PASSIVE
1.- PUT IN PASSIVE NEXT SENTENCES
1) They had won the race
2) He has seen two bulls this morning
3) I was buying them the newspaper when I saw Mary this morning
4) My neighbours are buying a new house this morning
5) Paul has sold his two cars
6) I put the glasses on the table yesterday
7) The farmer was feeding the animals yesterday at 10 o’clock
8) They had painted the house the week before
9) Susan has given Paul a kiss this morning
10) Your cousin is sending you a big parcel
11) We listened to a strong noise coming from the street
12) They are studying English right now
13) They drank two pints at Paul’s house
14) Archaeologist found two fossils of mammoth
15) The school must change these rules
16) My friend won’t recognize Mary at first sight
17) The thief stole her some rings
18) You can’t take photographs in this place
19) I have to mend this watch
20) You should repair the stairs
21) The nurse is going to sign him the papers
22) My son has cleaned the windows
23) They hid the treasure a long time ago
24) The owner of the shop had left his dog outside
25) The fire destroyed the building
26) Paul has written them a letter this week
27).The police would find the thief in that house
28) A local radio station is reporting the event
29) We gave the homeless the money
30) The manager is going to offer Sue a job next week
2.- USE THE CORRECT PASSIVE TENSE
1) Much of London _____________________________ (destroy) by the fire in the
seventeenth century.
2) The man who _____________________________ (bite) by a snake was given a serum.
3) A leader should be a man who can _____________________________ (respect).
4) Many slums _____________________________ (demolish) now to make way for new
buildings.
5) The police _____________________________ (instruct) to take firm action against the
hooligans for a long time.
6) He _____________________________ (save) from bankruptcy by the kindness of a
friend.
7) A cease-fire (alto el fuego) _____________________________ (expect)
_____________________________ (declare) later this week.
8) A great deal of research _____________________________ (do) into possible causes of
cancer for many years.
9) The worker claimed that he _____________________________ (victimize) by his
employers. (Past continuous)
10) The tenant _____________________________ (evict) for not paying his rent (Past S.)
11) It _____________________________ (think) that the Government would do
something to help (Past Perfect)
12) Three hundred new houses _____________________________ (build) by the end of
next year
13) Because of a strike, work on the building had to _____________________________
(discontinue).
14) The witness strongly objected to _____________________________ (cross-examine
(interrogar)) (Gerund)
15) _____________________________ (Threaten) by a blackmailer.
16) I am not accustomed to _____________________________ (treat) in that way
17) The passenger ought _____________________________ (inform) the train
_____________________________ (withdraw, retirarse) from the service
18) Customers _____________________________ (ask) to ensure that they
_____________________________ (give) the correct change before
leaving the sop, as mistakes cannot afterwards _____________________________
(rectify)
19) Was he very upset at _____________________________ (not offer) the job?
20) The man _____________________________ (send) to prison in 2016
because he _____________________________ (find) guilty of fraud.
3.- USE ACTIVE OR PASSIVE VERB
1) The Statue of Liberty ______________________________ (give) to the United States by
France.
2) It ______________________________ (be) a present on the 100th anniversary of the
United States.
3) The Statue of Liberty ______________________________ (design) by Frederic Auguste
Bartholdi
4) It ______________________________ (complete) in France in July 1884
5) In 350 pieces, the statue then ______________________________(ship) to New York,
where it ______________________________ (arrive) on 17 June 1885
6) The pieces ______________________________ (put) together and the opening
ceremony ______________________________ (take) place on 28 October 1886.
7) The Statue of Liberty ______________________________ (be) 46 m high (93 m.)
including the base
8) The statue ______________________________ (represent) the goddess of
liberty.
9) She ______________________________ (hold) a torch in her right hand and a
tablet in her left hand.
