Correct Tense!

1.
Complete the sentences using the correct form of the passive voice in the
correct tense!
1. The war next week (DECLARE).
2. Your homework by tomorrow afternoon. (MUST FINISH)
3. That house since I was a child. (NOT PAINT)
4. Smoking in this hotel (NOT ALLOW)
5. After all the flights the tourists checked in at the airport

hotel.(CANCEL)
6. The car for over a week (NOT WASH).
7. He a new contract last year (GIVE)
8. This song by the Beatles in 1967. (WRITE)
9. The earth if we try hard enough to do something (CAN

SAVE)
10.The new bridge at the moment. (BUILD)
2. Change the following sentences to PASSIVE VOICE
1. He is going to publish a new book.
A new book .
2. They haven't started the game yet.
The game yet.

3. They could have broken the window.
The window .
4. Have they surprised you?
Have ?
5. Where were they taking the taxis?
Where ?
6. We have to sign all the documents.
All the documents .

7. Nobody can lift that stone.
The stone .
8. Did they sign the contract?
?
9. The student had cleaned the board before the teacher came in.
The board before the teacher came in.

10.They didn't return the books.
The books .
11.They are serving dinner now.
Dinner now.
12.The teacher punished the pupils.
The pupils by the teacher.
3. Change the following sentences to passive by filling in the correct verb

forms !
1. The secretary opens the mail every morning.
The mail by the secretary every morning.

2. A gardener is watering the flowers.
The flowers by a gardener.

3. Jimmy walks the dogs every day.
The dogs by Jimmy every day.

4. Heavy rain had caused the flood.
The flood by heavy rain.

5. Police officers were examining the evidence.
The evidence by police officers.

6. A spokesman gave an interview to the reporters.
The reporters an interview by a spokesperson.

7. A guide will take you to your seat.
You to your seat by a guide.

8. We are going to announce the results on Friday.
The results on Friday.

9. The new manager has made some changes.
Some changes by the new manager.

10.The students are making arrangements for the party.
Arrangements for the party.

11.They clean the windows every week.
The windows every week.

12.They had invited him to the cinema.
He to the cinema.
Fill in the correct tense. Use passive or active according to the context.
1. When she heard that her dog (KILL), she burst into tears.
2. We hope that the missing money (FIND) soon.
3. A new bridge (BUILD) at the moment.
4. I didn’t go to the party because I (INVITE)
5. When she discovered that Tom (EAT) all the biscuits she got
very angry.
6. It’s no use trying. You (WASTE) your time.

7. Shakespeare (WRITE) many other plays apart from Hamlet.
8. A million people (VISIT) the cathedral every year.
9. John Higgins (AWARD) a science prize last month.
10.A lot of money (SPEND) on weapons nowadays.
11.Too many office buildings (BUILD) in the city over the last
ten years.
12.The new desks (ALREADY BUY) but
they (NOT DELIVER) yet.
13.The President (GIVE) a speech next Monday.
14.The driver (GO) too fast when suddenly the child appeared.
15.Bath (FOUND) in the first century A.D. by the Romans.
16.The old castle (LOCATE) in the forest, not far from the river.
I'm sure you will find it.
Change the sentences to passive by filling in the missing words !
1. People eat 40 million hamburgers every day.
40 million hamburgers every day.

2. People speak English all over the world.
English all over the world.

3. Where did they invent gun powder ?
Where gun powder ?

4. The police didn't find the missing girl last weekend.
The missing girl last weekend.

5. Tourists don't visit this museum very often.
This museum very often.

6. Workers are building a new fun park in town.
A new fun park in town.

7. When did they translate this book into English ?
When this book into English ?

8. Women send thousands of emails to the star every month.
Thousands of emails to the star every month.

9. Sally brought me some fresh grapes.
I some fresh grapes by Sally.

10.Some dangerous looking men were following me the whole evening.
I the whole evening by some dangerous looking men.
11.George told me about the incident at dinner.
I about the incident at dinner.

