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Active to passive: Present Simple or Past Simple (based on New English File Pre-intermediate, 7D) Transform these active sentences into passive ones: BE + V3. First decide if you need the singular or plural form of be. Secondly choose between the past or the present forms of be. Finally think of the third form of the main verb. Hope you find the exercise easy and enjoyable.  An American woman invented the dishwasher.                         The dishwasher  by an American woman.  Marion Donovan invented disposable nappies.                                                    Disposable nappies  by Marion Donovan.                                                    They use more than 55 million nappies every day.                                                         More than 55 million nappies  every day. They call Mrs Graham's invention Tipp-Ex today.                                                 Mrs Graham's invention  Tipp-Ex today.    Bullet-proof vests protect policemen all over the world.                                                      Policemen all over the world  by bullet-proof vests.    Last night the police stopped us.                                                      Last night we  by the police. American teenagers eat a lot of fast food.                               A lot of fast food  by American teenagers. Toulouse-Lautrec painted At the Moulin Rouge.                                                           At the Moulin Rouge  by Toulouse-Lautrec.     The marketing manager organizes weekly meetings.                                                       Weekly meetings  by the marketing manager.    The Italians make Fiat cars.                                                      Fiat cars  by the Italians.