PASSIVE VOICE

Ex1:

1. Patients _________________ (treat) in hospitals.

2. My passport is not ready yet. It _________________ (make) at the moment.

3. The walls of the house _________________ (just/paint).

4. The newspaper _________________ (bring) yesterday.

5. While the potatoes _______________ (peel) my parents arrived.

6. Tomorrow all the compositions ____________ (check).

7. The car _____________ (already/repair), now we can use it.

8. The weather forecast _________________ (broadcast) on TV at the moment, come and listen.

9. While the ceiling _________________ (paint) the bucket with the paint (upset).

10. The order _________________ (not/make) yet.

11. Your dress _________________ (make) at the moment and I think that tomorrow it (finish).

12. My mother is busy at the moment. She cannot come. My baby brother _________________ (feed).

13. Coffee _________________ (just/make) you can have a cup if you like.

14. An interesting program ________________ (show) on TV yesterday.

15. Last lesson we _________________ (tell) about different unusual animals.

Ex2:

1. The dinner _________________ (not/cook) yet. The vegetables _________________ (cut) right now. The potatoes _________________ (boil) in the morning, so now we need only some time to prepare the salad, meat and sauce.

2. Children _________________ (inform) about the rules of our school every year, but unfortunately some of the rules ________________ (not/obey), yesterday another window ________________ (break) and the guilty one (not/find) yet.

3. This book _________________ (read) at our lesson right now. To be honest it is not interesting, but a discussion about the characters of the book _________________ (hold) next lesson, so we have no choice.

4. Everybody in our family has a lot of duties. Dishes ________________ (do) by my sister, rooms are ________________ (hover) by my younger brother. Shopping ________________ (do) by my mother, money _________________ (earn) by my father and laundry _________________ (do) by me.

5. The dog is hungry. It ______________ (not/feed) yet as the dog s food _______________ (not/buy) yesterday.

Ex3 Fill in the missing word in each sentence- one word in each sentence.

This room must __________ cleaned before you go out.

Something should __________ done about your hair.

Peters car has ___________ stolen again. Thats the third time this year.

This hotel is not very good. My bed ________ been made yet.

When I got to the party all the food ___________ been eaten.

When the lawyer arrived, his client had already _________ taken away.

The electricity __________ being fixed today.

Tom _________ being kept in after school. I wonder why.

The road ___________ widened last year.

The streets __________ cleaned twice a week.

The floors __________ being washed by the maid when I got home.

Ex4 Choose the correct words.

All sorts of things (are being left/ left/ are left) on buses.

Jimmy (collects/ is collected/ is being collected) from school every day at 1 oclock.

John (didnt pull down, wasnt pulled down, doesnt pull down) the fence. It (is blowing down, was blown down, blew down) by the wind.

Dan (was hurt, hurt, is being hurt) badly in the game yesterday.

The table (had been, has been, had) delivered only a month before it already looked old.

I think she (born, is born, was born) in 1989 or 1987, but I am not sure.

I (am interested/ have been interested) in stamps since I was little.

That actress (wasnt see, isnt seen, hasnt been seen) since 1985.

We cant go to that restaurant. It (was closed, has been closed) a month ago.

My boss (isnt given, isnt giving, doesnt give) me a raise this month.

Ex5 Rewrite the following sentences in the Passive Voice.

1. The women are collecting money for the hospital2. David has sold the company.

3. The boys use the computer for the project.

4. They maid was cleaning the room when I came in.5. Our school is sending food to the starving refugees.