Change the sentences from active to passive or from passive to active 1) Robots make cars in this factory….

! Rewrite the sentences using the Passive Voice.

1. We have already made cakes.
2. The police caught the bank robbers last night.
3. Our company will build here a new office.
4. People always celebrate this holiday.
5. Mary organized Tom’s birthday party.
6. People download lots of films from the internet every day. ​

Open the brackets using Passive voice. 1. Last night I (invite) to a party by a friend from Scotland. 2. Spain and Portugal (visit) by millions of tourists next year. 3. The menu in that restaurant (change) every month. 4. These strawberries are fresh; they (pick) yesterday. 5. Many people (kill) in road accidents every year. II. Make the sentences passive. 1. The girl put all her books on the shelf. 2. They did not invite her to the party. 3. A young teacher started a school in this village. 4. The garage mechanic repairs cars every day. 5. They built the hotel in 1952.

Transform the sentences below from active to passive.

a People do not test these products on animals.

b Somebody will interview me for the job.

C. They haven’t used that machine for two years.

d. Somebody put new traffic lights on the street corner.

e . They will open a new exhibition next Friday.

f.Nobody has corrected the mistakes yet.

Put the verbs in the Passive Voice.

1. The big pie (bake) by Sam last week.

2. My dog (steal) just.

3. The space (explore) now.

4. He can only (stop) by a true master of Chi.

5. A new store ( build) near the station at the moment.

6. The vacuum cleaner (repair) tomorrow.

7. Coffee( make) from the seeds of coffee berries.

Change the active voice into passive.

1 We form the passive voice with the help of the verb to be.

2 people grow oranges in Italy.

3 They build a lot of new houses in our country.

4 People often make tables of plastic.

5 They translate the Harry Potter books into many languages.

6 They don t teach foreign languages at this primary school.

7 They don t show such films on TV.

8 My granny doesn t grow tomatoes here.

9 People don t build tall buildings on this island.

10 What questions does your teacher usually ask you in class?

11 Do you hear such melodies here?

Put the verbs in brackets into the Present Simple or Past Simple Passive Voice.

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1| Coffee … (to grow) in Brazil.

2 |The Tower of London . (to visit) by thousands of tourists every year.

3| . those invitations . (to send) yesterday?

4| The report … (not to type) yesterday.

5| Nowadays basketball . (to play) all over the world.

6| A new song by this pop group … (to record) a week ago.

7| . the flowers in the Botanical garden . (to water) every day?

8| This sweater … (to knit) by my granny.

Rewrite the sentences using Passive voice:

1) The teacher will mark the tests.

2) Liz showed me some holiday pictures.

3) Grandfather is going to tell the children a story.

4) Bill hasn’t cut the grass yet.

5) People spend a lot of money on food.

6) He stole a large amount of valuable papers from the shop.

7) She is cooking the dinner at the moment.

Patrick gave Liza some flowers.

9) Grandmother knit my sweater.

10) Leonardo da Vinci painted the “Mona Lisa”.

Rewrite the sentences and make them passive. 10.The company has produced cars since the beginning of the century. 11. The Egyptians buried pharaohs in pyramids. 12.They will meet you at the train station 13.Has everyone read the instructions? 14. The nurse reads the newspaper to the old man every day. 15.They must have left the documents behind. 6. The secretary opens the mail every morning. 7. A spokesman gave an interview to the reporters. 8. The students are making arrangements for their graduation. 9. People eat 40 million hamburgers every day. 10. You mustn’t waste your money on stupid things. 1​

www.engblocks.com PAST SIMPLE PASSIVE USE THE PROMPTS TO MAKE SENTENCES [Exercise 1] Use the prompts to make sentences using Past Simple Passive. Example: Harry Potter/write / J. K. Rowling Answer: Harry Potter was written by J. K. Rowling. 1. these bags/make/ in Italy 2. the fence/break / by the wind 3. my wallet / steal / last week 4. they/ injure / in a car accident 5. James/fire / yesterday 6. the photo / take / by my husband 7. new tablets/buy/ on Friday 8. we / prepare / for the storm

Task 3 Rewrite the sentences in the passive form
1 My friend can write some more articles about hobby.
2 The police caught a bank robber last night.
3 George didn’t repair my clock.
4 Bell invented the telephone.
5 The postman will leave my letter by the door.
6 My grandmother has sent the letters today​