Passive voice

Exercicis d'ampliació:

I.  Circle the correct answer.

1. Her idea took / was taken for granted.
2. The wind has broken / has been broken their glass door.
3. Italian speaks / is spoken in Switzerland.
4. His book is reading / is being read at the moment in the high society circles.
5. Da Vinci had painted / had been painted Mona Lisa before some of his other famous paintings.
6. Anna Karenina was writing / was written by Tolstoy.
7. The prize will give / will be given to her by the president.
8. We are going to leave / be left alone by our teachers if we change our attitude.
9. Why can’t you tell / be told me the truth?
10. Their brother has employed / has been employed for six years.
11. He gave / was given a present to her.
12. She gave / was given  this present for her wedding anniversary.
13. My bike runs / is run very fast.
14. He knocked down / was knocked down by a bike yesterday.
15. Her house ruined / was ruined in the fire.
16. I don't know anything about building. I will have built my house / will have my house built.
17. Although she is a professional cook, she has all her cakes made / makes  all the cakes.
18. She is a hair-dresser, so she has had her new hair-style done / has done her new hair-style.
19. I didn't go to the post office. I had all the letters sent by my secretary / had sent all the letters.
20. Our son had his bike repaired / repaired his bike. We are so proud of him.

1. Make the following sentences active.

1. Were you told to show your luggage?

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2. Our conversation is being recorded by the police.

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3. The cake will have been taken out of the oven by lunch time.

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4. We are going to be given the handouts by the lecturer.

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5. The word “Croatian” should be written with a capital letter.

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6. Our flight has just been announced.

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7. Opals are mined for in Australia.

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8. The drinks were being served by a handsome bartender.

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9. Several students had been punished by that teacher before the parents were warned about the problem by the authorities.

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10. The essays are to be handed in at the end of the week.

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2. Make the active sentences passive and the passive ones active.

1. If the television set had been repaired properly, it wouldn’t have broken down again.

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2. Fish fingers don’t have to be defrosted before they are fried.

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3. The bride’s aunt is going to prepare all the food for the wedding reception.

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4. The towels aren’t washed every day by the hotel staff.

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5. His young assistant was counting the leaflets.

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6. Their apartment is being redecorated by a famous interior designer.

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7. The students have not yet used the new laboratory.

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8. The document must have been erased.

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9. Someone ought to have reported it to the principal.

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10. He was believed to have been killed by the terrorists.

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II.                Put the verbs in brackets into the appropriate passive form.

1. The conference was over after the final conclusions __________ (draw).
2. Look at this beautiful lace! Where __________ it __________ (make)?
3. The report __________ (give) next Saturday.
4. What’s going on in your house? __________ it __________ (occupy) by some party goers?
5. The old oak tree __________ (knock) down in the heavy storm yesterday.
6. Jane is not here. She __________  (take) to hospital.
7. I have decided it. I __________  (prepare) well for the final exam next week.
8. It is such an interesting poster! Who __________ it __________ (create) by?
9. They __________ (humiliate) in public for more than two hours before the police finally arrived.
10. I __________  (tell) the whole story. That’s why I can’t judge them.
11. He must __________  (support) by very powerful people during his last campaign.
12. A lot of paintings __________  (steal) last summer, but luckily they have all been found.
13. Who __________The Titanic __________ (direct) by?
14. I have forgotten to do it, but I promise, it __________ (do) in a minute.
15. This coat can’t __________ (wash) in a washing machine.
16. _________________ (injure) in a car accident, she never wanted to drive again.
17. This project has got ______________ (finish) before the end of the month.
18. She loves ___________ (take) to a restaurant.