REVIEW PASSIVE VOICE MIX

REWRITE THESE SENTENCES INTO PASSIVE VOICE. THERE ARE SOME OF THEM WHICH CAN
BE REWRITTEN IN TWO DIFFERENT WAYS:

1. Nobody has ever climbed Mount Everest without using oxygen

2. Spaniard Pedro Almodóvar won the Oscar for the best foreign language film in 2000
3. Someone said that England captain was upset
4. Nearly four million people read The Sun every day
5. We understand they are getting a divorce
6. People say that the company has invested fifty million pounds.
7. They will hold the Olympic Games in 2022
8. David Deck isn’t going to promote Cathy Mose’s clothes
9. Everyone knows that eating fruit is good for you
10. The company is going to launch a new campaign this year
11. A secret admirer sent her a bunch of roses
12. The rain has spoiled all the flowers
13. People believe that a professional thief stole the painting
14. Have they shown you the new advert yet?
15. Did she recognize you?
16. When will they publish the results?
17. Somebody will paint her house (CAUSATIVE)
18. We told the carpenter to make us a new gate (CAUSATIVE)
19. They are delivering my new fridge tomorrow (CAUSATIVE)
20. They have just washed Maggie’s car (CAUSATIVE)

COMPLETE THE SENTENCES. USE THE ACTIVE OR PASSIVE FORM OF THE VERBS IN BRACKETS:

a. They were unaware that hundreds of fake tickets … (already/sell)

b. My mum came in while … (practise)
c. The gym … (renovate) next year
d. We were glad that we … (defeat) the other team
e. Her score … (calculate) by the judges at this moment
f. In judo, you … (might/ throw) to the ground by your opponent

CHOOSE THE CORRECT ANSWER:

1) Were you left/ Did you leave/ Were you leaving your towel at the gym last night?
2) All violent spectators will be removed/ will remove/ have removed from the stadium
immediately
3) Pilates and yoga believe to be/ are believed to be/ are believed healthy forms of
exercise
4) The children didn’t give/ weren’t giving/ weren’t given unhealthy snacks by the
organisers.
5) My teammates work out/ are worked out/ are working out every morning
6) The final match wasn’t held/ hasn’t held/ hasn’t been held yet.