4th PASSIVE VOICEW-EXERCISES

PASSIVE VOICE
*Put in the passive form of the SIMPLE PRESENT tense of the verbs.
1.When thieves are arrested they are taken (take) to a police station.
2. The battery in my car is checked quite often and it is changed if it is no good.
3.Books are borrowed from the library on Friday and then they are returned on Tuesday.
4.Sometimes traffic signs are knocked down by careless motorists. If they are damaged, they are taken away to be repaired.
5.The soldiers in the jungle are supplied from the air. Food and other things are flown to them from the airport. Then bundles of food are dropped into the jungle from the aeroplane.
6.Sometimes children are drowned in old mining pools which are left in a dangerous condition.
7. You are expected to be quiet when you go in the library and are asked not to talk.
8.Is the new school finished yet?
9.Are football matches ever played on that pitch?
10.Are those fish sold locally or are they sent to overseas markets?
11.At the Olympic Games a gold medal is given to the winner of each event.
12.Huge crocodiles are sometimes seen in North Queensland.
13. Nobody is allowed to go in there.
14.That drain is cleared out regularly and all the rubbish is taken away.
15.Sometimes parcels are damaged when they are sent a long way. Occasionally some are stolen.
16.The grass is cut and the field is marked out before each game.
17.The paper is delivered quite early in the morning.
18.The pressure in those tyres is checked carefully every week.
19.The name of the winner is engraved on the shield.
20.Those fans are controlled by that switch over there.
*Put in the passive form of the PRESENT PERFECT tense of the verbs.
1.A new hospital has just been opened by the Mayor.
2.We have not yet been taught how to do that.
3.James has just been bitten by a snake.
4.The corner of this page has been torn by somebody.
5.Most of the land in that valley has already been cleared for settlement.
6.A new Post Office has been built in Market Road.
7.I can't find my old shoes. Have they been thrown away?
8.Has the new dam been completed yet?
9.Have you been told about the new timetable?
10.Have you all been inoculated against cholera?
11.Has that table been polished already?
12.The plan for the new airport has just been approved.
13.Those clothes have been washed twice already.
14.The national anthem has just been played.
15.Has the school record been broken?
16.Is it true that a fence has been put round the field?
17.Has the fish in that aquarium been fed today?
18.Has Mary's cousin been asked to go too?
19.Which one has been appointed captain?
20.Nothing has been said about the broken window, has it?
*Put in the passive form of the PRESENT CONTINUOUS tense of the verbs.
1.You can't use the car now. It is being repaired.
2.She is being married next week.
3.My father is being transferred to Georgetown next month.
4.Our house is being painted now.
5.“I wonder if I am being cheated,” I thought to myself as I gave the man the money.
6.A new road is being widened near our house.
7.The cup final is being played at the national stadium next week.
8.My brother thinks that twenty or thirty men are being dismissed at the end of the month unless business improves.
9.Peter is being kept in so he will be late home.
10.My cousin is being trained as an electrician at the moment.
11.We are being shown round the new factory tomorrow morning.
12.Some experimental types of rice are being grown at the agricultural research station.
13.The results of the competition are being announced tomorrow.
14.Two new tugs are being built at the shipyard now.
15.That room is being redecorated next week, I think.
16.Who are being invited to the wedding?
17.Which animal is being hunted next?
18.The fire is gradually being put out, as far as I can see.
19.That new hotel is being opened on the first of January.
20.This part of the wall is being painted soon.
*Put in the passive form of the SIMPLE PAST tense of the verbs in brackets.
1.Our team was beaten in the final.
2.I think it was done some time during the night.
3.The sandwiches were soon eaten.
4.The spare parts were wanted urgently so they were flown up from the supplier.
5.These books were borrowed from the boys in another class.
6.The injured man was carried to an ambulance.
7.The thief was chased by a crowd of angry people.
8.She was married on Saturday.
9.Most of these stamps were collected by my brother when he was much younger.
