Present Simple Tense:

Active Voice Passive Voice

Simple: S+V (s,es)+O Simple: O+is/are/am+V/III+by+S

Interrogative: Do/Does+S+V+O Interrogative: is/are/am+O+V/III+by+S
Negative: S+do/does+V+O Negative: O+is/are/am+not+V/III+by+S

Exercise 1
Complete this dialogue with do or does to make present simple questions.
Example:
Sue: My brother Mark goes to primary school.
Ann: (he - get up early?) Does he get up early?
Sue: My brother Mark goes to primary school.
Ann: (he - get up early?) ...........................................................................................................................
Sue: Yes, very early. His friends Jim and Kevin travel with him every day.
Ann: (they - travel by bus?) .......................................................................................................................
Sue: Sometimes. On Mondays and Fridays Jim's father takes them by car. He is a teacher.
Ann: (he - teach at the same school?) ........................................................................................................
Sue: Yes. he does. He teaches English and history.
Ann: (your brother - like English?) ............................................................................................................
Sue: English is his favourite subject.
Ann: (you - help him with his homework?) ...............................................................................................
Sue: Never. My brother is the best student in his class.
Ann: (Jim and Kevin - attend the same lessons?) ......................................................................................
Sue: No, they don't. They are two years older. But they meet for lunch.
Ann: (Mark - eat at a school canteen?) ......................................................................................................
Sue: Yes, because our mum and dad don't have the time to prepare his lunch.
Ann: (your parents - go to work?) .............................................................................................................
Sue: Yes, they do. My mum is a nurse and my dad is a doctor.
Ann: (they - work at a hospital?) ...............................................................................................................
Sue: Only my mum.
Ann: (your brother - want to be a doctor?) ................................................................................................
Sue: I don't know. But I want to be a nurse.
Exercise 2
Complete these sentences with the verbs in brackets. Use the present simple passive.
Most common internet activities
E-mails ............................... and received by most internet users. (send)
Information about goods and services ................................. . (find)
Goods and services ...................................... in e-shops. (buy)
Online newspapers and magazines .................................... , mostly by adult users. (read)
The internet ................................. for social networking, especially by young people. (use)
Telephone and video calls ........................................ . (make)
Videos and films ........................................ . (watch)
Listening and music streaming activities ............................................... . (carry out)
Hotel accommodation ............................................... by travellers. (search for)
Financial transactions through internet banking............................................ . (do)
Exercise 3
Use the passive voice to rewrite these sentences.
We use this room for our guests.
This room .....................................................................................................................................
They don't feed the lions at the zoo every day.
The lions at the zoo ......................................................................................................................
You can open the bottle with this opener.
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Too many emails stress people.
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My parents don't give me any pocket money.
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Poachers kill hundreds of tigers every year.
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Most African governments protect rhinos.
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He doesn't expect us to offer him the job.
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Students at this course do a lot of homework.
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They don't make these cars in Japan.
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Exercise 5
Write correct forms or words next to each sentence.
Spanish teaches | is taught in most schools in Britain. ..................................
Baseball and basketball is played | are played in many places in
Cuba. ..................................
In Turkey tea isn't drunk | don't drink with milk. ..................................
Bad news are published | is published more often than good
news. ..................................
The man is cut by | with a knife. ..................................
Bananas are grown | are growing in Costa Rica. ..................................
The most expensive smartphones are sold | sells by
Apple. ..................................
The information is sent by | with a computer. ..................................
A lot of modern music play | is played on this radio. ..................................
Hippos are founded | are found in Africa. ..................................
Jeans are worn | wear on all continents. ..................................
I am told | tell that you have a baby. ..................................
Exercise 6
Use these words to make sentences in the passive voice.
Major environmental problems
produce | too much waste | in developed countries
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cars | big cities | block
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cover | plastic bags and bottles | beaches
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on roads | find | millions of dead animals | every year
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pollute | air | factories and vehicle exhausts
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cut down | in South America and Asia | rain forests
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fill | water | toxic pollutants
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see | can | on the climate | the human influence
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overpopulate | our planet
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do | about it | nothing
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