unit 12 passive activities

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UNIT 12 PASSIVE VOICE

ACTIVITIES

1. Passive Voice Exercise

Change the sentences from the active to the passive.

They grow coffee in Kenya.

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They publish The Times newspaper in London.

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They make shoes in Calatayud.

3 ______________________________________________________ .

They transport oranges from Valencia to Germany in special crates.

4 ______________________________________________________ .

They are sending the parcel by sea.

5 ______________________________________________________ .

They are destroying the forests in Indonesia.

6 ______________________________________________________ .

The shark ate the man.

7 ______________________________________________________ .

The arsonist started the fire.

8 ______________________________________________________ .

The police took him away.

9 ______________________________________________________ .

They've treated him very well.

10 ______________________________________________________ .

They haven't cleaned the kitchen yet.

11 ______________________________________________________ .

They didn't punish him for what he did.

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2. The Passive Voice in Questions Exercise

Change the sentences from the active to the passive.

1 Did they catch the thief?

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2 Will The King inaugurate the new bridge?

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3 Do they make cars in Korea?

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4 Do the hounds kill the fox?

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Did the bull kill the matador?

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6 Have the police found the body?

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7 Why has the government banned the film?

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8 When did they hijack the plane?

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9 How did your host family treat you?

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10 What caused the accident?

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11 Has anyone cleaned the oven yet?

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12 Is a doctor going to examine you?

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3. Active and Passive Voice Exercise.

Change the following from passive to active voice or viceversa.

1. A client delayed Joanne when she was leaving the office.

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2. The tennis club was holding a meeting at 6.30.

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3. The doorway was blocked by Sheba, the dog.

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4. Joanne had to take Sheba to the vet.

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5. Her condition worried the vet.

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6. The dog was treated by the vet while Joanne went home.

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7. The vet told Joanne to get out of the house.

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8. The telephone call confused Joanne.

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9. The police captured the burglar.

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10. The dog had bitten off his fingers.

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4. Passive with reporting verbs Exercise

Change these sentences into passive sentences with infinitive construction after passive verband finite clause after passive verb.

1. They said that many people are homeless after the floods.

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2. People know that the Prime Minister is in favour of the new law.

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3. People expect that the government will lose the election.

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4. They think that the prisoner escaped by climbing over the wall

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5. People believe that the thieves got in through the kitchen window.

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6. They allege that he is driving through the town at 90 miles an hour.

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7. They report that two people were seriously injured in the accident.

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8. People say that three men have been arrested after the explosion.

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5. Have Something Done Exercise

Fill the gaps with haveand the verb in brackets in their correct forms.

1 We ___________ the roof ___________ last year. It cost us a packet. (repair)

2 Anne ___________ her hair ___________ every Friday afternoon. (do)

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I ___________ the brakes ___________ three times a year. (check)

4 The government ___________ the whole town ___________ yesterday. (evacuate)

5 I ___________ my hard drive ___________ for a bigger one last week. (change)

6 When did you last ___________ the airconditioning ___________ ? (service)

7 You don't think Liv Tyler's beautiful?! You should ___________ your eyes ___________ .

(test)

8 After the plague of fleas, the boss ___________ the office ___________ . (disinfect)

9 Your cat's coughing. You need to ___________ him ___________ for parasites. (treat)

10 Daphne ___________ her legs ___________ once a fortnight. (do)

11 I normally ___________ my suit dry ___________ before a wedding. (clean)

12 The headmaster ___________ all the lockers ___________ for the missing footballs

yesterday. (search)

13 Have you ___________ your house ___________ ? (double-glaze)

14 Have you ___________ that poster I bought you ___________ yet? (frame)

15 The house is in chaos. We're ___________ a new kitchen ___________ in. (put)

6. Passive with two objects Exercise.

Change these sentences into passive voice using the indirect object as the subject of the newsentence.

1. They dont pay Jim much money.

2. They will ask you a lot of questions at the interview.

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3. Nobody told me that George was ill.

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4. His colleages gave him a present when he retired.

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5. We will send you your examinations results as soon as they are ready.

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6. They didnt ask me my name.___________________________________________________________________

7. I think they should have offered Tom the job.

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