Group work. Match the two columns. Then make a sentence for each, using the passive. Look at the example first.
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- We use the infinitive after modal verbs and a number of other verbs. The passive infinitive is to be done / to have done.
- Ex. 1. Find the passive verbs in this text. What tenses are they?
- Ex. 2. Underline all the passives.
- Ex.4. Put the sentences into the Passive voice.
- Ex. 9. Put the verbs in brackets into the Present Simple or Present Progressive Passive.
- Ex. 13. Complete the text with expressions given below.
- Ex. 14. Open the brackets, using the correct form in the Passive.
- Ex. 18. Put the verbs in brackets into a suitable tense in the passive.
- Ex. 20. Rewrite these sentences in the Passive.
- Ex 22. Put the verb in brackets into the Past Simple, the Past Continuous and the Past Perfect in the Active or in the Passive Voice.
- Ex. 26. Put the sentences into the passive voice.
- Passive verbs with prepositional objects
- Ex. 31. Put the sentence with a verb + preposition/adverb combination into the passive.
- Ex. 33. Express in the passive the second of each of the following pairs of sentences. Do not mention the active subjects. The first two sentences are done for you.
- Ex. 38. Rewrite these verbs as passives, keeping them in the same tense, and removing they, we, someone, etc.
- Ex. 40. Rewrite the sentences, putting the underlined verbs into the Passive. Make any other changes necessary.
- Ex. 42. Read this information about what happened to the Watsons.
- Passive structures of the verbs
- Ex. 46. Change the structure using the Passive Voice.
- Ex. 49. Most of the sentences contain one mistake. Correct it of write “right”.
- Ex. 52. Use passive or active, in any appropriate tense, for the verbs in brackets.
- Ex. 53. Supply the required passive forms of the verbs in brackets.
- Ex. 54. Use the required passive forms.
- Ex. 55. Use the required active or passive tense forms.
- Ex. 56. Translate into English.
- Ex. 58. Translate into English.
- Ex. 62. Choose the best way of continuing after each sentence.
- A) Rewrite these instructions, using simple commands instead of the passive.
- Complete these sentences using a passive construction. Only use by if it’s natural to do so.
- Turn these newspapers headlines into radio news headlines. (Informal, spoken form.)
- Ex. 66. Practice saying these sentences and answer the questions.
- Ex. 68. You are telling a friend some news. Use the notes and write each sentence in the Present Perfect, active (has done) or passive (has been done).
- Group work. Match the two columns. Then make a sentence for each, using the passive. Look at the example first.
- The formation of the passive voice………………. . . 1
- Progressive forms……………………………………. . 11
- AIDS kills Freddie's 2 lovers. Star's dead lovers
- Phone call of terror. Gay life ended 7-year affair
Who by?
Group work. Match the two columns. Then make a sentence for each, using the passive. Look at the example first.
Example: I think penicillin was discovered by Alexander Fleming.
1. Guernica Margaret Mitchell
2. Radium Picasso
3. Penicillin Agatha Christie
4. Rashomon Thomas Edison
5. Light bulbs Madonna
6. Gone with the Wind Alexander Fleming
7. Walkman Stereo Walt Disney
8. Mickey Mouse MGIMO University
9. Material Girl Sony
10. War and Peace Marie Curie
11. This booklet Akira Kurosawa
12. Murder on the Orient Express Leo Tolstoy
Ex. 71.
It has to be redecorated!
A) Before Maria and Brian can move into their new apartment, it has to be redecorated. Amy and Bob are doing the work for them.
Change these sentences using the passive.
1. They gave the job to Amy and Bob.
2. They started the work last week.
3. They finished the kitchen on Monday.
4. They were doing the bedroom on Friday.
5. They are painting the living room now.
6. They have painted the walls green.
7. They are going to paint the ceiling pink.
8. They are going to finish the work next week.
B) Pair work.
Look at the decoration of the room you are in now. Talk about what has been done and what needs to be done.
Ex. 71.
Pair work.
Imagine that your apartment was redecorated while you were on vacation.. Unfortunately, your instructions were not followed. Your partner should find out what was done wrong in your apartment.
These are the instructions that were left for the painter. You can see what was done right: blue Ö, and what was done wrong: white — pale green (pale green instead of white)
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