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THE PASSIVE

1. Make a passive sentence form the words in brackets.

a) This is a very popular television programme. (every week / watch / by millions of people)

b) What happens to the cars produced in this factory? (most of them / export)

c) Was there any trouble at the demonstration? ( about 20 people / arrest)

d) There is no longer military service in Britain. (when / it / abolish?)

e) Did anybody call an ambulance to the scene of the accident? (Yes, but nobody / injure / so

it / not / need)

f) Last night someone broke into our house. (anything / take?)

g) Mr Kelly can’t use his office at the moment. (it / redecorate)

h) George didn’t have his car yesterday. (it / service / at he garage)

i) Where’s my bicycle? It’s gone! (it / steal!)

j) The people next door disappeared six months ago. ( they / not / see / since then)

k) This room looks different. (it / paint / since I was last here?)

l) A tree was lying across the road. ( it / blow down / in the storm )

2. Complete these sentences with one of the following verbs in the correct form:arrest wake knock check translate find make spend carry

a) A decision will not ___________________ until the next meeting.

b) That building is dangerous. It ought to _________________________ down before it falls

down.

c) When you go through Customs, your luggage may ___________________ by a customs officer.

d) I told the hotel receptionist that I wanted to ______________________ up at 6.30.

e) Her new book will probably ________________________ into a number of foreign languages.

f) If you kicked a policeman, you’d _______________________________________________.

g) Police are looking for the missing boy. He can’t ______________________ anywhere.

h) Do you think that less money should _______________________ on arms?i) The injured man couldn’t walk and had to ______________________.

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3. Underline the errors in these sentences and rewrite them.

a) Many pet dogs are losing every year.

b) The ill man was been taken to hospital.c) A new bridge is be built across the river.

d) All the food at the party was ate.

e) Nothing will being decided before next Saturday.

f) The match is playing on Friday evening.

g) The robber unlocked the door by a false key.

h) This book was writing by Sam’s father.

4. Read these sentences and write another one with the same meaning.

a) It is believed that the wanted man is living in New York.

b) It is said that many people are homeless after the floods.

c) It is known that the Prime Minister is in favour of the new law.

d) It is expected that the government will lose the election.

e) It is thought that the prisoner escaped by climbing over the wall.

f) It is believed that the thieves got in through the kitchen window.

g) It is alleged that he drove through the town at 90 miles an hour.

h) It is reported that two people were seriously injured in the accident.

i) It is said that three men were arrested after the explosion.

5. Fill in the active or passive form of the verb.

Money is anything that _____________________ (accept) by people in return for the things

they _____________________ (sell) or the work they ______________________ (do). Today,

banknotes ______________________ (make) of paper and coins _____________________

(produce) from metal. In modern societies, credit cards or “plastic money”

 _______________________ (use) more and more.

In the past, before money ______________________ (use), people made use of many other

things to buy what they ______________________ (need). Among these things

 _______________________ (be) salt, cocoa, shells, beans, stones and tobacco. Some American

Indians ________________________ (give) each other seashells when they

 _______________________ (want) to buy and sell things. In Asia, tea-leaves

 ______________________ (mix) with animal blood _____________________________ (make)

into the shape of bricks and dried. Pieces of bricks ________________________ (break) off 

and given to someone else in order to pay for something. As time _______________________

(pass), various metals ________________________ (use), especially gold.

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And what ____________________(happen) to money in the future? Many people think that

money _____________________ (not use) in the same way as today. They think that banknotes

and coins ______________________ (become) a thing of the past.

6. Rewrite these sentences into the active or the passive form. Some of them have two possiblepassive sentences.

a) Many people in south America speak Spanish.

b) The doctor ordered father to stay in bed.

c) Her boyfriend gave her a big surprise last night.

d) The money was stolen from my purse.

e) The audience enjoyed the concert very much.

f) Bob took that book from the library.

g) This book is read by many people all over the world.

h) Mary gives money to her brother once a week.

j) The government sent orders to the army.

7. Translate the following sentences into English and write the suitable passive of them.

a) Qui va descobrir Amèrica?

b) L’empresa va oferir una feina nova a na Maria.

c) El carter tira mil cartes (a la bústia) cada dia.

d) Ford ven deu cotxes verds cada setmana.

e) Qui va fer les fotografíes?

f) Cecil Beaton va donar un regal al seu amant secret.