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Active and Passive (Past Tenses)




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Active and Passive (Past Tenses)
Exercise 1: Active or Passive.

1. The clowns blew the balloons.

2. The boy broke the window.

3. Some bread was brought by the students.

4. The construction workers built the road.

5. Rubbish had been burnt by the gardener.

6. A new car was being bought by that woman.

7. Some fish were caught in the winter.

8. A brown coat was being chosen by her husband.

9. A baby was creeping on the carpet.

10. A piece of cake had been cut.

11. The miners had dug the mine.

12. Our homework had been done.

13. Lemonade was being drunk.

14. Mr. Jones drove a lorry.

15. Fish and Fries was eaten by the child.

16. The daughter was getting some money.

17. We were feeding the cats.

18. The boys fought over the toy.

19. Her plastic wallet had been found at the bus stop.

20. He forgot his book at home.

Exercise 2: Write the sentences into Passive.

1. The children built this snowman yesterday.

2. Joe had studied Italian for three years.

3. My mother was cooking dinner at six yesterday.

4.�Kate and Joe�were eating�hamburgers�at the restaurant.

5. His family watched the movie in the living room.

6. Linda was throwing a snow ball.

7.The merchant had sold some fish.

8. Her daughter�wrote the essay about the environment.

9. Henry had left�his notebooks�in the library.

10.The dogs were finding the drugs.