Ilham ramadhan (10223805)

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EXERCISES
1. Complete the sentences with the correct passive form of the verbs in brackets. Use the
Present Simple.
a. English Is Spoken (speak) in many countries.
b. The post Is delivered (deliver) at about 7 o’clock every morning.
c. Is the building used (the building/use) any more?
d. How often is the olympic games held (the Olympic Games(hold)?
e.How is our names spelled (your name/spell)?
f. My salary is paid (pay) every month.
g.These cars are not made (not make) in Japan.
h.The name of the people who committed the crime not known (not know).
i.His travel expenses is not paid (not pay) by his company.
2. Complete the sentences with the correct passive form of the verbs in brackets. Use the
Past Simple.
a. My car was repaired (repair) last week.
b.This song was not written (not write) by John Lennon.
c. was the phone answered (the phone/answer) by a young girl?
d.The film was made (make) ten years ago.
e.When was tennis invented (tennis/invent)?
f.The car was not damaged (not damaged) in the accident.
g.The original building was pulled down (pull) down in 1965.
h.Where was this pot (this pot/make)?
i.When was this bridge built (this bridge/build).
3. Choose the correct form of the verbs in brackets.
Fiat 0 was started (started/was started) by a group of Italian businessmen in 1899. In 1903, Fiat,
1 produced (produced/was produced) 132 cars. Some of these cars 2 were exported
(exported/were exported) by the company to the United States and Britain. In 1920, Fiat 3
started (started/was started) making cars at a new factory at Lingotto, near Turin. There was a
track on the roof where the cars 4 were tested (tested/were tested) by technicians. In 1936, Fiat
launched the Fiat 500. This car 5 was called (called/was called) the Topolino – the Italian name
for Mickey Mouse. The company grew, and in 1963 Fiat 6 exported (exported/was exported)
more than 300,000 vehicles. Today, Fiat is based in Turin, and its cars 7 sold (sold/are sold) all
over the world.
4. Change the following sentences into passive sentences using the words in brackets
a. We sell tickets for all shows at the Box Office. (Tickets for all shows/sell/at the Box Office)
Tickets for all shows are sold at the box office
b. Thomas Edison invented the electric light bulb. (The electric light bulb/invent/by Thomas
Edison)
the electric light bulb was invented by Thomas Edison
 c. Someone painted the office last week. (The office/paint/last week)
the office was painted last week
d. Several people saw the accident. (The accident/see/by several people)
the accident was seen by several people
e. Where do they make these video recorders? (Where/these video recorders/make)
Where are these video recorders made?
5. Rewrite these sentences in the passive voice
a.Someone built this house 200 years ago
This house was buit 200 years ago (by someone)
b. A thief stole my purse.
My purse was stolen by a thief
c. The police will arrest the robbers.
The robbers will be arrested by the police
d. They produce cars in this factory.
Cars are producted in this factory (by them)
e. They serve breakfast at eight o’clock every day.
Breakfast is served at night o clock everyday (by people)
f. People throw away tones of rubbish every day.
Tonnes of rubish is thrown away everyday (by people)
g. They make coffee in Brazil.
Coffe is made in brazil (by them)
h. Someone stole Jim’s bike lat night.
A new planet was discovered by birtish astronomers
6. Rewrite these sentences in the passive voice.
a. They will build a new bridge next year.
A new bridge will e built next year
b. Brian Brody directed The Ultimate Space Adventure.
The ultimate space adventure was directed by Brian Brody
c. Pierre Matie will design her costume.
Her costume will be designed by pierre matie
d. Someone found my wallet.
My wallet was found (by someone)
e. One of the students broke the window.
The window was broken by one of the student
f. They will deliver my computer on Monday
My computer will be delivered on mon
g. Mary invited Paul to her birthday party.
Paul was inveted to the birtday party by mary
h. British astronomers discovered a new planet.
A new planet was discovered by british astronomers

7.Form the question.

a.Paper is made from wood. Is paper made from wood ?
 b.The telephone was invented by Mr Bell. Was telephone invented by peter?

c. This picture was painted by Peter. Was the picture painted by peter?

d.The thieves will be arrested by the police.will the thieves be arrested by the police?

e. Champagne is made in France. Is the champagne made in france ?

f.The letters will be sent next week. Will the letters be sent next week?

g.The animals are fed three times a day. Are the animal fed three times a day?

h. This article was written by Stanley. Was article written by stanley

i. CDs are made of plastic. Are the cds made of plastic

j.The party was organised by Paul. Was the party organised by paul

8.Read and complete. Use Past Simple.

a. The toothbrush / invent / in the 15th century.

The tootbrush was invented in the 15th century

b. The first public basketball game / play / in 1892.

Was played

c. The first eyeglasses / wear / in the 1200s.

were worn

d. The first bicycle / ride in 1791.

