ACTIVE OR PASSIVE SENTENCES

1. ACTIVE OR PASSIVE

A) A burglary ……………………………..(carry out) in the high Street yesterday morning.

Two men ……………………………(enter) a jeweler shop and …………………………. (order)
the assistant to hand over the jewellery and money. The thieves ……………………….
(escape) with jewellery worth 2000$, but they ……………………………(arrest) later,
as they ………………………………..(try) to leave the country.
B) Floods ………………………………..(cause) when a river ……………………………….(burst) its
banks. This can happen if there ……………………………..(be) an unusual amount of
rain, or if snow ………………………………(melt) and the river ……………………………
(overflow). When a flood ……………………………..(take place), crops
……………………….. (destroy) and homes ……………………………(damage)
C) Tony O’Conell …………………………..(work) for a large company. Last year, he
………………………………….(promote) to the position of manager. He ……………………….
(give) a large office and a company car. He now ………………………………(have) a
secretary who …………………………..(answer) his calls, and he ………………………..(pay)
a lot more money than before. He ………………………………..(feel) very happy about
his job now.

2. Write these sentences into active or passive.

1. This tree is very old. It ……………………………(plant) in the 19th century

2. This piece of music …………………………….(not/ record) yet. I’ve just composed it
3. The thieves ……………………………(steal) the jewellery from the safe yesterday
4. We began work early, but we ………………………………(not/ finish) until late
5. Jenny ………………………………(complain) to the manager about the fault item at the
moment.
6. Don’t touch the saucepan. You might ………………………….(burn) yourself.
7. We ……………………………..(delay) because there was a lot of traffic this morning
8. Not much …………………………..(know) about this complicated subject.
9. I’m going home now because all the work ………………………………(do)
10. This photograph …………………………….(take) by my grandfather when I was five
11. The new nightclub ……………………………..(close) by the council last week.
12. Jessica ………………………….(run) two kilometres everyday before work
13. Jim’s house is very modern. It ……………………………(build) only two years ago
14. Don’t stay up late tonight, or else you …………………………(be) tired tomorrow.
3. Write the sentences into active voice

1. The actor was paid 10.000$ to make the commercial

2. A new cinema is being built in the city centre

3. Breakfast will be served at eight in the morning

4. All her best jewellery had been stolen by the burglars

5. A lot of food was eaten at the party

6. An old shipwreck has been discovered by divers

7. She’s going to be sent to Germany on business

8. The band’s latest video was made in Prague

9. Designer clothes are sold in this shop.

10. The exam has been taken by all the children

11. The experiment was being done by the scientists

12. Chinese is spoken by more than one million people.