10) On the tablet you can ______________________________ (see) the date of the
Declaration of Independence (July 4, 1776)
11) Every year, the Statue of Liberty ______________________________ (visit) by
many people from all over the world
12) The entire European railway network _______________________________
(bring) to a new era of success by the end of the year 2010
13) If the weather had been nice the day before, we ______________________________ (go)
sailing
14) I must get accustomed to ______________________________ (speak) to in English
15) They ______________________________ (not speak) to each other since they quarrelled
last Monday
16) When I found my wallet , I discovered the credits cards
______________________________ (steal)
17) He said that by 2100 the earth’s supplies oil, coal and gas
______________________________ (run out)
18) I dislike ______________________________ (tell) what to do
19) She ______________________________ (buy) the new computer
before she received permission from her supervisor, which made him very angry.
20) Rebecca ______________________________ (give) her new assignment before she left
for South America.
21) Unemployment ______________________________ (rise) steadily over the last ten years
4.- PASSIVE IN QUESTIONS
1) What questions did the examiner set?
2 Did the noise frighten you?
3) Didn’t they tell you to behave properly?
4) Couldn’t we do something about that matter?
5) Has someone posted my letter?
6) Why did no one inform me of the change of plan?
7) Why have they never tried my plan?
8) Does the postman clear this box twice a day?
9) Are they demolishing the entire building?
10) Had they allowed us to take the books home?
11) Must visitors leave sticks and umbrellas outside?
12) Who did you write us that letter with?
13) Who wrote that successful novel?
14) When will you ask her to marry you?
15) Did they invite John to the party?
16) Will they offer us the new job?
17) Why isn’t she doing anything about that matter?
18) Is the local council going to build a new hospital in the town?
19) What have they told him?
20) How did they have to do it?
21) Were the students writing the essay when the teacher came in?
22) Did the idea interest you?
23) Who asked the students a very difficult question?
24) What drove him to desperation?
25) When will they take her to hospital?
26) Why aren’t they doing anything about it?
27) Where do they make those cars?
28) Why are they punishing her?
29) Can the police solve that crime?
30) Must students write their homework in ink?
5.- SUBORDINADAS
1) People say that he is an honest, hard-working man
2) They consider that this surgeon isn’t a brilliant practitioner
3) People think that some redundancy in the Midlands was inevitable
4) People proved that he hadn’t made false statements
5) They understood that Mr. Smith was willing to meet the British Prime Minister
6) They believe that the Chancellor is thinking of imposing special taxes to raise extra
revenue.
7) People expect that the electricity supply industry is running into surplus
capacity by next year.
8) They reported that several American motor manufacturers weren’t planning to set up
assembly plants overseas.
9) People expected that the brewers were raising the price of beer in the near future.
10) They claimed that the drug had produced no undesirable side-effects.
11) People say that the police acted with great restraint, despite provocation.
12) They alleged that the Prime Minister had misled the House
13) People believe that the Government has had second thoughts on this problem.
14) They believed that the explosion had been caused by a mine.
15) They presumed that the ship's radio equipment was put out of the action during the
fire.
16) People admitted that he had obtained the information from unreliable sources.
17) They claim that this diamond is the largest in the World
18) The patients consider that she is an excellent dentist
19) They reported that many people had been injured in the earthquake
20) People believe that a mine caused the explosion
21) People think that the monument isn’t over 1.000 years old
22) They said that the reports were ready
23) We thought that she stole the money
24) People said that the boss was incredible
25) People noticed that he had missed his wallet
26) They believe that a dog saved the baby
27) People noticed that the players weren’t standing the heat
28) They believe that the teachers knew all the answers
29) People think that the Prime Minister is answering wrongly
30) People deduced that the solution wasn’t possible
6.- CHANGE INTO ACTIVE
1) The best cream cakes are made by Sayers.
2) By the end of the party all the food had been eaten.
3) My glasses must have been thrown away by mistake.
4) Who was the television invented by?
5) She was heard complaining about the new timetables.
6) A new shopping centre is being built on the outskirts of town.
