing as I walked into the service station. 2. When we next see Alice and Max, who are presently parents of two children, they will have been a new baby in their family. 3. As an editor, she has to do a great amount of reading, but she says that the fact that she has to read a great deal doesn’t bother her because she used to it. 4. The music for the opera, which will perform next month, has been written by one of the students in the music department. 5. On the days that he’s not busy, he like to write poetry, or paint with watercolors, or cook an unusual dish. 6. Pedro has travelled a lot. He claims that he ate Chinese food, Japanese food and Mexican food. 7. I’m having a day off today so I decide to take the car to the garage to have it repair. 8. When the dealer sold the appliance to the customer, he was given her an instruction book to be sure the appliance would be operated properly. 9. We can begin the meeting as soon as Sophia brings the report that she has prepared last week. 10.When heavy rains were threatened to flood the fields, the farmers had their crops picked earlier than they had intended. Exercise 9: Match the two columns and write sentences, using the passive form of the verbs given in the box. (Use one verb only once.) bear discover give invent make paint produce pull down steal write 1. The telephone 2. Penicillin 3. Romeo and Juliet 4. Einstein 5. The first cartoon 6. The Mona Lisa 7. The Berlin Wall 8. The Statue of Liberty 9. An old painting 10.The first hamburger A. to America B. by Louis Lassen C. by Leonardo da Vinci D. by Shakespeare E. in 1989 F. from the local museum G. by Walt Disney H. by Alexander Gramham Bell I. by Alexander Flemming J. in Germany Exercise 10: Fill in each blank with the correct form of a verb in the box. become find introduce invent manufacture play work use Nylon __________ in the early 1930s by an American chemist, Julian Hill. Other scientists _____________ with his invention and finally on 27 October 1938, Nylon ____________ to the world. It was cheap and strong and immediately ___________ successful, especially in the making of ladies’ stocking. During the Second World War, the best present for many women was a pair of nylon stocking, but more importantly, it ___________ to make parachutes and tyres. Today, nylon ______________ in many things: carpets, ropes, seat bellts, funiture, computers, and even spare parts for the human body. It _____________ an improtant role in our lives for over 50 years. Next year about 36 million tons of it ____________ . . made new scientific discoveries. 5. People export rice from Thailand. 6. They are repairing my bike today. 7. My company didn’t build that road. 8. My cousin, Tom, will meet you at the airport. 9 project. 12.The car which was damaged in the hurricane is now being repaired. 13.Why wasn’t the motorbike either locked or put in the garage? 14.Due to his late home-coming, he was punished. 15.He. should tell him never to to that again. 29.It is impossible to do this now. 30.People must not leave bicycles in the hall. 31.Don’t let others see you. 32.The others told the new students where to