10.The board was cleaned at the end of the previous lesson.
11.Was that meat cooked today or yesterday?
12.Was your brother offered the job?
13.Were all the games finished in time?
14.Was the money counted before it was handed in?
15.Were those plants watered last night?
16.Were all the men on the ship rescued?
17.His car was searched when he went through the Customs.
18.We were stopped by the police when we came to the barrier.
19.Both of the passengers were slightly injured in the accident.
20.The guests were asked to come at eight o'clock.
21.Two players were sent off during the game.
22.Several trees were blown down during the storm.
23.Their house was struck by lightning last night.
24.My brother was stung by a hornet.
25. Quite a lot of money was stolen from that bank last month. It was taken by three men who were caught not far from my uncle's house.
26.Luckily the boy was not drowned.
27.He said that he was not given any money.
28.The postman was nearly bitten by our neighbour's dog.
29.His car was repaired quite satisfactorily but it was not cleaned at all well.
30.A lot of our money was spent at the circus.
31.The tree was cut down and then was burnt.
32.I was met at the station and was led to my friend's house.
33.The shirts were washed and were ironed this afternoon.
34.That car was bought on Monday and was sold on Friday.
35.We were shown round the factory and were given samples of the products.
36.He was called to the office and was told to explain his absence the day before.
37.Peter was admitted to hospital last night and was operated on early this morning.
38.The door was closed but was not locked.
39.The fire was brought under control by the fireman but not completely put out when I left.
40.The meal was prepared by seven o'clock but not eaten until half past seven.
*Put the verb into the passive form of the PAST CONTINUOUS tense.
1.When we arrived at their house we saw that it was being decorated.
2.The ship was being unloaded when we reached the docks.
3.He could not use his car yesterday because it was being serviced.
4.A tiger escaped in Paris when it was being moved from one zoo to another.
5.I think there must be a Sports Meeting today or tomorrow. The field was being marked out yesterday.
6.When I went past the hall, I noticed that the chairs were being arranged for a film show.
7.One of the men said that he saw a crocodile when the pool was being drained.
8.I was living at the other end of the town when that block of flats was being constructed so I couldn't watch the men at work.
9.The storm came while the crops were being gathered in.
10.One of the soldiers fainted while the guard of honour was being inspected by the Chief Minister.
11.We couldn't use the hall because it was being painted.
12.I went to see Tony at the hospital but I had to wait because when I got there he was being examined by a doctor.
13.The bridge was being repaired yesterday so the traffic was delayed.
14.When I went through the Customs, I noticed that one of the other passengers was being searched very thoroughly.
15.Those houses were being built when I came here six months ago but they are still not finished.
*Use the passive form of the PAST PERFECT tense of the verb
Example: He said the new road _____ (complete). He said the new road had been completed.
1.He said the bridge had been repaired.
2.I did not know that their house had been sold.
3.We were glad to hear that the men had been rescued.
4.He said that the results of the examination had been checked very thoroughly.
5.She wanted to know whether we had been told about the party.
6.I didn't sweep out the room because it had been swept out already.
7.He was angry because he felt that he had been betrayed.
8.I read in the newspaper that two men had been buried when the walls of a ditch had caved in on them. Luckily, they had been dug out by other workers.
9.The doctor said he had been asked to come and see my brother.
10.He said he hadn't received the letter although it had been posted nearly a week before.
*Put in the passive form of the SIMPLE FUTURE tense of the verb
1.The robbers will be caught fairly soon.
2.His car will be repaired tomorrow.
3.Fifty people will be invited to her wedding.
4.That old building will soon be pulled down.
5.Anybody who does not stop at the red light will be arrested.
6.If nobody claims the lost property, it will be sold at the end of the term.
7.That shop will be closed for a week for repairs and modernization.
8.You will be injured if you put your hand too near that circular saw.
9.There are two very fast runners in the next race. I think the record will probably be broken by one of them.
10.If you try to go down that road, you will be stopped by a policeman.