7) The awards will be presented by Tom Hanks.
8) A new shampoo is being developed in the lab.
9) Your life will be changed by this book
10) My brother may be given the car by my parents for the first time tonight
11) Their guests were shown some photographs of the trip
12) This room is going to be redecorated soon
13) This theatre is being closed for security reasons
14) Their house is being painted this week
15) Was the car taken to the garage yesterday?
16) A law against pollution should be passed by the government
17) She is known by everyone in our school
18) Nothing was told about the phone call
19) This museum will be painted by hand
20) Have the hotel rooms been cleaned every day?
21) She was put in prison by force
22) You will be called when your turn comes
23) Were you invited to the grand opening?
24) The new plans have already been discussed
25) This program used to be watched by all the teenagers
26) Our work here is going to be finished soon
27) She had to be told the truth
28) Your project should have been completed two weeks ago
29) The flight must have been cancelled earlier today
30) Has the car been repaired yet?
HAVE SOMETHING DONE
1.- USE THE CORRECT TENSE
1) We ______________________________ (the roof, repair) last year
2) Ann _____________________________ (her hair, do) every Friday afternoon
3) I _____________________________ (the brakes, check) three times a year
4) The government _____________________________ (the whole town, evacuate)
before the fire
5) Sarah isn’t making her own wedding dress, she
________________________________ (it, make) by a designer in Italy.
6) We usually ________________________________ (the bedrooms, redecorate) every two years.
7) ________________________________ (you, ever, anything, steal) from your house?
8) He didn’t fix his car himself, he ________________________________ (it, fix) at the garage
9) Your hair is too long. You need to ________________________________ (it, cut)
10) I’m going to do my food shopping online and I ________________________________ (the food, deliver) to my house
11) If you can’t see properly, you should ________________________________ (your eyes, test).
12) Are they going to paint the kitchen themselves or ________________________________ (it, paint)?
13) Yesterday, I ________________________________ (my hair, do)
14) Every Friday, Joe ________________________________ (his car, wash)
15) Tomorrow, she ________________________________ (her shower, repair)
16) Each Saturday, we ________________________________ (a pizza, deliver) to our home
17) Last year, Bob ________________________________ (his house, clean) by a charwoman
18) Why ________________________________ (he, always, his shoes, make)?
19) I can’t read Greek so I __ ______________________________ (the documents, translate)
20) We ________________________________ (the carpets, clean) recently
21) My right legs really hurts, so I am going to the doctor and he ________________________________ (it, examine)
22) I can’t show you the photos because I ________________________________ (the film, develop) yet.
2.- REWRITE NEXT SENTENCES USING HSD
1) The mechanic changed the oil in my car
2) My hair has been cut in a completely different style by the hairdresser
3) We will ask somebody to repaint our house
4) An electrician had repaired my DVD player
5) My jacket is being cleaned at a specialist cleaner’s
6) The town has just been rebuilt for the council
7) Someone is checking my microwave
8) John can ask someone to dye his hair in green for the Festival Carnival
9) Otolaryngologist will test Peter’s ears
10) They are putting the central heating to Amy
11) My bike brakes are going to be checked by mechanics
12) The shoemaker had mended Paul’s shoes
13) Jennifer is shaving her brother’s head
14) Ann was asking the dentist to check her teeth
15) They have fitted new windows in my grandparents’ house
16) Billy’s suit is dry-cleaned
17) The mechanic would revise his car
18) She wanted to ask a dressmaker to alter her dress
20) A shoemaker has to mend my boot
21) The grass should be cut to you by a gardener
22) Can you translate this for me?
23) My car is being greased
24) My watch has been cleaned by a watchmaker
25) A tailor was fitting our suits
26) I asked a jeweller to pierce my ears
27) Had the builders put a new roof on their house?
28) Carol will ask a chiropodist to treat her feet
29) The tap will be seen to me by a plumber
30) A lorry driver tows our car to a garage
