The passive: present simple

Exercises

1. Decide whether the sentences are written in Active or Passive.

a) Boys like to play soccer.

b) Cricket is played in Australia.
c) I am given a book.
d) People belive that Nick is the best DJ in town.
e) They stopped playing the match after half an hour.

2. Fill in the correct form of the passive into the gap. Mind the tense written in
brackets.

Example Peter __________ a letter. (to write - Simple Present)

Answer A letter is written by Peter

a) The words ________________ by the teacher today. (to explain)

b) The blue box ________________ by anyone. (can/not/to open)

c) I __________________ the book by my friend today. (to give)

d) Olives__________in countries like Spain, Italy, Greece. (grow)

e) They____________to make olive oil and as a basic food. (use)

f) A lot of animals___________for their fur. (hunt)

g) Over thirty million hamburgers_______by the British each year.(eat)

3. Re-order the following sentences:

a) children/ brought/ The/ to/ bus/ by/ school/ are

b) in/ The/ written/ story/ English/ is
c) hens/ put/ are/ Five/ cage/ one/ in

4. Match the verbs on the left with the past participle:

Spend Won
Take chosen
Sell forgotten
Know spent
Win known
Choose see
Forget sold
See taken