EJERCICIOS DE PASIVAS SIMPLES
1.- CHANGE INTO PASSIVE
1) Tommy will know Machu Picchu ruins in Peru.
2) My boss sent me detailed instructions.
3) Sam's friend has been solving the problem.
4) The workers will complete the new road in the next year.
5) Paul is going to repair her the car.
6) My brother has forgotten his wallet at the bank.
7) My sister will send a letter to my mother.
8) The little girl is drawing her pet.
9) She was dropping her bag in the train.
10 My brother takes his medicine every day.
11) They make shoes in that factory
12) People must not leave bicycles in the driveway
13) They built that skyscraper in 1934.
14) The students will finish the course by July.
15) They are repairing us the streets this month
16) They had been making these tools of plastic
17) They have finished the new product design.
18) They were cooking dinner when I arrived.
19) Smithers painted 'Red Sunset' in 1986.
21) They had finished the preparations by the time the guests arrived.
22) They are going to perform Beethoven's Fifth Symphony next weekend.
23) Someone will speak Japanese at the meeting.
24) Karen is going to prepare the refreshments.
25) The teacher will give the students their reports next Tuesday.
26) Mary had to fill in and post the form.
27) The servants had already served the dinner.
28) The ice cream seller has given my children a free ice cream.
29) The gardener cut the sick trees.
30) The Chinese discovered acupuncture thousands of years ago.
2.- COMPLETE NEXT SENTENCES WITH AN ACTIVE OR A PASSIVE VERB
1) Everybody ____________________________(shock) by the terrible news yesterday
2) Mr. Green ____________________________ (teach) at the University since 1989.
3) Not much ___________________________ (say) about the accident since that time
4) A new book ___________________________ (publish) by that company next year.
5) He ______________________________________ (remember) the girl's name now.
6) The secretary ___________________________________ (introduce) to her new boss yesterday.
7) Our plan ________________________________ (consider) by the members of the committee now.
8) He _______________________________________________ (hold) as responsible for the accident last month.
9) A prize ________________________________________________________ (give) to whoever solves this equation.
10) When the manager arrived, the problem _________________________________ (solve).
11) English ______________________________________________________ (speak) by many people of the world.
12) They __________________________________________ (speak) English to each other to communicate easily
13) When the earthquake _____________________________________ (occur) in the
metropolis many buildings ____________________________________ (destroy).
14) The telephone __________________________________________________
(invent) by Alexander Graham Bell.
15) America _____________________________________ (discover) by Columbus,
but he _________________________________________ (think) that the
continent was India.
16) Ferarris ________________________________________________ (manufacture) in Italy.
17) That movie has terrible violence in it, so it must not _____________________________ (show) to people under 18 years of age.
18) Today's newspaper has a shocking headline, so it may ____________________________ (sell) very well.
19) Look at! The bride ___________________________ (kiss) by the groom and she
_____________________ (smile) happily.
20) I ___________________________________________ (drive) over the speed limit last night.
21) The accident _______________________________ (happen) because of my speeding.
22) Korean ___________________________________________ (speak) in my family.
23) Dark clouds _________________________________________ (appear) in the sky now.
24) English _____________________________________________ (speak) by Obama
25) My friend and I __________________________________________ (play) poker recently.
26) Jeans _______________________________________________________ (wear)
by young people.
27) Advertising _______________________________________________________ (use) since
Roman times.
28) Advertisers _______________________________________________________ (spend)
millions of euros on adverts every year.
29) The authorities decided that the meeting
_______________________________________________________ (hold) next Wednesday
30) I’ll have to stay at home because our new furniture
_______________________________________________________ (deliver)
3.-QUESTIONS
1) Did they catch the
thief?
2) Have the police found the body?
3) Is a doctor going to examine you?
4) Who is giving you Maths classes?
5) Did the bull kill the matador?
6) How did your host family treat you?
7) Has anyone cleaned the oven yet?
8) Do they make cars in Korea?
9) Will the king inaugurate the new bridge?
10) Why has the government banned the film?
11) Do the hounds kill the fox?
12) Who wrote “Millennium”?
13) What caused the accident?
14) When did the hijack the plane?
15) Did the plan interest you?
16) Who help him?
17) Who will Susan send an e-mail?
18) Can someone clean up the kitchen?
19) Who dusted the furniture this morning?
20) Has he given you back the book yet?
4.- CHANGE THE SENTENCES FROM THE PASSIVE INTO THE ACTIVE
1) The best cream cakes are made by Sayers.
2) By the end of the party all the food had been eaten.
3) My glasses must have been thrown away by mistake.
4) Who was the television invented by?
5) She was heard complaining about the new timetables.
6) A new shopping centre is being built on the outskirts of town.
7) The awards will be presented by Tom Hanks.
8) A new shampoo is being developed in the lab.
9) Your life will be changed by this book
10) My brother may be given the car for the first time tonight
11) Their guests were shown some photographs of the trip
12) This room is going to be redecorated soon
15) This theatre is being closed for security reasons
16) Their house is being painted this week
17) Was the car taken to the garage yesterday?
18) A law against pollution should be passed by the government
19) She is known by everyone in our school
20) No one was told about the phone call
21) This museum will be painted by hand
22) Have the hotel rooms been cleaned every day?
