The document provides examples and exercises on using the passive voice in English. It discusses using the present and past passive voice and provides prompts to write sentences in the passive form using given phrases. The exercises focus on changing active voice sentences to passive voice and correcting incorrectly attributed information in passive voice sentences.
The document provides examples and exercises on using the passive voice in English. It discusses using the present and past passive voice and provides prompts to write sentences in the passive form using given phrases. The exercises focus on changing active voice sentences to passive voice and correcting incorrectly attributed information in passive voice sentences.
The document provides examples and exercises on using the passive voice in English. It discusses using the present and past passive voice and provides prompts to write sentences in the passive form using given phrases. The exercises focus on changing active voice sentences to passive voice and correcting incorrectly attributed information in passive voice sentences.
The document provides examples and exercises on using the passive voice in English. It discusses using the present and past passive voice and provides prompts to write sentences in the passive form using given phrases. The exercises focus on changing active voice sentences to passive voice and correcting incorrectly attributed information in passive voice sentences.
5. Guernica was painted by Miró. (Picasso) 1) Write sentences in the present passive ____________________________________ using the prompts. 6. The Empire State Building was built in 1. BMW cars / make / in Germany London. (New York) ________________________________________ ____________________________________ 2. Diamonds / mine / in South Africa ________________________________________ 4. Write these sentences in the passive. 3. Apples / grow / in Neuquen 1. They built our house ten years ago. ________________________________________ ____________________________________ 4. Wine / make / from grapes 2. The police arrested the bank robbers. ________________________________________ ____________________________________ 5. Bread / sell / at the baker’s 3. They found a stolen car in our garage. ________________________________________ ____________________________________ 6. Football / play / on a pitch 4. They make excellent wine in many parts of ________________________________________ Argentina. ____________________________________ 2. Use these words to complete the sentences. 5. Batistuta scored the last goal. ____________________________________ 1. Jumpers _____________________________ 6. Charles Dickens wrote David Copperfield. 2. ____________________________________ wool silk steel glass 7. Our neighbour’s dog bit our cat. rubber paper leather wood ____________________________________ 8. They found the lost child sleeping in a cave A mirror _____________________________ near the lake. 3. Belts ________________________________ ____________________________________ 4. Car tyres _____________________________ 9. The football broke the window. 5. Furniture ____________________________ ____________________________________ 6. Ties _________________________________ 10. The Chinese invented paper in the 10th 7. Books _______________________________ century. 8. Knives _______________________________ ____________________________________
PAST PASSIVE
3. Correct the information in the following
sentences.
1. Romeo and Juliet was written by Cervantes.
(Shakespeare) ____________________________________ 2. The Mona Lisa was painted by Velazquez. (Leonardo Da Vinci) ____________________________________ 3. The Magic Flute was composed by Beethoven. (Mozart) ____________________________________ 4. The Olympic Games were held in Atlanta in 1992. (Barcelona)