Passive Voice
Simple group
1. Put the verbs in brackets into the Present Simple
Passive.
1. Thousands of calls ____________ (make) from mobile phones
every day. 2. Stars __________ (see) in the sky at night. 3. Coffee ___________
(grow) in South America. 4. The news ___________ (report) every day. 5. Animals
in the zoo ___________ (feed) 3 times a day. 6. Milk __________ (produce) by
cows. 7. Computers __________ (use) in different spheres of modern life. 8. The
Tower of London ____________ (visit) by thousands of tourists every year. 9.
This town ____________ (situate) in the north of the country. 10. Famous pieces
of art __________ (keep) in museums.
2. Put the verbs in brackets into the Past Simple
Passive.
The Statue of Liberty
The Statue of Liberty _________ (create) by a French
architect Bartholdi. It ____________ (make) in France. The statue _____________
(build) 11 years and when it was ready, it ___________ (take) to the USA by
ship. A huge base for the statue ____________ (prepare) by Americans on one of
the islands 2 miles from Manhattan. A lift and 390 steps ____________ (make) so
that the visitors could reach the crown top of “Lady Liberty” and admire the
view of the area. The Statue of Liberty ____________ (recognize) as a symbol of
American freedom. Ninety years later the statue _______________ (restore) by a
team of French and American experts.
3. Put the verbs in brackets into the Future Simple
Passive.
1. This experiment ____________ (finish) in a week. 2. The
play ____________ (perform) next Sunday. 3. The instructions _______________
(receive) in an hour. 4. The design of the building ______________
(not/complete) next month. 5. The injured man ____________ (operate) on in an
hour. 6. All the meetings ____________ (arrange) next week. 7. The document
______________ (sign) in some minutes. 8. This bill ___________ (not/pay)
tomorrow. 9. This question ____________ (not/discuss) at the next conference.
10. The car ____________ (not/repair) in 2 days.
4. Put the verbs in brackets into the Present Simple
Passive, the Past Simple Passive or the Future Simple Passive.
1. The room ______________ (clean) yesterday. 2. New houses
____________ (build) in our city every year. 3. The book of this writer
______________ (publish) in a month. 4. The trees ____________ (whitewash) by
our pupils every spring. 5. Tea _____________ (grow) in Ceylon and India. 6.
America _____________ (not/discover) by James Cook. It _____________ (discover)
by Christopher Columbus. 7. Pizza ___________ (deliver) in half an hour. 8.
Thousands of new cars _______________ (produce) at this plant every year. 9. Ink
___________ (use) for writing many years ago. 10. Some new technologies
_____________ (introduce) to the industrial companies at the end of the
following month.
5. Translate into English
1. Билеты на самолет принесут через час.
2. Эту машину покрасили 3 часа назад.
3. Компьютерами пользуются все ученики нашей
школы.
4. Где продают свежее молоко?
5. Когда изобрели паровой двигатель?
6. Это объявление не напечатают.
7. Бумагу делают из дерева.
8. Эту церковь построили в прошлом столетии.
9. Кем был основан этот музей?
6. Fill in by or with
1. The note was written ____ a pencil. 2. Dinner will be
cooked _____ my aunt. 3. This story was told _____ famous traveler. 4. Meat is
eaten _____ a fork and knife. 5. The report will be prepared _____ our manager.
6. The carpets are cleaned _____ a vacuum cleaner. 7. The rooms in the hotel
are cleaned _____ maids. 8. The article was written _____ a young journalist.
9. The politicians were interviewed ____ reporters. 10. This star was
discovered _____ our scientists.
7. Make up the sentences using the Passive Voice of modal
verbs.
1. The homework /must / do.
2. The ball /can/ use/ in the gym.
3. The dishes /must/ wash.
4. The essay/ should/write.
5. The dog/should/ feed.
6. This question/could/discuss/yesterday.
7. The things/must/pack.
8. The documents/ couldn’t/sign/yesterday.
9. Mobile phones/can’t/use/during the lesson.
10. Loud music/shouldn’t/play/here.
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