23) She was put in prison by force
24) You will be called when your turn comes
25) Were you invited to the grand opening?
26) The new plans have already been discussed
27) This program used to be watched by all the teenagers
28) Our work here is going to be finished soon
29) She had to be told the truth
30) Your project should have been completed two weeks ago
5.- IMPERSONAL PASSIVES
1) People expect that the rate of inflation rises
2) People think that she died in a plane crash
3) People believed that the Earth was flat.
4) People say the Prime Minister and his wife aren’t getting divorced.
4) People say the Prime Minister and his wife aren’t getting divorced.
5) People suspect he earns millions of euros5a year.
6) People fear that the manager was refusing the union trade's offer.
7) They say he fled the country.
8) People believed the house hadn’t had ghosts for many years
9) They know she is hiding abroad.
10) They expected that they were wearing winter clothes
11) People say that many people aren’t homeless after the floods
12) Everybody knows that the Prime Minister was in favour of the new law
13) People expect that the government is losing the election
14) They thought that the prisoner escaped by climbing over the wall
15) Journalist reports that they aren’t leaving tomorrow evening.
16) The lecturer thought that Columbus hadn’t discovered America.
17) They believed that the horse was a present
18) Their parents thought that the teenagers were dancing at the disco
19) The witness declared that the crime had happened in front of him
20) They assumed that the security system was failing.
21) People think that not doing exercise can make you fat.
22) They said that she read Pride and Prejudice
23) They admitted that the thieves hadn’t left the country.
24) People say that this orchestra has been the best in the world.
25) People believe that we are making a lot of money
26) They expect that I will arrive in time for dinner.
27) We think that European Government didn’t reach an agreement
28) They reported that Chicote knew a lot about gardening.
29) People said that teachers weren’t attending the meeting
30) They know that Tom and Kevin will eat five hamburgers each one
6.- FILL IN THE BLANKS USING THE STRUCTURE OF “HAVE SOMETHING DONE” IN THE CORRECT TENSE
1) We __________________________________ (the house / paint) at the moment.
2) I lost my key. I’ll have to __________________________________ (another key /
make)
3) When was the last time you __________________________________ (your hair / cut)?
4) __________________________________ (you / a newspaper / deliver) to your house
every day, or do you go out and buy one?
5) A: What are those workmen doing in your garden?
B: Oh, we __________________________________ (a garage / build)?
6) A: Can I see the photographs you took when you were on holiday?
B: I’m afraid I __________________________________ (not / the film / develop) yet.
7) This coat is dirty. I must __________________________________ (it / clean).
8) If you want to wear earrings, why don’t you __________________________________
(your ears / pierce)?
9) A: I heard your computer wasn’t working.
B: That’s right, but it’s OK now. I __________________________________ (it / repair)
10) Gary was a fight last night. He __________________________________ (his nose /
break)
11) Did I tell you about Jane? She __________________________________ (her handbag /
steal) last week.
12) Did you hear about Pete? He __________________________________ (his car /
vandalise) a few months ago.
13) I __________________________________ (my hair / dye) next Monday.
14) We __________________________________ (our roof / check) after the storm.
15) Our neighbours __________________________________ (a wall / build) now.
16) My brother is going to the dentist next week. He
__________________________________ (a tooth / pull out).
17) We __________________________________ (an alarm / install) last October.
18) David __________________________________ (his tonsils / remove) by a doctor when
he was eleven.
19) For the wedding anniversary, Mary __________________________________ (a big
cake / make) which they ate a large party.
20) We __________________________________ (a statue / value) by an Art expert and
he said that it was worth over a thousand dollars.
21) My friend __________________________________ (his apartment / redecorate) by
Nancy right now.
22) He __________________________________ (his flat / burgle) while he was away on
holiday.
7.- HAVE SOMETHING DONE
1) A mechanic has repaired Susan’s car
2) Our house is being painted this week
3) Jack will be asking someone to send his messages by e-mail
4) The optician won’t test your eyes next week
5) Your photo has to be taken for your passport
6) Do you ask someone to service your car regularly?
7) The local newspaper has just accepted one of Beth’s articles
8) Her wedding dress was made to Betty a month ago
9) Was his house redecorated last year?
10) A lawyer is preparing us a contract next week
11) My hair isn’t being cut today
12) You should ask someone to check your brakes
13) A new cupboard had just been built in Jan’s room
14) She always asks someone to deliver her food
15) Someone could publish Sarah’s poems.
16) The chapel was decorated by an Italian Artist (The king ….)
17) The garage is servicing my car on Monday
18) I am going to ask that woman to vanish my nails
19) His knee was checking at the clinic by the doctor.
20) The Red Cross supplies medicine and food for Rwanda.
21) Will the short circuit problems be solved by the electrician?
22) She has always asked her secretary to bring her lunch
23) Our accounts must be checked
24) Someone has been sending offensive messages to us
25) They should have asked someone to change their curtains.
26) My grandmother is knitting a new jumper for me
27) Did you ask the shop to deliver the sofa?
28) A new roof on Adam’s house was being put by the builders.
29) The maid had polished the silver to her
30) Does someone sweep their chimney?
