Exercise 8. Put the verb into the correct form, present simple or past simple, active or passive

Exercise 7. Write questions using the passive. Some are present and some are past.

1 Ask about the telephone. (when/invent?) When was the telephone invented?

2 Ask about glass. (how/make?) How……

3 Ask about Australia. (when/discover?) ……

4 Ask about silver. (what/use for?) ……

5 Ask about television. (when/invent?) ……

1 It's a big factory. Five hundred people are employed (employ) there.

2 Water……(cover) most of the Earth's surface.

3 Most of the Earth's surface……(cover) by water.

4 The park gates……(lock) at 6.30 p.m. every evening.

5 The letter……(post) a week ago and it……(arrive) yesterday.

6 The boat……(sink) quickly but fortunately everybody

……(rescue).

7 Ron's parents……(die) when he was very young. He and his sister

……(bring) up by their grandparents.

8 I was born in London but I……(grow) up in the north of England.

9 While I was on holiday, my camera……(steal) from my hotel room.

10 While I was on holiday, my camera……(disappear) from my hotel room.

11 Why……(Sue/resign) from her job? Didn't she enjoy it?

12 Why……(Bill/sack) from his job? What did he do wrong?

13 The company is not independent. It……(own) by a much larger company.

14 I saw an accident last night. Somebody……(call) an ambulance but

Nobody……(injure) so the ambulance……(not/need).

15 Where……(these photographs/take)? In London? …… (you/take) them?

Exercise 9. Rewrite these sentences. Instead of using 'somebody/they/people' etc. write a passive sentence.

1 Somebody cleans the room every day. The room is cleaned everyday.

2 They cancelled all flights because of fog. All……

3 People don't use this road very often……

4 Somebody accused me of stealing money. I……

5 How do people learn languages? How……

6 People advised us not to go out alone……

Exercise 10. What do these words mean? Use it can... or it can't.... Use a dictionary if necessary.

If something is

1 washable, it can be washed. 4........................................ unusable,……

2 unbreakable, it…… 5……invisible,……

3 edible, it…… 6……portable,……

Exercise 11. Complete these sentences with one of the following verbs (in the correct form):

carry cause do make repair send spend wake up

Sometimes you need have ('might have', 'could have' etc.).

1 The situation is serious. Something must be done before it's too late.

2 I haven't received the letter. It might have been sent to the wrong address.

3 A decision will not……until the next meeting.

4 I told the hotel receptionist that I wanted to……at 6.30 the next morning.

5 Do you think that less money should……on armaments?

6 This road is in very bad condition. It should……a long time ago.

7 The injured man couldn't walk and had to……

8 It's not certain how the fire started but it might……by an

electrical fault.

Exercise 12. Rewrite these sentences. Instead of using 'somebody' or 'they', write a passive sentence.

1 Somebody has cleaned the room. The room has been cleaned.

2 They have postponed the concert. The……

3 Somebody is using the computer at the moment. The computer……

4 I didn't realise that somebody was recording our conversation.

I didn't realise that……

5 When we got to the stadium we found that they had cancelled the game.

When we got to the stadium, we found that……

6 They are building a new ring road round the city.

……

7 They have built a new hospital near the airport.

……

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