ACTIVE OR PASSIVE VOICE?

Exercise 1: Complete the sentences (Active or Passive Voice). Use Simple

Present or Simple Past Tense.

1. That door ……………… (paint) yesterday.

2. Michelangelo ………….. (paint) the Sistine Chapel.

3. Michael Schumacher ………... (drive) for Ferrari in 2003.

4. In the UK, everyone ……………. (drive) on the left.

5. Inter-city trains ………………….. (usually/drive) by men.

6. The 'La Stampa' newspaper ……… (read) by two million people in

Italy.

7. The thieves ………….(steal) the gold last week.

8. The Queen …………….(open) the bridge tomorrow.

9. The bridge …………. (destroy) by the storm last night.

10. I ……………. (learn) Japanese when I was in Tokyo.

11. I ………….. (teach) by an old Japanese man.

12. The new secretary ………… (type) at 100 wpm.

Exercise 2: Active or passive voice? Choose the correct answer.

1. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire ______________ by J K Rowling

A. ? was written

B. ? written

C. ? wrote
 2. J K Rowling _____________ Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire.

A. ? was written

B. ? written

C. ? wrote

3. The judge ________________ Smith to five years in prison.

A. ? was sentenced

B. ? sentenced

4. Smith _____________ to five years in prison.

A. ? was sentenced

B. ? sentenced

5.The gold ____________________ in a cave near the top of the mountain.

A. ? was discovered

B. ? discovered

6.Archaeologists _____________ the gold in a cave near the top of the mountain.

A. ? were discovered

B. ? was discovered

C. ? discovered