Worksheet n°01: The Passive

Exercise n°1: Complete the sentences using one of these verbs in the correct form, present or past: cause – damage – rescue – invent – wear – hold – report – employ – offer – kill – divide –  invite – make – overtake – show – post – surround – translate – cover – lock – write.
Many accidents ……………………………….by dangerous driving.
Cheese ……………………………………………from milk.
The roof of the building……………………………………in a storm a few days ago.
You ……………………………………to the wedding. Why didn’t you go?
A cinema is a place where films …………………………………………………………….
In the United States, elections for president ……………………………………..every four years.
Originally the book ………………………in Spanish, and a few years ago it ………………………into English.
Although we were driving quite fast, we ………………………………………by a lot of other cars.
You can’t see the house from the road. It ……………………………………..by trees.
The electric light bulb ……………………………………….by Thomas Edison in 1879.
A bracelet ……………………………………………around the wrist.
The class was too large last semester, so it ………………………………………..into two sections.
The Johnson’s house burned down. According to the inspector, the fire ………………………… by lightning.
I read about a hunter who …………......accidentally …………………………..by another hunter. The hunter’s fatal accident ………………………………………………in the newspaper yesterday.
Last week I …………………………………….a job at a local bank, but I didn’t accept it.
It’s a big factory. Five hundred people …………………………………………………there.
How much of the earth’s surface …………………………………….by water?
The park gates ……………………………………at 6.30 p.m. every evening.
The letter ………………………………a week ago and it arrived yesterday.
The boat hit a rock and sank quickly. Fortunately, everybody…………………………………………

Exercise n°2:  Complete these sentences with the following verbs (in the correct form): carry – tell – cause – do – make – keep – return – open – excuse – bring – teach – repair – invite – send – spend – wake up.
The situation is serious. Something must ………………………………….before it’s too late.
I haven’t received the letter. It might ………………………………………..to the wrong address.
A decision will not ………………………………………until the next meeting.
Do you think that more money should ……………………………………………..on education?
This road is in very bad condition. It should……………………………………..a long time ago.
The injured man couldn’t walk and had to ………………………………………………………….
It’s not certain how the fire started, but it might …………………………………………………….by an electrical fault.
I told the hotel receptionist I wanted to ………………………………….at 6.30 the next morning.
James should ……………………………………….the news as soon as possible.
He should ……………………………………………the news a long time ago.
Meat must …………………...………………………in a refrigerator or it will spoil.
Food must not ……………………………………...into the lab.
Tom will ………………………………………………to the picnic.
The window can’t ………………………………………………….
Children should ………………………………………to respect their elders.
May I …………………………………………………….from the class?
This book had better ………………………………………………………to the library.
This letter ought to ………………………………………………………..before June 1st.
Mary has to ………………………………………….about our change in plans.

Exercise n°3: Write these sentences in another way.
Example: They didn’t give me the information I needed.
            I wasn’t given the information I needed.
They asked me some difficult questions at the interview.
………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………...…………..
Linda’s colleagues gave her a present when she retired.
……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
Nobody told me about the meeting.
…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….
How much will they pay you for your work?
…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….
I think they should have offered Tom the job.
…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….
Has anybody shown you what to do?
………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….....

Exercise n°4: Complete the sentences using the following verbs: give – invite – take – keep – stick – knock down – tell – see – treat.
Steve hates ……………………………..waiting.
We went to the party without …………………………………………
I like giving presents and I also like …………………………………………………..them.
It’s a busy road and I don’t like crossing it. I’m afraid of …………………………………....
I’m an adult. I don’t like……………………………………………..like a child.
You can’t do anything about ……………………………………………in a traffic jam.
I don’t like …………………………………………..what to do.
I remember …………………………………………to the zoo when I was a child.
We managed to climb the wall without ……………………………………………………..

Exercise n°5: Complete the sentences using get/got + the following verbs (in the correct form):
ask – damage – hurt – pay – steal – sting – stop – use.
There was a fight at the party, but nobody……………………………………………………………………..
Alex ……………………………….…………by a bee while he was setting in the garden.
These tennis courts don’t …………………………….very often. Not many people want to play.
I used to have a bicycle, but it ……………..……………………………….a few months ago.
Rachel works hard but doesn’t …………………………………………………very much.
Last night I …………….……………………………by the police as I was driving home.
Please pack these things very carefully. I don’t want them to ………………………………………….
People often want to know what my job is. I often ……………………………………that question.

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