Exercise 3

These sentences are not correct. Correct them.

1 This house built 100 years ago This house was built
…………………………………………………
2 Football plays in most countries of the world …………………………………………………
3 Why did the letter send to the wrong address? …………………………………………………
4 A film studio is a place where films make …………………………………………………
5 Where are you born? …………………………………………………
6 How many languages are speaking in Switzerland? …………………………………………………
7 Somebody broke into our house, but nothing stolen. …………………………………………………
8 When was invented the bicycle? …………………………………………………

Exercise 4
Write sentences from these words. Some of the sentences are questions.

Sentences 1-7 are present.

1 (the office / clean / every day) The office is cleaned every day
…………………………………………………………………
2 (how often / these rooms / clean?) How often are these rooms cleaned?
………………………………………………………………….
3 (glass / make / from sand) ………………………………………………………………….
4 (the windows / clean / every two weeks) ………………………………………………………………….
5 (this room / not / use / very much) ………………………………………………………………….
6 (we / allow / to park here?) ………………………………………………………………….
7 (how / this word / pronounce?) ………………………………………………………………….

Sentences 8-14 are past.

8 (the office / clean / yesterday) The office was cleaned yesterday.
…………………………………………………………………
9 (the house / paint / last month) …………………………………………………………………
10 (my phone / steal / a few days ago) …………………………………………………………………
11 (I / not / wake up / by the noise) …………………………………………………………………
12 (how / these windows / break?) …………………………………………………………………
13 (you / invite / to Jon's party last week?) …………………………………………………………………

Exercise 6
Look at the pictures. What is happening or what has happened? Use the present continuous
(is/are being...) or the present perfect (has/have been ...).

The office is being cleaned.

1 (the office / clean) .................................................................................................................
The shirts have been ironed.
2 (the shirts / iron) ....................................................................................................................
3 (the window / break) .............................................................................................................
4 (the roof / repair) ..................................................................................................................
5 (the car / damage) ................................................................................................................
6 (the houses / knock / down) .................................................................................................
7 (the trees / cut / down) ..........................................................................................................
8 (they / invite / to a party) ........................................................................................................

Exercise 7
Complete these sentences. Use the following verbs in the passive:

knock delay carry keep know make

1 A decision will not ………………………….. until the next meeting.

2 These documents are important. They should always ………………………… in a safe place.
3 The injured man couldn’t walk and must ………………………………….…..
4 I’m not sure what time I’ll arrive tomorrow. I may ………………………………………..
5 A new school is being built. The old one is going to ………………………………… down.
6 The election is next Sunday. The full results will ……………………………………… on Tuesday.
Exercise 8
Complete the sentences with present, past or future passive verbs.
1 I can't use my office at the moment. It …………………………. (paint).
2 We didn't go to the party. We ………………………….. (not/invite).
3 The washing machine was broken, but it's OK now. It .......................................................(repair).
4 The washing machine........................................................... (repair) yesterday afternoon.
5 A factory is a place where things..............................................................(make).
6 How old are these houses? When.............................................................(they/build)?
7 A: .................................................................. (the photocopier / use) at the moment?
B: No, you can go ahead and use it.
8 I've never seen these flowers before. What .........................................................(they/call)?
9 My sunglasses................................................................(steal) at the beach yesterday.
10 The bridge is closed at the moment. It ..........................................................(damage) last week and
it ............................................................... (not/repair) yet.
11 Last night, two men ......................................... in a fight in a nightclub. (kill)
12 In the future, all our work .......................................... by machines. (do)
13 Nowadays, English ............................................. as a second language by millions of people. (speak)
14 This computer ............................................ in Japan. (make)
15 The new road ............................................ in July next year. (open)
16 Diamonds ............................................. in several countries in Africa. (find)

Exercise 9
Match the sentence halves to make passive sentences and questions.

Exercise 10
Complete the article with the correct present or past passive form of the verbs in brackets.