Arbeitsblatt: passive voice

Passive Voice Present simple They play handball. Sue puts the rucksack on the floor. They clean the office every day. They sell stamps in post office. How do you pronounce this word? Spanish in many countries. (speak) The cars by that man. (repair) The kitchen every day. (clean) Many tools from plastic. (produce) Paper from wood. (make) to school by my mother. (drive) The cows every morning. (feed) The shop by the manager (close) to the hospital every week. (take) The presidents by the people. (elect) Passive Voice Past simple Julia rescued three cats. The students handed in the reports. Maria crashed into the blue car. Alex learned the poem. They cleaned the office yesterday. They painted the house last month. They stole the bicycle. They invited me to to party. They invited him to the party. 1. The meal (to cook) 2. The trees (to plant) 3. The words 4. The question 5. The correct answers 6. The apps (to download) 7. The door (to lock) 8. The children 9. The house (to substitute) (to answer) (to tick) (to pick up) (to burn down) Passive Voice 10. He (to rob) Present perfect Steven has forgotten the book. The mechanic has not repaired the DVD recorder. The girls have lost the match. Past perfect The girls had lost the match. had left my wallet at home. We had seen him at school. They had made mistake. Special forms: The teacher is not going to open the window. Passive Voice Do this exercise – Mind the tenses. They speak English and French at this hotel. English and French at this hotel. The little boy broke the window last week. The window by the little boy last week. Our secretary typed this enquiry. This enquiry by our secretary. Jill uses the computer quite often. The computer by Jill quite often. The secretary defended some colleagues. Some colleagues Picasso painted this picture. by the secretary. Passive Voice This picture by Picasso. Last year they published ten books. Ten books (by them) last year. Molly has knitted this cardigan. This cardigan by Molly. Next year George will visit Marc in London. Next year Marc by George in London. Jim has opened the window. The window by Jim. Frank has broken many windows. Many windows Lucy buys many books. by Frank. Passive Voice Many books by Lucy. David has written some letters. Some letters by David. Benjamin Franklin invented the lightning conductor. The lightning conductor by Benjamin Franklin. All students have learned the irregular verbs. The irregular verbs by all students. Are these sentences passive or active? 1. The grapes are grown in California. 2. The hamster can be kept in cage. 3. The party has already started. 4. The car is standing at the garage. 5. The ship has been given up. 6. The police didnt find the robber last week. 7. The first fast food restaurants were opened in the USA in 1916. 8. The train is going to arrive late. 9. The search will be stopped because of the storm. 10. The friends have been looking forward to meeting her. Passive Voice