Passive Sentences Exercise

1. The Government is planning a new road near my house.

2. My grandfather built this house in 1943.

3. Picasso was painting Guernica at that time.

4. The cleaner has cleanxxxxxed the office.

5. He had written three books before 1867.

6. John will tell you later.

7. By this time tomorrow we will have signed the deal.

8. Somebody should do the work.

9. The traffic might have delayed Jimmy.

10.People speak Portuguese in Brazil.

11.Everybody loves Mr Brown.

12.They are building a new stadium near the station.

13. The wolf ate the princess.

14.At six o'clock someone was telling a story.

15.Somebody has drunk all the milk!

16.I had cleaned all the windows before the storm.

17.A workman will repair the computer tomorrow.

18.By next year, the students will have studied the passive sentence.

19. James might cook dinner.

20. Somebody must have taken my wallet.

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. My car (steal)! Call the police!!!!

8. The thieves (steal) the gold last week.

9. The Queen (open) the bridge tomorrow.

10. The bridge (destroy) by the storm last night.

11. I (learn) Japanese when I was in Tokyo.

12. I (teach) by an old Japanese man.

13. This letter (should/type), not handwritten!

14. The new secretary (type) at 100 wpm.

Question 1 -Actual Answer was: was painted.

Question 2 - Actual Answer was: painted.

Question 3 - Actual Answer was: drove.

Question 4 - Actual Answer was: drives.

Question 5 - Actual Answer was: are usually driven.

Question 6 - Actual Answer was: is read.

Question 7 - Actual Answer was: has been stolen. OR is being stolen is OK

Question 8 - Actual Answer was: stole.

Question 9 - Actual Answer was: is opening.

Question 10- Actual Answer was: was destroyed.

Question 11 - Actual Answer was: learnt.

Question 12 - Actual Answer was: was taught.

Question 13 - Actual Answer was: should be typed.

Question 14 - Actual Answer was: types.

[ A new road is being planned near my house ]

[ This house was built in 1943 by my grandfather ]
[ Guernica was being painted at that time by Picasso ]
[ The office has been cleaned ]
[ Three books had been written before 1867 ]
[ You will be told later by John ]
[ By this time tomorrow the deal will have been signed ]
[ The work should be done ]
[ Jimmy might have been delayed by the traffic ]
[ Portuguese is spoken in Brazil ]
[ Mr Brown is loved by everybody ]
[A new stadium is being built near the station ]
[The princess was eaten by the wolf ]
[ At six o'clock a story was being told ]
All the milk has been drunk ]
[ All the windows had been cleaned before the storm ]
[ The computer will be repaired tomorrow ]
[ By next year the passive will have been studied by the students ]
[ Dinner might be cooked by James ]
[ My wallet must have been taken ]