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Complete the sentences. Use the past simple passive form of the verbs in brackets.

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Test. Passive Voice

1. The door (Paint) yesterday.

2. The inner-city buses (usually/drive) by men

3. He (ever/arrest)?

4. Those meat (steal) by my cat before I saw it.

5. Don’t worry. I promise he (punish) by tomorrow evening.

6. This car must (repair) as soon as posible.

7. A lot of fun games (play) by Sam and his friends tomorrow.

8. Look! The dog (feed).

9. When I looked out of the window, the old building (destroy).

10. 200 metres (swim) by Jack very quickly.

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.

Complete the Past Passive sentences using the past tense of the verb «to be».

Ex: Her wallet ____ stolen by a thief.
Her Wallet was stolen by a thief

Max ____ bitten by a dog.

We ____ interested in puzzles

The match ____ played in a large stadium

They ____ taught to say please and thank you

The contest ____ won by them
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Complete the sentences with the verb in brackets
in the past simple active or passive.
Everyone was given a present. (give)
Charlie fell
off his bike. (fall)
1 Linda and Amy____to leave by the teacher. (ask)
2 That tower_____300 years ago. (first/build)
3 We_____by the police. (not/stop)
4 I_____anything about it.(not/tell)
5 Ted______20 minutes ago (arrive)
6 The bag_____behind the tree. (hide)
7 These tables_____here.(not/make)
8 All the letters_____a week ago (definitely/post)
9 It______yesterday. (not/deliver)
10 Computers_____200 years ago.(not/exist)
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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”.

Change the sentences from active to passive or from passive to active
1) Robots make cars in this factory.
2) This programme is watched by millions of people
3) They make SEAT cars in Spain
4) They teach German in our school

2) Complete the sentences with the verbs in the correct form of the passive
1) His mobile phone .(steal) last week.
2) A thousand copies of the DVD .(sel) since it came out last week.
3) This museum.(visit) by thousands of people each week
4) Three new hospitals .(build) next year.
5) The first portable stereo .(invent) by Andreas Pavel more than thirty years ago
6) Perhaps the final of next year’s Champions League .(play) in Poland
7) Since its publication this book .(translate) into over thirty languages. ​

! 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. ​

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​

Rewrite the sentences using the Passive Voise

1. July cleans the room every day.

2. They cancelled all flights because of fog.

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

4. He accuused me of stealing money.

5. How do people learn languages?

6. People advised us not to go out alone.

7. Justin cooks the dinner.

8. The reported writes the story.

9. Kate found the lost dog.

10. My uncle wrote a letter