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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 11th 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

A to America

B by Louis Lassen

C by Leonardo da Vinci

D by Shakespeare

E in 1989

F from the local museum

7 The Berlin Wall

8 The Statue of Liberty

9 An old painting

10.The first hamburger

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