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Extra Exercises

Passive (Present and Past Simple)

Exercise 1. Write sentences in the Passive and fill in the table:

0. (Tea/grow/India).
1. (The prisoners/take/to jail/yesterday).
2. (The dog/not feed/today).
3. (The prizes/award/President/today).
4. (The present/buy/last week).
5. (Mona Lisa/paint/Leonardo da Vinci/many years ago).
6. (All tickets/sell/yesterday).
7. (The rocket/send off/today).

Present Simple Passive Past Simple Passive

am/is/are + V3 was/were + V3

Tea is grown in India. ____________________________

____________________________ ____________________________

____________________________ ____________________________

____________________________ ____________________________

Exercise 2. Write sentences in the Passive:

cause translate include make show write invite

0. Many accidents are caused by dangerous driving.

1. Cheese __________ from milk.

2. You ____________ to the wedding. Why didn’t you come?
3. A cinema is a place where films ___________.
4. Originally the book ___________ in Spanish and a few years ago it __________ into English.
5. There’s no need to leave a tip. Service _________ in the bill.

mail announce build say return

1. The news* __________ to everybody after brunch.

2. John ____________ to be braver than any other man in the army.
3. The letters ___________ tomorrow.
4. The pyramids ___________ by the Egyptians.
5. The book must* _________ to the library in a fortnight*.

* news в англійській мові завжди однина (is, was, has been)

* fortnight = two weeks, 14 days
* після модальних дієслів завжди вживаємо інфінітив (be V3)

Exercise 3. Write sentences in Active or Passive:

1. Water (cover) most of the Earth’s surface.

2. Most of the Earth’s surface (cover) by water.
3. I was born in London, but I (grow up - зростати) in the north of England.
4. I (bring up - виховувати) in the north of England.
5. While I was on holiday, my camera (steal) from my hotel room.
6. While I was surfing, my camera (disappear) from my beach bag.
7. Where (these photographs/take)? In Manchester? (you/take) them?
8. The letter (send) a week ago and it (arrive) yesterday.
9. The boat (sink) but fortunately everybody (rescue).
10. The company is not independent. It (own - володіти) by a much larger company.