Class 7

CLASS 7
ORGANISATION
LISTENING
READING : A SUCCESSFUL ORGANISATION

READING A SUCCESSFUL ORGANISATION
Grammar passive voice exercises
REFRESH YOUR KNOWLEDGE

Choose the appropriate verb form to fill in the table (some spaces in the table will stay blank for those
tenses where passive is not common).
were made
will have made
have made
will make
will have been made
had made
will have been making
are being made
have been making
make
to be made
will be made
are going to be made
will be making
had been making
were making
are going to make
are making
had been made
have been made
made
to make
are made
were being made

Active Slavonian women the best cakes.
Present Simple
Passive The best cakes in Slavonia.
Present
Continuous Passive The best cakes in Slavonia.
Past Simple

Past Continuous

Present Perfect
Simple Passive The best cakes in Slavonia.

Present Perfect

Past Perfect

Past Perfect
Future Simple

Future Continuous

Future Perfect

Future Perfect

«going to» future
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.
II. Transformations
A. Make these sentences passive.
1. The garage mechanic is repairing the car now.

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2. A famous director has donated one million dollars for the victims of tsunami.
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3. They were still building the hotel when there was an earthquake.
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4. They had planned the itinerary long before they went on their trip.
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5. They will deliver the newspapers early in the morning.

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6. The fire destroyed all the files.

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7. What have you done to make them feel better?
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8. They will have completed most of the work by the time the president arrives.
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9. People believed for a long time that the Earth was the centre of the Universe.
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10. They made him pay back all the money.

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B. 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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READING : A SUCCESSFUL ORGANISATION

REFRESH YOUR KNOWLEDGE

will have made

will have been made

will have been making

are being made

have been making

are going to be made

had been making

are going to make

had been made

have been made

were being made

Active Slavonian women the best cakes.

Active Slavonian women the best cakes.

Active Slavonian women the best cakes.

Active Slavonian women the best cakes.

Active Slavonian women the best cakes.

Active Slavonian women the best cakes.

Active Slavonian women the best cakes.

Active Slavonian women the best cakes.

Active Slavonian women the best cakes.

1. Her idea took / was taken for granted.

1. The garage mechanic is repairing the car now.

5. They will deliver the newspapers early in the morning.

6. The fire destroyed all the files.

10. They made him pay back all the money.

B. Make the following sentences active.

1. Were you told to show your luggage?

2. Our conversation is being recorded by the police.

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

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

6. Our flight has just been announced.

7. Opals are mined for in Australia.

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

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

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