Passive voice

PASSIVE VOICE O1
Use these words to make passive sentences
In this town/ the streets/clean/ every week.
This CD player/ made/ in Korea.
My wallet/ steal/ last Thursday.
Marcus/ injure/ in the accident.
Five hundred pupils/ teach/ in this school.
The children’s teeth/ check/ twice a year.
My house/ build/ a hundred years ago.
All the food at the party/ eat/ very quickly.
Millions of e-mails/ sent/ every day.
2 windows/ break/ by a football/ yesterday.
Forming the passive
Did Ann discover the mistake?
…………………..the mistake……………………..by Ann?
A famous author wrote that book.
That book……………………….by a famous author.
Jack won’t pay the bill.
The bill………………………..by Jack.
The waiter refilled my glass.
My glass………………………………by the waiter.
Did Sue knock that vase to the floor?
………………..that vase…………………..to the floor by Sue?
Tommy didn’t break the chair.
The chair……………………by Tommy.
Alan’s knowledge of art doesn’t impress me.
I…………………………………….by Allan’s knowledge of art.
One of the parents is taping the children’s song.
The children’s song…………………………..by one of the parents.
Is a student pilot flying that airplane?
………………that airplane…………….by a student pilot?
The best chess player will win the match.
The match………………………by the best chess player.
Your emotional appeals will not influence the judge.
The judge………………………………………….by your emotional appeals.
The votes are going to decide that issue.
That issue…………………………………………by the voters.
The city attorney has discovered new evidence.
New evidence………………………………by the city voters.
Mr. Snow hasn’t taught that course since 1985.
That course………………………by Mr. Snow since 1985.
The pollution in the city was affecting Tim’s breathing.
Tim’s breathing……………………………………by the pollution in the city.
Match the column A with column B
A
B

This dictionary was
Planted in the park

The fax machine was
Served from 12.00

Some new trees was
Born in Oporto

My sister and I are
Printed in Egypt

Lunch is
Repaired this morning

Maria was
Both taught by Mr. Dean

Our car is always serviced
In Spain and then frozen

The fruit was picked
At the local garage

I was born
Alex by most of his friends

Alexander was called
Twenty-five years ago


Complete these passive sentences using the correct form of the verbs in the box
Break
Export
Make
Paint
Speak
tell

French and German……………………in this office.
My mobile phone…………………in Hong Kong.
Diamonds ………………………by South Africa every year.
The Mona Lisa………………………by Leonardo da Vinci.
Liam’s leg………………..in a skiing accident.
When the alarm rang, everybody…………………..to go out.

Use the words given to make sentences in the passive
Biscuits/ make/ that factory.
The secret agent/ arrest/ Zurich airport/ last week.
The key/ keep/ that box.
Hazel/ teach/ Miss Jones last year I think.
The grass/ always cut/ every week.
You/ give/ the right information/ yesterday?
You/ not invite/ to the party/ a fortnight ago.
The stolen car/ ever find?
Complete the passive sentences, using the correct form of the following verbs
Check
Eat
Export
Give

Hurt
Lock
See
speak

John……………………a bike for his birthday.
Those doors………………………….yesterday. They were left open.
All the food………………………at Jaime’s party yesterday.
English……………………..in this restaurant.
Passports………………………usually…………………at the airport.
The escaped prisoner……………………………..in Liverpool – someone even took a photo of him.
Coffee……………………..in huge quantities by Brazil.
My friend………………badly……………..in the accident, but now he’s made a complete recovery.
Rewrite the following sentences in the present simple passive, but do not mention the agent (e.g., by workers, by people, etc. )
Workers in china make these telephones.
These telephones…………………………………………..
Employees pay many manual workers weekly.
Many manual workers………………………………….
They keep a large amount of gold at Fort Knox.
A large amount of gold………………………………..
Workers build a lot of the world’s super tankers in South Korea.
A lot of…………………………………………………………..
Farmers grow a third of the world’s cacao on the Ivory Coast.
A third of the world’s cacao…………………………………..
Scientists test most new drugs extensively before they go on sale.
Before they go on sale, most new drugs……………………………………….
Printers print a lot of our books in Hong Kong.
A lot of our books………………………………………………..
Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to