Passive Voice Excersises-TrucLinh

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Foundation Couse Passive Voice

I. Put these sentences into the passive voice


1. The mechanic is repairing Judy’s car.
Judy’s car is being repaired by the mechanic
2. They use a computer to do that job nowadays.

A computer is used to do that job nowadays.

3. Employers must pay all travel expenses for this training course.
All travel expenses
4. The bank manager kept me waiting for half an hour.
I was kept waiting for half an hour by the bank manager.
5. All his friends will see him off at the airport.
He will be seen off at the airport by all his friends.
6. They used to drink beer for breakfast in England years ago.
Beer used to be drunk for breakfast in England years ago.
7. Someone might have sent the letter to the wrong address.
The letter might have been sent to the wrong address.
8. Alan’s knowledge of art doesn’t impress me.
I am not impressed by Alan’s knowledge of art.
9. They can’t make tea with cold water.
Tea isn’t made with cold water.
10. Look! Someone is feeding the seals.
Look! The seals are being fed
11. Kathy had returned the book to the library.
The book had been returned to the library by Kathy
12. The pollution in the city was affecting people’s breathing.
People’s breathing was being affected by the pollution in the city.
II. Use the words in brackets to complete the sentence. Use the structure “S have O2 V3/ed”
also known as “Have something done”
1. We are having the house painted (the house/ paint) at the moment.
2. I lost my key. I’ll have to have another key made (another key/ make).
3. This coat is dirty. I must has it cleaned (it/ clean).
4. A: What are those workmen doing in your garden?
B: Oh, we are having a swimming pool built (a swimming pool/ build).

III. Choose the correct answer


Foundation Couse Passive Voice
1. We can’t go along here because the road_____
a. Is repairing b. is repaired c. is being repaired d. repairs
2. The man died because medical help was not summoned. A doctor should _____
a. Be have called b. been called c. be called d. have been called
3. Something funny ____ in class yesterday.
a. Happened b. was happened c. happens d. is happened
4. Many US automobiles ____ in Detroit, Michigan.
a. Manufacture b. have manufactured c. are manufactured d. are manufacturing
5. A lot of pesticide residue can ____ on unwashed produce.
a. Find b. found c. be finding d. be found
6. We ____ by a loud noise during the night.
a. Woke up b. are woken up c. were woken up d. were waking up
7. Some film stars ___ difficult to work with.
a. Are said be b. are said to be c. say to be d. said to be
8. Vitamin C ____ by the human body. It gets into blood stream quickly.
a. Absorbs easily b. Is easily absorbing c. is easily absorbed d. absorbed easily
9. John ____ last week.
a. had his house painted b. had painted his house

c. had his father to paint d. had his house paint

10. Today, many serious childhood diseases ___ by early immunization.

a. are preventing b. can prevent c. prevent d. can be prevented

IV. Fill in the blank the right form of verb

Base form Past simple Past participle


Beat beat beaten
Bleed bled bled
blow blew blown
break broke broken
brought
build built built
buy bought bought
catch caught caught
Draw drew drawn
Drink drank drunk
Foundation Couse Passive Voice
Base form Past simple Past participle

Drive drove driven


Eat ate eaten
Fall fell fallen
forbid forbade forbidden
Fight fought fought
Fly flew flown
Forget forgot forgotten
Forgive forgave forgiven
Grow grew grown
give gave Given
Hear heard heard
Hide hid hidden
Hit hit hit
Keep kept kept
Know knew known
Learn learned learned
Leave left left
Lose lost lost
Pay paid paid
prove proved Proved/proven
ride rode ridden
Run ran run
Sell sold sold
Saw sawed Sawed/sawn
See saw seen
Seek sought sought
Shake shook Shaken
Sing sang sung
show showed shown
spend spent spent
swim swam swum
wear wore worn
Foundation Couse Passive Voice
Base form Past simple Past participle
teach taught taught
understand understood understood
take took taken
think thought thought
choose chose chosen

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