I. Complete the following sentences using appropriate active or passive verb forms.

Choose your answers

from the given options.

1) The problem …………………. to the children.

A. explained B. was explained

2) Those pyramids ……………………. around 400 AD by Egyptians.

A. built B. were built

3) All the trouble ……………………….. by your mother.

A. has caused B. was caused

4) That picture …………………. by my grandmother.

A. painted B. was painted

5) Excuse the mess. The house …………………

A. is painting
B. is being painted
C. has painted
6) The crowd ________________ by the police to leave the arena.
A. Instructed B. was instructed
7) The car ________________
A. has fixed B. has been fixed
8) They ________________the wall.
A. are decorating B. are being decorated

II. Change the following sentences either in active or passive voice.

1. The game had been won by the blue player.

2. They are decorating the wall.
3. The letter was written by Marta.
4. An earthquake destroyed the town.
5. Hana is helping me solving active and passive voice exercise.
6. Jogging is done by many people for exercise.
7. The child impressed everyone with his polite manners.
8. She accepts their invitation with pleasure.
9. Immediate action was taken by the Emergency Management Agency after the flood.

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III. Change the following sentences either in active or passive voice.

One summer, along about 1904, a camp was rented by my father on a lake in Maine, and we
were taken there for the month of August. Some kittens got ringworm, and Pond's Extract had to
be rubbed on our arms and legs night and morning, and a canoe was rolled over in by my father
with all his clothes on; outside of that the vacation was thought to be a success, and from then on
it was thought that there was no place like that lake in Maine. It was returned to summer after
summer--always on the first of August for one month. Since then a saltwater man has been made
out of me, but sometimes in summer I am made to wish for the placidity of a lake in the woods
by the restlessness of the tides and the fearful cold of the sea water in the afternoon and evening,
which is blown across by the incessant wind. A few weeks ago this feeling was experienced by
me so strongly that a couple of bass hooks and a spinner were bought and the lake that used to be
visited by us was returned to by me for a week's fishing to be done and for old haunts to be
revisited.

IV. Complete the sentences with the correct active or passive form of the verb in brackets.
1. At last night's ceremony, they _____________ the award to an unknown actress. (GIVE)
2. The survivors __________________ by a cruise ship that __________________ to be near them.
(RESCUE, HAPPEN)
3. Two hours after the accident, the doctor __________________ him dead. (DECLARE)
4. I remember __________________ to the circus by my father. (BE TAKE)
5. The weather _____________________ in the next few days. (NOT IMPROVE)
6. Coffee _____________________ before you __________________ it. (MUST ROAST, SELL)
7. The bridge ________________ at the moment so it _____________. (REPAIR, CANNOT USE)
8. The police __________________ the victim a picture of the suspect. (SHOW)
9. The new staff members _____________________ all the help they need. (GIVE)
10. That door _________________________ for ages. (NOT OPEN)
11. A few days ago, a judge _________________ him to appear before court next month. (ORDER)