THE PASSIVE ~ ANSWER KEY
|G Grammar exereives
a
| Bie widely wed ie viewed 4 are evaluated 5s
Sin considered 7 collects 8 ravele 9 beleve 10 oocar
11 in prevented 12 help
B
‘1 were constructed 2-be used 3 weighed 4 be canted
Badvanced 6 beheld 7 became / had become 8 was banned
9 sugges / has suggested. 10 has not discouraged
1 predict / are predicting 12 will be conducted
2-2 His name is Robin, bu he is called Bobby by his fiends.
3 (oo passive) We might instead use We had the procedure
demonstrated 1015
4 The news willbe announced to saff later today.
‘5 Thave been offered neve job in Hungary.
{6 He was seen to push the goalhreper just before he scored.
‘(or He was seen to have pushed .)
7 The surgery has been dectared a complete ruccest (hy the
‘medical af).
8 (oo passive)
9 (oo passive) We might intend use f had the idea gated
10 This necklace was bought for me by my uncle when he was
in Zimbabwe,
3 tha / gorber handbag soten
2 ma / gor woken hr ben eget
‘3 hed / got his har eu; Hod / got his ocket cleaned
4s Gx) owned geting broken into
5 got it caughr; be / get infected (be suggests ther the speaker
‘hinks ie fe infected nove; gre suggests thatthe speaker thinks i
amighe become infected in tho fue)
ote: The alternatives with ge are more informal.)
42 we were made wo ran
‘sha seemed tobe supported by many of her colleagues
4 no pesive (there sno panlve form of want object» m:
Infinitive)
45 remember being sked
not to have been picked / not having been picked / that
she hada't been picke / chat she wasn’ picked
7. he came tobe liked by most ofthe children in the class
8 He was cough tying
9 likes being teed / Hikes to be rckied
10 without having been ashe / widhout being asked
111 She was heard 10 remark
‘12 no passive (there is no pasive form of need + object + 1o-
infinitive)
13 Over 10,000 demonstrators are expected to march