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Alumno (a): _________________________________________Días de clase: ______ Turno: ____ Salón: ____ Fecha: ___________

GRAMMAR ENGLISH
PASSIVE VOICE
The passive voice is used when it’s not known or not important to know exactly who performs an action.
In the passive voice, the object of an active verb becomes the subject of the passive verb. It is form by the auxiliary
form of the verb To Be and the Past-Participle of the verb that we are conjugating.

RULES

1. The tense of the verb To Be in the passive voice sentence is the same tense of the main verb in the active voice
sentence.
2. The active voice sentence tense does not change when it passes to passive voice.
3. Passive voice sentences have only been done with transitive verbs.
 Transitive verbs are verbs that can be followed by an object. It’s not possible to use intransitive verbs (such
as happen, sleep, come, seem, die, etc.) in the passive voice.

STRUCTURE
OBJECT + (Auxiliary) + VERB TO BE + MAIN VERB IN PARTICIPLE + COMPLEMENT + BY + SUBJECT

Active voice: John is singing a love song. – Passive voice: A love song is being sung by John.
Active voice: Lucy had spent all my money. – Passive voice: All my money had been spent by Lucy.
Active voice: A professional will paint the walls of the house. – Passive voice: The walls of the house will be painted by a
professional.
Active voice: Alice is going to buy a car – Passive voice: A car is going to be bought by Alice

EXERCISES
I. Write the correct form of the following verbs according to the tenses given.

TO PLAY TO SWIM TO BUILD TO BE

Simple present

Present continuous

Simple past

Past continuous

Present Perfect

Simple future

Progressive future

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EXERCISES
II. Chose the correct options and circle them.

131. The school bus ______ by a group of boys who were making a protest on the main avenue.
a. is stopped
b. was stopped
c. are stopped
d. were stopped
132. My parents’ car ______ by a thief. – Did you see it?
a. is stolen
b. were given
c. was given
d. was stolen
133. All those e-mails ______ by Lulu and her boyfriend the night of the event, I mean, two nights ago.
a. is sent
b. were sent
c. were send
d. are sent
134. A nice car ______ by him at his job every single day.
a. was driven
b. are driven
c. is driven
d. were driven
135. Our cathedral ______ by thousands of Catholic tourists year after year. And this one is not the exception.
a. are visited
b. is visited
c. were visited
d. was visited
136. Melissa ______ by her boyfriend Carlos three times this year. – Did she know it? – For sure! But she says she is so in
love!
a. is cheated
b. was cheated
c. were cheated
d. am cheated
137. A new hotel ______ by Spanish entrepreneurs in La Riviera Maya. It will be finish in 2019. Most of the hotels over
there are from European entrepreneurs.
a. has been built
b. am built
c. were built
d. is being built

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138. A new President ______ in Guatemala this year; his name is Adalberto de la Torre. People say he is a very kind man.
What do you think about him?
a. has been elected
b. is elected
c. is being elected
d. were elected

139. A lot of gold medals ______ by Timmy London in Olympic Games. He won his first gold medal in Athens 2004.
a. have been won
b. has been won
c. is being won
d. are being won

140. Cats ______ by Egyptians as gods. Can you imagine that? Absolutely not!
a. were taken
b. was taken
c. are taken
d. is taken

141. Four Oscar Awards ______ by “Matrix” the film in 1999. The film was about to be the winner of the night. The top
film won only five wards.
a. was won
b. were won
c. is won
d. are being won

142. That beautiful song ______ the very first time by Celine Dion the night of the Academy awards.
a. are being sung
b. is being sung
c. is sung
d. was sung

143. A number ______ by everyone before they make the line in the bank.
a. is taken
b. was taken
c. is being taken
d. have been taken

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III. Change the following sentences into the right PASSIVE VOICE.

144. John collects money just for fun.

__________________________________________________________________________________________________

145. Ana opened the window the night of the hurricane.

__________________________________________________________________________________________________

146. We have done our homework and it is still Friday night.

__________________________________________________________________________________________________

147. Mary is cleaning the kitchen.

__________________________________________________________________________________________________

148. She eats a lot of candy bars in the school.

__________________________________________________________________________________________________

149. I have bought a hamburger with my own money.

__________________________________________________________________________________________________

150. Edward has phoned Anthony twice today.

__________________________________________________________________________________________________

151. Sheila is drinking a cup of tea right now.

__________________________________________________________________________________________________

152. They wear blue shoes in the school.

__________________________________________________________________________________________________

153. I am reading a different and interesting novel this month.

__________________________________________________________________________________________________

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 READING COMPREHENSION

I. Matching

From exercises 154 to 158. Identify the advertisement that is the right one for the statements on the left.

154. If you want to learn to play this, call this MUSIC SHOP
_______ A
number. New and used CDs – great for the car!

Play the Guitar

155. Buy these here and listen to them while you
_______ B Classes for children and adults
are travelling. Beginners welcome

Pop group needs new singer

156. You do not have to pay to go to these Call Andy on
_______ C
concerts. 020 8746 9902

157. You will learn about the history of music in Live music here every Friday –
_______ D get your free ticket today!
this class.

PIANO FOR SALE

_______ 158. Your age is not important for these lessons. E Looks and sounds beautiful –
only £300

Piano lessons
F (only for people who can read music)
Phone 020 4998 3664

New Course!
G 100 years of Music
12:30, Mondays and Wednesdays

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From exercises 159 to 164, you need to identify the advertisement is the right one for the statements on the left.

Do not exercise
159. People who saw a car drive into another car
_____ A dogs in the school
should call this number. playing field.

_____ 160. You cannot let your dog run free here. B No dogs
except guide dogs

_____ 161. Buses will not wait here. C

Bus stop not in use.

_____ 162. Check you have all your bags before you go D Use stop on George
Street.

Engineering works
on train line
163. There are changes at the beginning of Saturday and
_____ E
autumn. Sunday. Buses will
run between Bath
and Bristol.

New train timetable

_____ 164. Trains will not run at the weekend. F starts from
September 23rd.

Please have
H correct change
ready for the bus.

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For questions 165 – 169 read the text and choose the correct answer.

165. What should George do?

George a. reserve the last concert ticket before anyone else does
Luke texted me to say b. tell Luke how many people are going to the concert
there’s just one ticket left
for Saturday’s concert. c. buy several concert tickets because many people want to go
Still interested? If so,
hurry up and let him
know because several
other people may want it.
Mike

166.
a. Students wishing to keep books for the holiday should borrow
them this week.
b. Students borrowing books now can only keep them for one week.
c. Students borrowing books now have to bring them back before the
holiday.

167.
Dan
Chris phoned – there’s a football
match sometime after school
a. Dan should get his football things ready this evening.
tomorrow. Put everything in your b. Chris will ring Dan back about the time of the match.
sports bag before you go to bed.
I’ve washed everything for you. c. Mum will wash Dan's football clothes for him.
Mum

168.

a. Use warning lights at all times when driving through the tunnel.
b. Tunnel warning lights will be turned on if a car has broken down.
c. Switch on warning lights if your car breaks down in the tunnel.

169. Emily should ring the doctor

a. in order to make another appointment.
b. if the new appointment is inconvenient.
c. to change the day of her appointment.