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Downloadable worksheets: PASSIVE VOICE (PRESENT SIMPLE AND PAST SIMPLE) Level: elementary Age: 7-17 Downloads: 4113   Present Simple Passive and Past Simple Passive Voice Level: elementary Age: 12-17 Downloads: 1167   Active or Passive? (4) Multiple choice exercises (with KEY) in present simple and past simple Level: intermediate Age: 6-17 Downloads: 595   Passive voice *present & past* - board game Level: intermediate Age: 12-17 Downloads: 499   passive or active Level: intermediate Age: 9-17 Downloads: 459   Passive voice Level: intermediate Age: 13-17 Downloads: 309

���� A.-� ACTIVE OR PASSIVE?. TICK THE PASSIVE SENTENCES: 1.- She invited us to the party 2.-Smoking is forbidden in our school� 3.- Michael Phelps won eight gold medals at the 2008 Beijing games� 4.- My purse was stolen� 5.- La Traviata was written by Verdi 6.- Peter writes poems 7.- Our homework is done 8.- An earthquake shook Haiti 9.- She wasn't told the truth� 10.-English is widely spoken all over the world � � B.- CHOOSE THE RIGHT ANSWER: 1.- The telephone was inventis inventedwas inventedwere invented� by Graham Bell 2.- Thousands of e-mails� writeare writtenwere writtenare wrote�every day 3.- My CDs were stolenstolewas stoleare stolen� last night 4.- I isn't allowedaren't allowedwas allowedam not allowed�to smoke in public places 5.- Football is playedplayswas plaiedafe played� all over the world 6.- The burglars are arrestingarrestedwere arrestedwas arrested�by the police 7.- The mountaneer is rescuedrescuedwere rescuedwas rescued�last week 8.- Newspapers are soldis soldwas sellsold�here � � C.- COMPLETE WITH THE VERBS IN BRACKETS IN SIMPLE PRESENT OR SIMPLE PAST (USE PASSIVE VOICE) 1.- Two centuries ago computers � (not USE) 2.- Two world records � by Usain Bolt (BREAK)� 3.- Portuguese � in Brazil��� (SPEAK) 4.- This house� �in 1978� (BUILD)� 5.- Some parts of this car � in France� (MAKE) 6.- Apples �in many countries (GROW) �7.- His room �every day (CLEAN) 8.- �English �in India? (SPEAK) � � D.- COMPLETE THE SENTENCES WITH THE VERBS IN THE BOX. USE SIMPLE PRESENT PASSIVE � �DO����� CLOSE����� WRITE����� STUDY���� RECYCLE�������� CLEAN������� PLAY ���� � 1.-�Paper �in Spain 2.-�English �at our school 3.- Our exercises 4.- The petrol station �at midnight 5.- My bedroom �every day 6.- His songs �on the radio 7.- Thousands of text messages �every day � � E- CHANGE INTO PASSIVE VOICE: 1.- Verdi wrote La Traviata 2.- Annie Lennox sang two songs 3.- They paint their house every year 4.- Nobody saw him 5.- The policeman caught the thieves 6.- They don't read newspapers � � � � � � �