12.They are holding the election next week.
The election next week.

13.The cleaning lady has watered the plants.
The plants by the cleaning lady.

14.You must put coins into the slot machine.
Coins into the slot machine.

15.Sharon will meet you at the airport and take you to the hotel.
You at the airport and to the hotel by Sharon.

16.Have they delivered the new music system yet ?
the new music system yet ?

17.You can obtain further information at the desk.
Further information at the desk.

18.You should send your children to a good school.
Your children to a good school.

19.They won't take a decision until the next meeting.
A decision until the next meeting.

20.They have never opened the door before.
The door before.
Complete the sentences using the correct form of the passive voice !
1. The authorities decided that the meeting next Wednesday.

(HOLD)
2. The goods to our house in the Midlands every Friday.

(TRANSPORT)
3. The larger portrait by a well-known Flemish artist.(PAINT)
4. When I arrived I a note by one of the delegates . (HAND)
5. Nothing of Pauline since her car accident last spring. (SEE)
6. I'll have to stay at home because our new furniture .

(DELIVER)
7. For the past few days I had to work in Jack's office because
mine at the moment.(REDECORATE)
8. I major new oil deposit in the North Sea recently.

(DISCOVER)

1. The space probe Explorer from Cape Canaveral last year.
(LAUNCH)
2. Breakfast in this hotel before 7 am. ( NOT SERVE)
3. Up to now no decision on the future of the company.(MAKE)
4. As we speak the suspect by the police.(QUESTION)
5. A lot of meetings but nothing has been decided yet. (HOLD)
6. The door for at least twenty years. (NOT OPEN)
7. Bicycles widely in this city instead of public transport.

(USE)
8. Elections in Britain every five years. (HOLD)
9. Your drinks to you in a minute. Please wait . (BRING)
10.The Olympic Games in South Korea for the first time in
2018.(ORGANIZE)

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1. The war next week (DECLARE).

2. Your homework by tomorrow afternoon. (MUST FINISH)

3. That house since I was a child. (NOT PAINT)

4. Smoking in this hotel (NOT ALLOW)

5. After all the flights the tourists checked in at the airport

6. The car for over a week (NOT WASH).

7. He a new contract last year (GIVE)

8. This song by the Beatles in 1967. (WRITE)

9. The earth if we try hard enough to do something (CAN

10.The new bridge at the moment. (BUILD)

2. Change the following sentences to PASSIVE VOICE

1. He is going to publish a new book.

The game yet.

All the documents .

The board before the teacher came in.

The pupils by the teacher.

3. Change the following sentences to passive by filling in the correct verb

1. The secretary opens the mail every morning.

The mail by the secretary every morning.

The flowers by a gardener.

The dogs by Jimmy every day.

The flood by heavy rain.

The evidence by police officers.

The reporters an interview by a spokesperson.

You to your seat by a guide.

The results on Friday.

Some changes by the new manager.

Arrangements for the party.

The windows every week.

He to the cinema.

2. We hope that the missing money (FIND) soon.

3. A new bridge (BUILD) at the moment.

4. I didn’t go to the party because I (INVITE)

6. It’s no use trying. You (WASTE) your time.

8. A million people (VISIT) the cathedral every year.

9. John Higgins (AWARD) a science prize last month.

10.A lot of money (SPEND) on weapons nowadays.

12.The new desks (ALREADY BUY) but

they (NOT DELIVER) yet.

13.The President (GIVE) a speech next Monday.

15.Bath (FOUND) in the first century A.D. by the Romans.

Change the sentences to passive by filling in the missing words !

1. People eat 40 million hamburgers every day.

40 million hamburgers every day.

English all over the world.

Where gun powder ?

The missing girl last weekend.

This museum very often.

A new fun park in town.

When this book into English ?

Thousands of emails to the star every month.

I some fresh grapes by Sally.

I the whole evening by some dangerous looking men.

11.George told me about the incident at dinner.

I about the incident at dinner.

The election next week.

The plants by the cleaning lady.