Exercises for practising the passive structure

Write passive sentences in Simple Present.

the documents / print

the window / open

the shoes / buy

the car / wash

the litter / throw away

the letter / send

the book / read / not

the songs / sing / not

the food / eat / not

the shop / close / not

WRITE THE FOLLOWING SENTENCES INTO PASSIVE VOICE

1.-The president gave an interesting speech at the European meeting.

2.-Peter paid all the bills at the Grand hotel.
3.-My friends are using their mobile phones during lessons.
4.-The dog followed me for half an hour.
5.-We always support our football team.
6.-The director looked into the complaints from the public.
7.-Some people didn’t watch the documentary about employment.
8.-Patrick was telling me about his free time.
9.-Students can’t use dictionaries in exams.
10.-You can learn languages in your own country.
11.-The teacher encourages the pupils to pay more attention.
12.-It’s so small that I hold it in one hand.
13.-It can transfer information from the internet to your computer.
14.-You are downloading some files onto my USB Flash.
15.-My parents have bought a lovely house in the country.
16.-The lava has destroyed thousands of homes.
17.- The volcano will affect the Earth’s climate.
18.- Tom is blowing his birthday candles.
19.-The Mayor of the city provided food and shelter for the citizens.
20.-Sam threw the ball a hundred metres away.