Mgr. Gabriela Durnová, Mgr. Daniela Dvořáková English C: Grammar: Passive forms 1
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Form: /subject + “to be” + past participle/
PRACTICE 1
Rewrite the following sentences in the passive.
Example:
Somebody has cleaned the room. The room has been cleaned.
1 They have postponed the concert. The concert __________________________________________ .
2 Somebody is using the computer. The computer _________________________________________ .
3 I didn’t realise that somebody was recording our conversation.
I didn’t realise that __________________________________________ .
4 When we got to the stadium we found that they had cancelled the game.
When we got to the stadium, we found that __________________________________________ .
5 They are building a new ring road round the city. _________________________________________ .
6 They have built a new hospital near the airport. __________________________________________ .
PRACTICE 2: ACTIVE X PASSIVE
React to the sentences 1 – 10 and make sentences from the words in brackets either in the
active or in the passive.
Example:
There’s somebody behind us. (I think/we/follow) I think we’re being followed.
This room looks different. (you/paint?) Have you painted it?
1 My car has disappeared.
(it/steal!) It _____________________________________________________________________
2 My umbrella has disappeared.
(somebody/take) Somebody _______________________________________________________
3 Tom gets a higher salary now.
(he/promote) ____________________________________________________________________
4 Ann can’t use her office at the moment.
(it/redecorate) ___________________________________________________________________
5 The photocopier broke down yesterday, but it’s OK now.
(it/work/again; it/repair) ____________________________________________________________
6 The police have found the people they were looking for.
(two people/arrest/last night_________________________________________________________
7 A tree was lying across the road.
(it/blow down/in the storm) __________________________________________________________
8 The man next door disappeared six months ago.
(nobody/see/since then) ____________________________________________________________