Activities Class 04

A) Choose the correct option.

1. I ate a piece of chocolate cake.
a) active
b) passive
2. The librarian read the book to the students.
a) active
b) passive
3. The money was stolen.
a) active
b) passive
4. They are paid on Fridays.
a) active
b) passive
5. The movie is being made in Hollywood.
a) active
b) passive

B) Fill in the gaps with the verbs in brackets in the correct tense (in active or
passive voice)
Authorities 1 __________ (just/announce) that Saint Pauls Bank 2
__________ (rob) yesterday. Two men 3 __________ (go) into the bank at
9.30 armed with automatic guns. The customers and workers 4 __________
(tell) to lie down on the floor and one of the bank clerks 5 __________ (ask)
at gunpoint to give them all the money. Then the two robbers 6 __________
(leave) the building quickly.
Local authorities have informed that about 500,000 dollars 7 __________
(steal) yesterday, but fortunately nobody 8 __________ (injure). Police
investigators 9 __________ (assure) residents that the robbers 10 __________
(find) soon.
C) Transform the following active sentences into passive sentences without by.
Present and past simple passive: ‘be’ + past participle.
1. Somebody found him in the South of Spain ⇒ He _________ in the
South of Spain.
2. Did anyone lock the door last night? ⇒ _________ last night?
3. They paint the house every five years. ⇒ _________ every five years.
4. They made the robot with three sensors. ⇒ _________ with three
sensors.
5. Someone found my keys in the street. ⇒ _________ in the street.

D) Choose the correct present and past simple passive or active forms to
complete the sentences below.
1. Mayan _____ in many regions in Guatemala and southern Mexico.
a) speaks
b) is spoke
c) is spoken
2. The match _____ by 4.1 million people.
a) was watched
b) was watch
c) watched
3. Manchego cheese _____ in La Mancha, Spain.
a) produced
b) is produced
c) produces
4. The authorities _____ them about the incident.
a) informed
b) were informed
c) were inform
5. Who _____ this novel?
a) was written
b) wrote
c) did write