COLEGIO SANTA MARIA REINA

UNA OBRA De Hermanas De La Caridad Del Sagrado Corazón De Jesús

English department.

Worksheet
Student’s name: Diego Castro Class: IV° Medio b

I.- Rewrite the sentences using Passive voice.

Example: Answer:
Peter writes a letter. A letter is written by Peter.

1) Julia rescued three cats.

A cat was rescued by Jullia
2) The students handed in the reports.
The reports were handed by the students
3) Maria crashed into the blue car.
The blue car was crashed by maria
4) Alex learned the poem.
The poem is learned by alex
5) Steven has forgotten the book.
The book is forgotten by steven
6) The mechanic has not repaired the DVD recorder.
The dvd recorder was not repaired by the mechanic
7) They play handball.
Handball is played by them
8) Sue puts the rucksack on the floor.
The rucksack is puted on the floor by sue
9) The girls have lost the match.
The match is lost by the girls
10) The teacher will open the window.
The windows is opened by the teacher

11) Mr Jones watches the film.

The fils is watched by mr jones
12) The people speak English.
English is speaked by the people
13) He reads comics.
Comics is readed by him
14) We played volleyball.
Volleyball is played by us
15) They have sung the song.
The song is sung by them

V.- Put in the correct form of the verb in Passive into the gaps. Use the verb and the tense given in brackets.

Example:
A letter __________ by Peter. (to write - Simple Present)
Answer:
A letter is written by Peter.
1) The words are explainedby the teacher today.
(to explain - Simple Present)
2) We _had to send a letter the day before yesterday.
(to send - Simple Past)
3) This car _can’t be steal It's too old.
(not/to steal - will-future)
4) This street _has closed because of snow.
(already/to close - Present Perfect)
5) A new restaurant __has to open next week.
(to open - will-future)
6) He did invite me to the party yesterday.
(to invite - Simple Past)
7) The blue box can’t be seen
(can/not/to see - Simple Present)
8) I had to give the book by my friend last Sunday.
(to give - Simple Past)
9) The dishes has washed by my little brother.
(not/to wash - Present Perfect)
10) I won’t be asked by Robert.
(not/to ask - will-future)

VI.- Fill in the PASSIVE in the appropriate tense:

(TV / invent / Baird) TV was invented by Baird.

1. (Pyramids / build / Egyptians) the pyramids were build by the egyptians

2. (milk / produce / cows) the milk was produced by cows
3. (coffee / grow / in Brazil) the coffe grows in brazil
4. (chopsticks / use / in China) chopsticks are used in china
5. (plants / water / every day) the plants are watered everyday
6. (the thief / arrest / policeman / yesterday) the thief was arrested by the policeman yesterday
7. (the injured man / take to a hospital / now) the injured man was taken to the hospital now
8. (the car / repair / tomorrow) the car will be repaired tomorrow
9. (the letter / send / last week) the letter was dens last week

VIII.- Put the verbs in brackets into PAST SIMPLE PASSIVE:

Two men ….. were seen ……. (see) breaking into a house in my street last night. The police were called (call) and they

arrived very quickly. One man catches him (catch) immediately. The other escaped, but he was found (find) very soon. Both

men were took (take) to the police station where they were question (question) separately by a police officer. The two men

were charged (charge) with burglary.

For further information look at this video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nkAyggAM1q4