Passive Voice (комплекс упражнений)

Passive Voice
Exercise 1 Use Present Indefinite Passive:
My soup … (make) of fresh vegetables.
Newspapers and magazines … (sell) almost everywhere.
Most of my sister’s money … (spend) on fashionable clothes.
The rooms in this hotel … (clean) every day.
These stories … (write) by a famous author.
This project … (do) by real professionals.
Exercise 2 Use Past Indefinite Passive:
America … (discover) in 1492 by Christopher Columbus.
All my documents … (check) carefully.
My nephew … (meet) at the airport by our relatives.
The bus … (drive) by a fat old man.
These books … (publish) in our country.
The burglars … (arrest) at the railway station.
Exercise 3 Use Future Indefinite Passive:
We hope that jazz always … (listen) to.
Your parcels … (send) next week.
My article … (publish) soon.
The report … (write) by my son.
The pupils … (inform) about it tomorrow.
I … (ask) at the lesson tomorrow.
Exercise 4 Use Present Continuous Passive:
Don’t enter the classroom. The floor … (clean) there.
It’s very noisy in the classroom because the actual problems … (discuss).
Have you heard the news? The old cathedral … (restore) now.
The new buildings … (build) in our street now.
I can’t give you this magazine as it … (look) through now.
Turn to the left. The road … (repair) right now.
Exercise 5 Use Past Continuous Passive:
When I entered the kitchen, my favourite dish … (cook).
When we came, the articles … (publish).
When I telephoned, Ann told me that the article … (translate).
The pupils …still (examine) at 3 o’clock.
We couldn’t visit the cathedral that time as it … (restore).
When she came home, she saw those new hospitals … (build) in the city.
Exrcise 6 Use Modal verbs with Passive Infinitive:
The test should … (do) later.
The rooms must … (clean) every day.
This question ought to …(discuss) at the meeting.
Such interesting books can … (devour) at once.
The work must … (do) on time.
The pets must … (feed) every day.
Exercise 7 Express the same using Passive:
We learn English proverbs every week.
They must translate the speech when the time comes.
Somebody will bring a beautiful candlestick.
These criminals robbed banks last year.
My father is repairing his bike in the garage.
You should visit your Granny.
She wrote a nice children’s book.
We listen to our teacher’s tales every day.
The workers have to transport the boxes.
I was reading a nice book when my mum came.
Keys:
1)
is made
are sold
is spent
are cleaned
are written
is done
2)
was discovered
were checked
was met
was driven
were published
were arrested
3)
will be listened
will be sent
will be published
will be written
will be informed
will be asked
4)
is being cleaned
are being discussed
is being restored
are being built
is being looked
is being repaired
5)
was being cooked
were being publishing
was being translated
were being examined
was being restored
were being built
6)
be done
be cleaned
be discussed
be devoured
be done
be fed
7)
English proverbs are learnt (learned) by us every week.
The speech must be translated by them when the time comes.
A beautiful candlestick will be brought by somebody.
Banks were robbed by these criminals last year.
The bike is being repaired by my father in the garage.
Your Granny should be visited by you.
A nice children’s book was written by her.
Our teacher’s tales are listened to by us every day.
The boxes have to be transported by the workers.
A nice book was being read by me when my mum came.