PASSIVE OR ACTIVE VOICE

1. Use the correct voice (active or passive) and the correct tense of the verb in each
sentence.
1. The mail will always (deliver, always) to this office before 10 a.m.
2. Listen to this, I think this news _______will surprise__________ (surprise) you!
3. A new textbook ________will publish________________ (publish) by the company next year.
4. Wilson ____borrowed (borrow) the money from Brown two weeks ago.
5. The accident ____happened________ (happen) right here at 6:30 last night.
6. That old red house _______was built_______________ (build) in the year 1822
7. Fred ______was_introduced_______________ (introduce) to the fellow by Mr. Smith
yesterday.
8. That proposal ________is being consider_________________ (consider) by the members right
now.
9. The noise from the trains _____annoyed___________ (annoy) me terribly last night.
10. Think carefully. I’m sure you ____will remember____________ (remember) his name.

A. 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) visited his provinces in Britain.
2. On his visit, the Roman soldiers (tell) told  him that Pictish tribes from Britain's
north (attack) attacked them.
3. So Hadrian (give) gave 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) was finished in 128.
5. It (be) was 117 kilometres long and about 4 metres high.
6. The Wall (guard) was guarded by 15,000 Roman soldiers.
7. Every 8 kilometres there (be) was a large fort in which up to 1,000 soldiers (find) found
shelter.
8. The soldiers (watch) watched  over the frontier to the north and (check) checked the people
who (want) wanted to enter or leave Roman Britain.
9. In order to pass through the Wall, people (must go) had to go to one of the small forts
that (serve) served as gateways.
10. Those forts (call) were called  milecastles because the distance from one fort to
another (be) was one Roman mile (about 1,500 metres).
11. Between the milecastles there (be) were two turrets from which the
soldiers (guard) guarded the Wall.
Complete the questions using the verb in brackets in passive.
1. When __was____ America _discovered_____ (discover)?

2. In what year __were____ the Olympic Games __held____ (hold) in Barcelona?

3. In what century ___was___ William Shakespeare ___born___ (bear)?

4. Where ___was___ Coca-Cola ___invented___ (invent)?

5. What ____was__ _considered_____ (consider) the highest mountain in the world?

6. Where __were____ rubles ___used___ (use)?

7. In what country ___was___ Kiev _located_____ (locate)?

8. In what country ___was___ Thai __spoken____ (speak) by 92% of the population?

9. How many Harry Potter´s novels have _been_____ __written____ (write)?

10. When _is_____ Halloween ___celebrated___ (celebrate)?

11. When __is____ St Patrick´s Day __celebrated____ (celebrate)?

12. When __is____ Thanksgiving Day ___celebrated___ (celebrate)?

13. When ___was___ the Eiffel Tower __built____ (build)?

14. __were____ the Channel Islands ___included___ (include) in the “United Kingdom”?

15. In what century ___was___ Australia __setteled____ (settle2) by the British?

16. Where __were____ most bananas __produced____ (produce)?

17. In what museum can La Gioconda painting __be seen____ ______ (see)?

18. How many stars and bars ______ ______ (represent) in the flag of the USA?

19. What two ingredients ______ candy floss

______ (make) of?

20. What ______ the largest lake in the world ______ (call)?