ACTIVITY 4
TOPIC: PASSIVE VOICE (PRESENT, PAST AND FUTURE)
STUDENT'S NAME: GROUP: PRE-INTERMEDIATE II
EXERCISE 1
Instructions: Complete the sentences with the verb in parentheses in passive voice. Follow the
example. Then put the sentences in order: write the number before the sentence.
The bottles _____________ (fill).
The boxes ______________ (load) into trucks and ________________ (deliver) to stores.
Every bottle _____________ (inspect).
When a bottle doesn´t have enough liquid, it _____________ (accept, neg).
are delivered (deliver) to the factory.
The ingredients _____________
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Water, sugar and the secret formula _____________ (mix).
The bottles _____________ (pack) into boxes.
The bottles _____________ (wash) and _____________ (sanitize).
EXERCISE 2
Instructions: Read the dialog. Then complete the dialog with the correct form of the verb in
parentheses in active or passive voice. Follow the example:
going to travel
Are you ______________
Jim: So what are you going to do on your vacation? ______ (travel)?
Amy: Yes, we are. We´re going to go to Isla Bonita again.
Jim: Isla Bonita? Where’s that?
Amy: It’s an island in the Caribbean; It’s a completely new tourist resort. All hotels ____________ (build) along the
beach, and the rest of the island is just forests and mountains.
Jim: I imagine you _____________ (stay) in a Luxury hotel.
Amy: Of course; I just love hotels where you ___________ (welcome) with flowers and fresh fruit in your room, and
where breakfast ____________ (bring) to your room.
Jim: Is there an airport on Isla Bonita?
Amy: No, there isn’t. There is a ferry from the main island, and you ____________ (pick up) at the ferry station when
you arrive.
Jim: Wow; it ____________ (sound) like a great place. Have a nice vacation, Amy.
Amy: Thanks.
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EXERCISE 3
Instructions: Take words from the three columns and form sentences in passive voice. You need to
conjugate verbs. Follow the example.
The Mona Lisa (1503 - ´06) sing Leonardo da Vinci (1452 – 1519)
Romeo and Juliet (1595) Invent Georges Bizet (1838 – 1875)
Carmen (1875) Write JVC and Sony (Japanese Companies)
The radio (1895) Invent Guglielmo Marconi (1874 – 1937)
“Like a virgin” (1984) and “Material girl” (1984) paint William Shakespeare (1564 – 1616)
The VCR (1984) and the CD player (1974) compose Madonna (1958 - )
Example:
The Mona Lisa was painted by Leonardo da Vinci.
EXERCISE 3
Instructions: Read the dialog. Then film in the blanks with a word or phrase from the box. Follow
the example.
they´ll be put will finish are ordering you’ll won´t be put will be painted
there are realized will be finished were ordered you’ll move was realized
Cassandra: Are you ready to move into your new house?
Julia: We’re ready, but the house isn’t.
Cassandra: Really? Why not?
Julia: Well, the carpets _______________ on the floors until next Friday. The kitchen, living room
and dining room were painted last week, and the bedrooms _______________ next week. The
windows _______________ and they planned to put them in last week, but they
_______________ that they weren´t the windows we ordered, so we had to re-order them. They
are supposed to arrive next week and _______________ in then.
Cassandra: _______________ always problems when you build a house.
Julia: Yeah, that’s what my husband says, but it’s really frustrating.
Cassandra: I know. So when do you think _______________ into the house?
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Julia: Soon I hope. The kitchen and bathrooms _______________ tomorrow and if there are no
more problems, the rest of the house will be done by the end of the month.
Cassandra: Well, good luck.
Julia: Thanks. I’m sure we’ll need it.
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