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1.- Fill in the blanks using the passive voice:

paint
write
discover
invent
build
climb
manufacture
kill
cause
grow
eat
first see
make
shoot assassinate destroy
(1)
Romeo and Juliet ______________________Shakespeare.
(2)
San Francisco _____________________ an earthquake in 1906.
(3)
More traffic accidents ________________ drunk drivers than anything else.
(4)
The Sistine Chapel ___________________ Michelangelo.
(5)
The Mona Lisa ___________________ Leonardo da Vinci.
(6)
Rice ___________________ Koreans, Chinese, and Japanese.
(7)
The light bulb ___________________ Edison.
(8)
The Law of Gravity ___________________ Newton.
(9)
The moons of Jupiter ___________________ Galileo.
(10) Everest ___________________ Sir Edmund Hillary.
(11) Lung cancer ___________________ smoking.
(12) JFK ___________________ Lee Harvey Oswald.
(13) The pyramids ___________________ the pharaohs.
(14) The Eiffel Tower ___________________ in the 19th century.
(15) The Sphinxs nose ___________________ Napoleon.
(16) Cars ______________________ in America, Japan, and Korea.

2.- I was hungry.Picture A shows what Johns table looked like half an hour ago. Describe what changes
have been made, as picture B shows. Write 6 sentences.

Vocabulary: Cornflakes box; slice of bread

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3.- HOW A POP SONG IS MADE

Rewrite these sentences in the present simple passive
1.-A songwriter writes the words and music of a
song.
2.- A producer finds a band to record the song.
3.-The musicians record different parts of the
song separately.
4 The studio editor puts together all the parts

5 The studio records the song onto a CD.

6 They send the CD to the producer.
7 The producer sends the CD to radio stations
and TV shows.
8 They play the song for everyone to hear.

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4.- MORE PRACTICE.1.- Write sentences about these predictions for the year 2200.
1. Flying cars / fuel / solar energy.
In the year 2200, flying cars will be fuelled by solar energy.
2. Space ships / use / for public transport. __________________________________
3. Students / teach / by computers. _______________________________________
4. Animals / not eat / anyone. ___________________________________________
5. Half the world / flood. _______________________________________________
6. Household chores / do / androids. ______________________________________
7. The world / govern / one government. ___________________________________
8. TV / replace / by virtual reality programmes. _____________________________
9. The world's riches / own / 1 % of the population. __________________________

2.- Now use your imagination to write some of your own predictions.
In the year 2200
1.-____________________________________________________________________
2-____________________________________________________________________
3.-____________________________________________________________________
4.-____________________________________________________________________
5.-____________________________________________________________________

5.- CHARLIES ROOM WAS A MESS.

Look at the pictures. What has been

done to the room? Describe the
changes. Use the ideas in the box.
1.- bed/make 2 clothes/put away
3.- room/ tidy 4 walls/paint
5 window/repair
1.- ..
2.- ..
3.- ..
4.- ..
5.- ..

6.- PASSIV VOICE WITH MODAL VERBS

Change the following sentences into the Passive voice.
1.- They can win the race.
.
2.- You mustnt use this telephone
.
3.- These smart kids cant fail the exam
.
4.- Martha should have phoned us
.
5.- My parents may sell the cottage
.
6.- We must make questions if we dont understand
.
7.- He must have missed the 7:05 bus
.
8.- The students neednt bring the dictionaries to class.
.
9.- My team could have won the tournament
.
10.- How can you believe that story?
.

( ACTIVITIES TAKEN AND ADAPTED FROM DIFFERENT SOURCES)