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passive voice
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Passive - for advanced students
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Introducing the "Passive Voice" (1) - Basic rules for Upper elementary and Intermediate students
Level:
intermediate
Age:
10-14
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5583
Active and Passive
Level:
intermediate
Age:
10-17
Downloads:
4424
PASSIVE VOICE (PRESENT SIMPLE AND PAST SIMPLE)
Level:
elementary
Age:
7-17
Downloads:
4159
Passive
Level:
intermediate
Age:
14-17
Downloads:
3671
Passive Voice
Level:
intermediate
Age:
14-17
Downloads:
2735
The American Dream
Level:
advanced
Age:
15-17
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24
A. Fill in the missing word in each sentence- one word in each sentence.
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This room must
cleaned before you go out.
Something should
done about your hair.
Peter�s car has
stolen again. That�s the third time this year.
This hotel is not very good. My bed
been made yet.
When I got to the party all the food
been eaten.
When the lawyer arrived, his client had already
taken away.
The electricity
being fixed today.
Tom
being kept in after school. I wonder why.
The road
widened last year.
The streets
cleaned twice a week.
The floors
being washed by the maid when I got home.
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B. Choose the correct words.
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All sorts of things (
are being left/
left/
are left) on buses.
Jimmy (
collects/
is collected/
is being collected) from school every day at 1 o�clock.
John (
didn�t pull down,
wasn�t pulled down,
doesn�t pull down) the fence. It (
is blowing down,
was blown down,
blew down) by the wind.
Dan (
was hurt,
hurt,
is being hurt) badly in the�game yesterday.
The table (
had been,
has been,
had) delivered only a month before it already looked old.
I think she (
born,
is born,
was born) in 1989 or 1987, but I am not sure.
I (
am interested/
have been interested) in stamps since I was little.
That actress (
wasn�t see,
isn�t seen,
hasn�t been seen) since 1985.
We can�t go to that restaurant. It (
was closed,
has been closed) a month ago.
My boss (
isn�t given,
isn�t giving,
doesn�t give) me a raise this month.�
C. Rewrite the following sentences in the Passive Voice.
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1.����� The women are collecting money for the hospital
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2.�����David has sold the company.
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��3.���� The boys�use the computer for the project.
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4.���� They maid was cleaning the room when I came in.
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5.�����Our�school�is sending food to the starving refugees.
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