Was ridden

e. The first hot dog / eat / in the 1860s.

was eaten

f. The first CDs / sell / in the 1980s.

were sold

g. The first electric guitar / play / in 1923.

Was played

h. The first computer mouse / use / 1964

was used

9. Complete with the passive. Use Present Simple

a. This programme is watched (watch) by millions of people.

b.Paper is made (make) from wood.

 c.Hundreds of people are killed (kill) in accidents every year.

d.London is visited (visit) by thousands of tourists every year.

e.The biology class is taught (teach) by Mr Green.

f.English is spoken (speak) all over the world.

g.Lunch is served (serve) at twelve o’clock.

h.Books are written (write) by authors.

10. Put the verbs in brackets into Past Simple Passive.

Two men were seen (see) breaking into a house in my street last night. The police were called
(call) and they arrived very quickly. One man was caught (catch) immediately. The other escaped,
but he was found (find) very soon. Both men were taken (take) to the police station where they
were questioned (question) separately by a police officer. The two men were charged (charge) with
burglary.

11. Rewrite the following passage in the Passive.

Somebody has stolen a bus from outside the school. Some children saw the thief. The police are
searching for the bus now. They will use the children’s descriptions to catch the thief.

A bus was stolen from outside the school. The thief was seen by some children. The bus is currently
being searched for by the police. The descriptions provided by the children will be used by the police
to catch the thief.

12. Rewrite the following passage in the Passive.

Some people saw a UFO in the sky above London last night. They reported it to the police. The army

sent a helicopter to look at it more closer. The UFO shot the helicopter down and killed both men in

it. People have given photographs of the UFO to the police. Experts are looking at them now

ufo was seen in the sky above london lst night (by some people).It was reported to the police.A

helicopter was sent to look at it more closer.The helicopter was shotdown and both men it were

killed.phograps have been given to the police (by the people).They are being looked at now (by the

experts)

13. Rewrite the following passage in the Passive.

Someone broke into a local jewellery shop yesterday. The owner had just locked up the shop when a
robber with a gun threatened him. The robber told him to unlock the shop and give him all the diamonds
in the safe. Then the robber tied him up. The police have organized a search for the robber. They hope
they will find him in a few days. Doctors are treating the owner of the shop for shock.
The local jewellery shop was broken into yesterday. The shop had just been locked up by the owner
when he was threatened by a robber with a gun. The owner was told by the robber to unlock the shop
and give him all the diamonds in the safe. Then, the owner was tied up by the robber. A search for the
robber has been organized by the police. It is hoped by them that he will be found in a few days. The
owner of the shop is being treated for shock by doctors.

14. Rewrite the following passage in the Passive.

My uncle painted this picture. Someone has offered him a lot of money for it. He will deliver the painting
tomorrow. When they give him the money, he will tell them the truth. He painted it one night while he
was sleepwalking!

This picture was painted by my uncle. A lot of money has been offered to him for it by someone. The
painting will be delivered tomorrow by him. When the money is given to him, the truth will be told by
him. It was painted by him one night while he was sleepwalking!

15. Rewrite the following passage in the Passive.

Our school is organizing a contest. The teachers will choose the best project about the environment. The
students must include pictures and drawings in their projects. The students will also have to do all the
writing themselves. The school will give the winner a set of encyclopaedias.

A contest is being organized by our school. The best project about the environment will be chosen by the
teachers. Pictures and drawings must be included in the projects by the students. Additionally, all the
writing will have to be done by the students themselves. A set of encyclopaedias will be given to the
winner by the school.

16.Rewrite the following passage in the Passive.

a. He gave me a present. A present was given to me by him

b. The waiter will bring us the bill. he bill will be brought to us by the waiter

c. Her mother bought Mary some sweets. some sweet were bought for Mary by her mother

d. Bob has sold Ted a second-hand car. A second-hand car was sold to Ted by Bob

e. Larry is going to send a letter to Tom. A letter is going to be sent to Tom from Larry

17.Turn from Active to Passive.

a. Someone is helping her with the housework.

She is being helped with the housework

b. The mail-order company sent Mrs Green a parcel.

Mrs Green was sent a parcel by the mail-order company

c. My friend sent me an invitation.

I was sent an invitation by my friend.

d. The secretary has given Mrs Jones some letters.

Mrs Jones has been given some letters by the secretary

e. The traffic warden had already given him a ticket for illegal parking.

He had already been given a ticket for illegal parking by the traffic warden.

f. John gave Elizabeth that beautiful ring.

That beautiful ring was given to Elizabeth by John.

g. Her students have sent her flowers.

She has been sent flowers by her students

h. He must give the message to the right person.

The message must be given by him to the right person

i. We teach our students English and French.

