PASSIVE PRACTICE

Change the sentences from the active to the passive.

1- They grow coffee in Kenya.
2- They publish The Times newspaper in London.
3- They transport oranges from Valencia to
Germany in special crates.
4- The shark ate the man.
5- The arsonist started the fire.
6- The police took him away.
7- They didn't punish him for what he did.

8- Did The president give John an award?.

9- Everyone saw them
10- The police brought him here.
11-The firefighters didnt save the women.
12- All the students understood the explanation.
13- Who stole my wallet?
14- A snake bit him.
15- Thomas and his brother built that house.

A) Choose the correct verb active or passive

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These cars produce / are produced in

Japan .
Alan teaches / is taught Geography.
German is spoken / speaks in Austria.
Lots of houses destroyed / were
destroyed by the earthquake .
Henry Ford was invented / invented the
assembly line.

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Somebody cleans / is cleaned the office

every day.
Somebody is sent/ sends emails.
The grass cuts / is cut every day.
Paul found / was found the key.
the computer fixed / was fixed yesterday.
Who painted / was painted The Mona
Lisa?
My ballet store / was stolen.

B) Put the verbs in brackets in the correct form active or passive.

1- He _______(open) the door.
2- The letter _____________by me.
3- _________ your mum ________(pick )you up from school every day?
4- _________ the thief _________ (catch) by the police officer?
5- The airline __________(send) our passage to Australia by mistake.
6- Soy _____________ ( grow) by farmers in Argentina
7- People _________(export) Spanish tortilla to the US
8- The Burial of the Count of Orgaz _________(paint) by El Greco
9- You _____________( not find) penguins at the North Pole
10America ___________(not discover) by Columbus in 1491
11My uncle _________(sell) the bicycle when he was young.
12All the plates in the cupboard __________(break) by the child
13She __________(not find) the book.

A) Change the sentences from the active to the passive.

1- They grow coffee in Kenya.
9- Everyone saw them
2- They publish The Times newspaper in
10The police brought him here.
London.
11The firefighters didnt save the
3- They transport oranges from Valencia to
women.
Germany in special crates.
12All the students understood the
4- The shark ate the man.
explanation.
5- The arsonist started the fire.
13Who stole my wallet?
6- The police took him away.
14A snake bit him.
7- They didn't punish him for what he did.
15Thomas and his brother built that
8- Did The president give John an award?.
house.
B) Choose the correct verb active or passive
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These cars produce / are produced in

Japan .
Alan teaches / is taught Geography.
German is spoken / speaks in Austria.
Lots of houses destroyed / were
destroyed by the earthquake .
Henry Ford was invented / invented the
assembly line.

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Somebody cleans / is cleaned the office

every day.
Somebody is sent/ sends emails.
The grass cuts / is cut every day.
Paul found / was found the key.
the computer fixed / was fixed yesterday.
Who painted / was painted The Mona
Lisa?
My ballet store / was stolen.

C) Put the verbs in brackets in the correct form active or passive.

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He _______(open) the door.

The letter _____________by me.
_________ your mum ________(pick )you up from school every day?
_________ the thief _________ (catch) by the police officer?
The airline __________(send) our passage to Australia by mistake.
Soy _____________ ( grow) by farmers in Argentina

7- People _________(export) Spanish tortilla to the US

8- The Burial of the Count of Orgaz _________(paint) by El Greco
9- You _____________( not find) penguins at the North Pole
10- America ___________(not discover) by Columbus in 1491
11- My uncle _________(sell) the bicycle when he was young.
12- All the plates in the cupboard __________(break) by the child
13- She __________(not find) the book.