Exercise on Passive Voice - Simple Present

Rewrite the sentences in passive voice.

1.

He opens the door. -The door is opened by him.

2.

We set the table.

3.

She pays a lot of money

4.

I draw a picture.

5.

They wear blue shoes

6.

They don't help you.

7.

He doesn't open the book

8.

You do not write the letter.

9.

Does your mum pick you up?

10.

Does the police officer catch the thief?

11.

Mr Jones watches the film.

12.

The people speak English.

13.

He reads comics.

14.

We play volleyball.

15.

They sing the song.

16.

I take photos.

17.

She does the housework.

18.

The policemen help the children.

19.

He writes text messages.

20.

Mother waters the flowers.

Exercise on Passive Voice - Simple Past

Rewrite the sentences in passive voice.
1.

She sang a song. -

A song was sung by her.

2.

Somebody hit me

3.

We stopped the bus

4.

A thief stole my car.

5.

They didn't let him go

6.

She didn't win the prize.

7.

They didn't make their beds

8.

I did not tell them.

9.

Did you tell them?

10.

Did he send the letter?

Complete the sentences (Active or Passive Voice). Use Simple Past.

1.

They (visit) _____________________ their granny.

2.

We (visit) _____________________ by our teacher.

3.

My friend Paul (bear) _____________________ in Dallas.

4.

She (go) _____________________ to school in Boston.

5.

Antony (grow up) _____________________ in the country.

6.

The new shopping centre (build) _____________________ last year.

7.

The film (produce / not) _____________________ in Hollywood.

8.

Barbara (know) _____________________ James very well.

9.

The jewels (hide / not) _____________________ in the cellar.

10.

We (spend / not) _____________________ all day on the beach.

Put the sentences into passive voice.

1. They built these houses in 1902.
2. She bakes a cake every Sunday.
3. He broke the vase yesterday.
4. I clean the shoes every Friday.
5. We wrote the exercise an hour ago.
6. They use this road very often.
7. Thieves stole his car.
8. They cancelled all the flights.
9. Brian told the truth.
10. She always loads the dishwasher.
11. He sometimes does the shopping.
12. The ambulance took Peter to hospital.

I.-These are the stages of producing a magazine. Rewrite them in

Passive Voice.

1.-Students choose the subject.

______________________________

2.-Someone writes an article about sports.

______________________________
3.-Someone reads and checks the article
______________________________
4.-Other students design the page
______________________________
5.-Another student draws the pictures

______________________________

6.-The girls take the photographs.

______________________________
7.-They scan the pictures

______________________________

8.-They put the pictures in the pages.

______________________________

9.-They send the disc to the printer.

______________________________
10.-Finally they sell the magazine.

______________________________

II.-Change into Passive Voice

1.-People speak Spanish and English in Costa Rica.
2.-They sell apples and oranges at the greengrocers
3.-They make clothes of synthetic fibre.
4.-We recycle paper

5.-They reuse some electronic parts.

6.-They throw the rubbish into the right container.

III.-Answer these Questions using the Passive Voice.

1.-Whats a chair made of?
2.-Where is a magazine printed?
3.-Whats bag made of?
4.-Where is rubbish thrown?
5.-What is done with electrical parts in good conditions?
6.-What things are recycled?

Elaborar frases en voz pasiva en Pasado Simple

I.-Complete the magazine with the correct verb in the Past simple Passive.

Blow
kill

fly

destroy

hit

injure

take

damage

throw
Tornado hits Kentucky

On Sunday evening the state of Kentucky in the USA

_______________________________
by a huge tornado.Winds in the town of Providence reached over 80 miles an
hour. Thirty-two homes ________________________________and a hundred and
fourteen ______________
_____________________. Fortunately no one ______________________________________
but twelve people

_____________________________.

Most of these_______________________________to hospitals near Providence but

one man _______________________________ by helicopter to a hospital in Indiana.
Ive never seen such damage, said 52-year-old George Schultz. The roof
of the local public school
____________________________off and my car ___________________________________
ten meteres into the air.
II.-Complete the sentences in Passive past tense.
1.-The famous painting of the Mona Lisa____________________________in 1956
(damage)
2.-In 79 AD, The Roman city of Pompeii____________________________ by a
volcanic explosion ( destroy)
3.-The London Eye_________________________________in 1999. ( build )
4.-Princess Diana________________________________in an accident in 1997 ( kill)
5.-In 1969, the first moon landing _______________________on TV ( see )
6.-In Ancient Greece, the Olympic flame ______________________________into the
Olympic Stadium by a Greek athlete. ( carry)
III.-Write questions for the answers.
A.-When___________________________?

A.-How__________________________?

B.-In 1956

B.-In a car accident?

A.-How____________________________?

A.-What__________________________?

B.-By a volcanic explosion

B.-The first moon landing.

A.-What____________________________? A.-When__________________________?
B.-The Olympic flame

B.-In 1999.