Our students are taught English and French by us

j. Someone bought flowers for the bride.

Flowers were bought for the bride.

k. They showed the tourists the sights of Athens.

The tourists were shown the sights of Athens.

l. They pay her an excellent salary.

She is paid an excellent salary.

m. They paid the artist £1,000 for his painting.

The artist was paid £1,000 for his painting

18. Rewrite these sentences in the passive voice.

1. They sell oysters in the shop next door.

The oyster are sold by them in the shop next door

2. They haven’t delivered the food yet.

The food hasn’t been delivered by them yet

3. Shakespeare wrote King Lear.

The king lear was written by shakespare

4. They have to answer the questions on this sheet.

The question have been answered by them on this sheet

5. Has anybody put the cases upstairs?

Have been the cases put upstair by anybody

6. Someone should take this rubbish away.

This rubbish should be taken by someone away

7. They’ll ask you a lot of questions.

You will be asked by them a lot of question

8. Someone’s going to send her some flowers.

She is being going to send her some flowers.

9. They didn’t pay me much for that job. 10. Have they offered him a better job?

I wasn’t paid by them much for that job

11. They told us a secret.

We were told by them a secret.

12. Would they lend me their car?

Would their car be lent to me by them ?

13. People should send their complaints to the head office.

Their complains are should sent by people to the head ofice

14. They had to postpone the meeting because of illness.

The meeting had been postponed by them because of illnes

15. They are going to hold next year’s congress in San Francisco.

The next years congress is going to held by them in san fransisco

16. The bill includes service.

The service s included by bill.

17. People don’t use this road very often.

This road doesn’t used by people very often

18. They cancelled all the flights because of fog.

All the flights are cancelled by them because of fog

19. Somebody accused me of stealing the money.

I was accused by somebody of stealing the money

20. They are building a new ring-road round the city.

A new ring roaad is being built by them round the city

21. I didn’t realize that someone was recording our conversation.

I didn’t realize that our conversation was being recorded

22. They have changed the date of the meeting.

The date of the meeting has been changed

23. Brian told me that somebody had attacked and robbed him in the street.

Brian told me that he had been attacked and robbed in the street

24. You should open the wine about three hours before you use it.

Wine should be opened about three hours before it is used

25. Somebody had cleaned my shoes and brushed my suit.

My shoes had been cleaned and my suit had been brushed

26. We use this room only on special occasions.

This room is used only on special occasion

27. In some districts farmers use pigs to find truffles.

In some districts pigs are used by farmers to find truffles

28. John gave Elizabeth that beautiful ring.

That beautiful ring is given by john to elizabeth

29. They have offered Sarah a very good job.

A very good job is offered by them to sarah

30. The estate agent showed the house to the young people.

The house is showed by the estate agent to the young people

31. We will pay the gardener a lot of money.

The gardener will be pais a lot of money by usa lot of money will be paid the gardener by us

32. Someone is going to repair the roof next week.

The roof is going to be repaired next

33. They can’t find Joanna.

Joanna cant be found

34. They should decorate the room with flowers.

The room should be decorated with flowers

35. Archaeologists have discovered an ancient temple.

An ancient temple has been discovered

36. We will put all these things into boxes.

All these thing will be put into boxes by us

37. The firefighters rescued the teenagers from the burning building.

The teenagers were rescued from the burning bulfing by the firefighters

38. The youngest student in the class has written the best composition.

The best composition has been written by the youngest student in the class

39. The children send me messages every day.

Messages are dent me everyday by the children

40. The villagers gave the travellers food and water.

The travellers were given food and water by the villagers

41. A very talented young girl wrote the story.

The story was written by a very talented young girl

42. They are going to finish the new road in a few days.

The new road is going to be finished in a few days

43. They cancelled the match because of the rain.

The match was cancelled because of the rain

44. You must not cross this line.

The line must not be crossed

45. They had picked the oranges before the storm.

The oranges had been picked before the storm

46. Professor Smith should write the book.

The book woruld be written by professor smith

47. Mr Elliot will pay the workers.

The workers will be paid my mr ellit

48. Two men were following Tom.

Tom was being followed by town men

49. Millions of people use the Internet every day.

The internet is used by millions of people

50. They gave Bob a CD player for his birthday.

A cd player as given bob for his birthday

51. The prime A medal minister will give a medal to the winners.

A medal will be given to the winners by the prime minister

52. She is telling the children a story.

A story is being told the children by her

53. They’ve offered Sally a job.

Sally has ben offered a job

54. Poisonous chemicals have polluted the river.

The river has been polluted by poisonous chemicals

55. Doctor Simms is examining her.

She is being examined by doctor simms

56. You must stop him now.

He must be stopped now

57. Someone gave them free tickets for the concert.

They were given free ticket for the concert