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PASSIVE VOICE: SIMPLE PRESENT AND SIMPLE PAST
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PASSIVE VOICE (PRESENT SIMPLE AND PAST SIMPLE)
Level:
elementary
Age:
7-17
Downloads:
4084
Present Simple Passive and Past Simple Passive Voice
Level:
elementary
Age:
12-17
Downloads:
1164
Active or Passive? (4) Multiple choice exercises (with KEY) in present simple and past simple
Level:
intermediate
Age:
6-17
Downloads:
590
Passive voice *present & past* - board game
Level:
intermediate
Age:
12-17
Downloads:
498
passive or active
Level:
intermediate
Age:
9-17
Downloads:
459
Passive voice
Level:
intermediate
Age:
13-17
Downloads:
305
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 invent
is invented
was invented
were invented
by Graham Bell
2.- Thousands of e-mails
write
are written
were written
are wrote
every day
3.- My CDs
were stolen
stole
was stole
are stolen
last night
4.- I
isn't allowed
aren't allowed
was allowed
am not allowed
to smoke in public places
5.- Football
is played
plays
was plaied
afe played
all over the world
6.- The burglars
are arresting
arrested
were arrested
was arrested
by the police
7.- The mountaneer
is rescued
rescued
were rescued
was rescued
last week
8.- Newspapers
are sold
is sold
was sell
sold
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