17 SEPTEMBER 2021

2C, 2D – REVISION OF THE PASSIVE

PASSIVE VERB FORMS

THE PRESENT SIMPLE AM/IS/ARE +PAST PARTICIPLE

/-ED,3/
THE PRESENT CONTINUOUS AM/IS/ARE BEING +PAST
PARTICIPLE
THE PAST SIMPLE WAS/WERE + PAST PARTICIPLE
THE PAST CONTINUOUS WAS/WERE BEING + PAST
PARTICIPLE
THE PRESENT PERFECT SIMPLE HAVE/HAS BEEN + PAST
PARTICIPLE
WILL FUTURE WILL BE + PAST PARTICIPLE
CAN, MUST, SHOULD CAN, MUST, SHOULD BE + PAST
PARTICIPLE

1. Turn the sentences into the passive!

People steal all sorts of things from supermarkets every day.

Do you happen to know who discovered Australia and New Zealand?

At the time they were treating the issues very seriously.

Where are they making BMW cars at the moment?

They didn’t tell him the truth.

At the moment they are building five apartment blocks.

Shakespeare wrote Hamlet and Romeo and Juliet.

He escaped while they were moving him from one prison to another.

They didn’t inform us of the changes.

They are repairing my car at the moment.

Because of fog they cancelled the flight.

Who wrote this book?

Why didn't they introduce her to his parents?

At the time they were building a new bridge over the River Sava.

Somebody is interviewing Dr Brown at the moment.

She kept the flowers she got for her birthday in a sunny and warm

place.

Who published these books?

The prisoners escaped when they were moving them form one prison to
another.
Somebody checked the temperature of the pool water an hour ago.

When and where did they make the first cars?

He had a feeling that somebody was constantly following him.

Students are collecting old newspapers this week.

At the conference they were discussing environmental problems.

Why do we recycle plastic bottles?

Why didn't they pay him for the work he had done?

Air pollution definitely increases the risk of skin cancer.

Do you know who wrote War and Peace?

They invited 200 people to the wedding reception.

Why didn't they send the newspapers to Scotland last week?

 When and where did they produce the first mobile phones?

How do people celebrate Easter in Slovenia?

They cancelled many flights because of extreme weather conditions.

You must clean your room every day.

Nobody invited Peter to the party.

Every day millions of people send letters all over the world.

The farmers were picking the apples when it started raining.

Somebody saw the thief enter the house.

A famous chef prepared a delicious meal.

My old school friends gave me an expensive Chinese

vase as a wedding present.