Practical Task: Passive Voice.

1) _Complete with the verb given the following

statements (passive voice simple present).
1. Our beds

2. People

make when we came back to our room.

tell to beware of thieves on buses and

trains these days.

3. Her novel

4. Mary's hair

read by George now.

do by my sister when I entered the

room.

5. The amount of fat

6. We

7. The car

reduce in our diets now.

teach English when the bell rang.

repair so we have to wait for a while.

8. The contestants of the quiz

inform about the

rules when I switched on TV.

9. The story

already/repeat when John

returned from the kitchen.

10.

Mike and Bill

keep by their boss at the

moment.

2) _Passive Voice - Simple Present

Rewrite the sentences in passive voice.
1.
He opens the door

2.
We set the table.

3.
She pays a lot of money.
..
4.
I draw a picture.
..
5.
They wear blue shoes.
..
6.
They don't help you.
..
7.
He doesn't open the book.

8.
You do not write the letter.

9.
Does your mum pick you up?
..
10.
Does the police officer catch the thief?
.

3)_Make passive sentences from the following

information. You will often have to change the word
order to make the most natural sentence.
For example: Mona Lisa \ Leonardo da Vinci \
paint : The Mona Lisa was painted by Leonardo da
Vinci.
Don't use contractions.
1. 1937 \ ballpoint pen \ invent.

2. hospital \ open \ The Queen \ last

week..
3. car \ steal \ 10pm last
night
.
4. you \ see \ with another
woman!......................................................................................
..............................
5. what time \ he \
attack?.......................................................................................
............................................
6. we \ meet \ at the airport \ tour
guide
7. they \ marry \ vicar dressed like Elvis
Presley

8. Poland \ invade \
1939

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Teacher: Lafuente, Andrea Maria.