1. Complete the sentences with an appropriate passive form of the verbs in brackets. Sometimes two tenses are possible.
1 By next weekend, the house ……………………………. (redecorate).
2 I had a feeling that I ……………………………. (laugh at).
3 ‘……………………………. your car ……………………………. (service) this year?’ ‘No, not yet.’
4 The vandals who ……………………………. (arrest) by the police this morning ……………………………. (see) last night near a shop window that ……………………………. (break).
5 Right now the church ……………………………. (renovate), so you can’t go inside.
6 We’ll have to wait until the gas cooker ……………………………. (repair) before we can safety use it again.
7 Many rare species ……………………………. (threaten) by climate change and could become extinct.
Answer
1 will be redecorated / will have been redecorated
2 was being laughed at
3 Has (your car) been serviced
4 were arrested, were seen, had been broken
5 is being renovated
6 is repaired / has been repaired
7 are threatened / are being threatened
2. Make the active sentences passive. Be careful where you put the adverbs and prepositions.
1 You can easily find our contact details on the website.
…………………………………………………..
2 Thieves have recently broken into my house.
…………………………………………………..
3 In German cities, they often clean the streets at night.
…………………………………………………..
4 They sang that song beautifully.
…………………………………………………..
5 Somebody has looked after this vintage car very well.
…………………………………………………..
6 The teacher spoke to the student about his bad behaviour.
…………………………………………………..
Answer
1 Our contact details can easily be found on the website.
2 My house has recently been broken into (by thieves).
3 In German cities the streets are often cleaned at night.
4 That song was beautiful sung.
5 This vintage car has been very well locked after.
6 The student was spoken to by the teacher about his bad behaviour.
3. Complete the sentences with the passive form of the verbs in the box.
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choose do lose make report steal store wear |
1 I can’t find my wallet. I think it might ………………………… .
2 Shoes mustn’t ………………………… in the mosque.
Please remove them before you go in.
3 My letter didn’t arrive. It must ………………………… in the post.
4 The deadline for my school project is tomorrow. So it has to ………………………… this evening.
5 I think smoking is terrible. It should ………………………… illegal years ago.
6 You shouldn’t have left the scene of the accident. You ought to ………………………… it to the police.
7 During the flight hand luggage can ………………………… in the overhead lockers.
8 Do you think London might ever ………………………… again to host the Olympic Games?
Answer
1 have been stolen 2 be worn 3 have been lost 4 be done
5 have been made 6 have reported 7 be stored
8 be chosen
4. Underline the mistakes and write the sentences correctly.
1 I thought that I’d been being followed.
………………………………………
2 This house will be never sold.
………………………………………
3 The menu bar can being find at the top of the screen.
………………………………………
4 The children were looked by the babysitter after.
………………………………………
5 I’ve been being stared at by that man.
Answer
1 I thought that I’d been / I thought that I was being followed.
2 This house will never be sold.
3 The menu bar can be found at the top of the screen.
4 The children were locked after by the babysitter.
5 That man has been staring at me.
Challenge!
Complete the sentences with a passive structure.
1 Homework must …………………………………………… .
2 I don’t like …………………………………………… .
3 The exam results will …………………………………………… .
4 Computers mustn’t …………………………………………… .
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