Name :_______________ Date :_____________________________

PASSIVE VOICE

A. Change into Passive form!

1. Mr Jones watches films. ___________________________________________________ .
2. The people spoke English. ___________________________________________________
3. I am taking photos. ___________________________________________________
4. She has bought four apples. ___________________________________________________ .
5. We have won the match. ___________________________________________________ .
6. The man had stolen the blue car. ___________________________________________________
7. Professional models had taught young models.____________________________________________.
8. Paul did not buy fashion magazines._____________________________________________________.
9. Do teenagers read fashion magazines?____________________________________________________.
10. will boys buy on-line clothes?___________________________________________________________.
 B. Fill the gaps with the correct tenses (active or passive voice).
Hadrian's Wall

1. In the year 122 AD, the Roman Emperor Hadrian (visit) ____________ his provinces in Britain.
2. On his visit, the Roman soldiers (tell) ____________ him that Pictish tribes from Britain's
north (attack) ____________them.
3. So Hadrian (give) ____________the order to build a protective wall across one of the narrowest parts of
the country.
4. After 6 years of hard work, the Wall (finish) ____________ in 128.
5. It (be) ____________117 kilometres long and about 4 metres high.
6. The Wall (guard) ____________ by 15,000 Roman soldiers.
7. Every 8 kilometres there (be) ____________ a large fort in which up to 1,000
soldiers (find) ____________shelter.
8. The soldiers (watch) ____________ over the frontier to the north and (check) ____________ the people
who (want) ____________ to enter or leave Roman Britain.
9. In order to pass through the Wall, people (must go) ____________ to one of the small forts
that (serve) ____________as gateways.
10. Those forts (call) ____________ milecastles because the distance from one fort to
another (be) ____________one Roman mile (about 1,500 metres).
11. Between the milecastles there (be) ____________ two turrets from which the
soldiers (guard) ____________the Wall.
12. If the Wall (attack) ____________by enemies, the soldiers at the turrets (run) ____________ to the nearest
milecastle for help or (light) ____________a fire that (can / see) ____________by the soldiers in the
milecastle.
13. In 383 Hadrian's Wall (abandon) ____________.
14. Today Hadrian's Wall (be) ____________the most popular tourist attraction in northern England.
15. In 1987, it (become) ____________a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Answer

Write down the passive form of the verbs. Use the tense in brackets.
1. Paul (send) to prison. (Future tense)
2. My brother (just beat) in the race. (Present perfect)
3. He (tell) to wait outside. (Past tense)
4. I (not pay) for the work. (Past tense)
5. Policemen (often ask) the way. (Present tense)
6. Their lawn (cut) once a week. (Present tense)
7. We (ask) by the police. (Future tense)
8. The towels (not use). (Past tense)
9. The jewels (not sell) so far. (Present perfect)
10. They (teach) French. (Present tense)
11. The fire brigade (phone) soon after the fire had broken out. (Past tense)
12. You (laugh) at if you talk such nonsense. (Future tense)
13. All the fruits (eat up) by the guests. (Past tense)
14. The email (answer) tomorrow. (Future tense)
15. The best cookies (sell) here. (Present tense)