UNIT 9.

PASSIVE VOICE & CAUSATIVE FORM

I. Cirle the best option to complete each sentence:
1. Mickey Mouse Cartoons _________ into sixty languages
a. have translated b. translated
c. have been translated d. were being translated
2. Today many kinds of electric devices _________ in Japan
a. produced b. were produced c. are produced d. will produce
3. The room _________ when I arrived
a. was cleaning b. is cleaned c. was cleaned d. was being cleaned
4. Oh, No! My camera isn’t here. It _________ stolen!
a. has been b. is c. is being d. has
5. Fiat _________ a group of Italian businessmen
a. is started for b. is started by c. was started by d. was started for
6. Unless we can find new sources of energy, our life will certainly _________
a. affect b. be affected c. affected d. be affecting
7. The World Health Organization _________ in 1948 in order to carry out medical research and
improve international health care
a. was established b. had established c. established d. had been established
8. This atlas _________ in the classroom yesterday
a. wsa leaving b. left c. was left d. leaves
9. Glass is usually _________ sand
a. made from b. made of c. made by d. made with
10. The manager _________ the cheque recently
a. has been signed b. has signed c. sign d. signed
11. I’m going to have my house _____________ this weekend
a. redecorates b. redecorating c. rederacoted d. redecorate
12. Dad, I want to have my bike _________. It looks so ugly
a. to repaint b. repaint c. repainted d. repainting
13. My children had many photographs _________ while we were on our vacation
a. taking b. take c. taken d. took
14. I’m going to have the mechanic _________ my car tomorrow
a. will be repaired b. repair c. repaired d. to be repaired
15. I’m going to go out and _________
a. have made my dress b. have my dress made
c. let my dress made d. my dress be made
II. Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verbs in brackets
1. Toshico had her car (repair) _________ by a mechanic
2. Ellon got Marvin (type) _________ her paper
3. We got our house (paint) _________ last week
4. Dr. Byrd is having the students (write) _________ a composition
5. Mark got his transcripts (send) _________ to the university
6. Maria is having her hair (cut) _________ tomorrow
7. Will Mr. Brown have the porter (carry) _________ his luggage to his car?
8. My sister has had a new dress (make) _________ recently
9. The Wilsons won’t have a new house (build) _________ on that corner next month
10. The President had his advisors (arrange) _________ a press conference
III. Turn the following sentences into the passive voice or the active voice
1. They can’t make tea with cold water ______________________________________________
2. They will hold the meeting before May Day ________________________________________
3. They have to repair the engine of the car ___________________________________________
4. The teacher is going to tell a story ________________________________________________
5. Mary is cutting the cake with a sharp knife _________________________________________
6. Luckily for me, they didn’t call my name ___________________________________________
7. No one believes his story _______________________________________________________
8. After class, one of the students always erases the chalk board ___________________________
9. They have provided the victims with food and clothing ________________________________
10. The chief enginer was instructing all the workers of the plant __________________________
11. The teacher gave each of us two exercise books ____________________________________
12. Someone will tell him that news _________________________________________________
13. They paid me a lot of money to do the job _________________________________________
14. Open your book.______________________________________________________________
15. Take off your hat._____________________________________________________________
16. Don’t do that silly thing again.__________________________________________________
17. Have they changed the window of the laboratory ___________________________________
18. Do they teach English here? ____________________________________________________
19. Will you invite her to your wedding party? ________________________________________
20. Did the teacher give some exercises ______________________________________________
21. Is she making big cakes for the party _____________________________________________
22. Why didn’t they help him? _____________________________________________________
23. How many games has the team played? ___________________________________________
24. Where do people speak English? ________________________________________________
25. Who are they keeping in the kitchen? _____________________________________________
26. Who looked after the children for you?____________________________________________
27. These exersice were done well __________________________________________________
28. This dress must be washed in cold water __________________________________________
29. The lessons are being written by the students now ___________________________________
30. These animals at the zoo are fed twice a day _______________________________________
31. All the arrangements have been made ____________________________________________
32. When was this radio manufactured? ______________________________________________
33. How are candles made? _______________________________________________________
34. Is Mathematics taught in this school? _____________________________________________
35. Were you taught how to apply this theory by your teachers? ___________________________
IV. Rewrite the second sentence in such a way that it has the same meaning as the one before
it:
1. The architect has drawn plans for an extension of the house
Plans _________________________________________________________________________
2. They haven’t cleaned the streets this week. The streets _______________________________
3. No one has signed this cheque. This cheque ________________________________________
4. He couldn’t repair the broken vase. The____________________________________________
5. They’ll have to change the date of the meeting again
The date_______________________________________________________________________
6. The robber made the bank manager hand over the money
The bank manager_______________________________________________________________
7. The postman was bitten by our dog. Our dog________________________________________
8. They will catch all the prisoners again by tonight. All the prisoners______________________
9. Sally was given a microcomputer for her birthday by her parents
Sally’s parents __________________________________________________________________
10. Someone has stolen my bike. My bike ___________________________________________
11. The mechanic serviced my car last week. I ________________________________________
12. They don’t eat the cake because it is very bad. The cake _____________________________
13. The garage is going to repair the car for us next week
We ___________________________________________________________________________
14. Somebody repaired her car yesterday. She _________________________________________
15. That old house at the end of the road has been sold
They__________________________________________________________________________
16. My suit needs to be cleaned before the interview. I must _____________________________
17. Mr. Dryden mended the washing machine for me
I had _________________________________________________________________________
18. People speak English in Australia. English