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Downloadable worksheets: 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 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