ANIBAL FERNANDEZ DE SOTO, IED

ENGLISH WORK

GUIDE # 1 (2nd period)

GRADE: 10th

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Form of Passive
Subject + finite form of to be + Past Participle (3rd column of irregular verbs)

Example: A letter was written.

When rewriting active sentences in passive voice, note the following:

 the object of the active sentence becomes the subject of the passive sentence
 the finite form of the verb is changed (to be + past participle)
 the subject of the active sentence becomes the object of the passive sentence (or is
dropped)

Examples of Passive 

Tense Subject Verb Object

writes a letter.
Simple Present Active: Rita

Passive: A letter is written by Rita.

Simple Past Active: Rita wrote a letter.

Passive: A letter was written by Rita.

Present Perfect Active: Rita has written a letter.

Passive: A letter has been written by Rita.

Future I Active: Rita will write a letter.

Passive: A letter will be written by Rita.

Hilfsverben Active: Rita can write a letter.

Passive: A letter can be written by Rita.

 Examples of Passive 

Tense Subject Verb Object

is writing a letter.
Present Progressive Active: Rita

Passive: A letter is being written by Rita.

Past Progressive Active: Rita was writing a letter.

Passive: A letter was being written by Rita.

Past Perfect Active: Rita had written a letter.

Passive: A letter had been written by Rita.

Future II Active: Rita will have written a letter.

Passive: A letter will have been written by Rita.

Conditional I Active: Rita would write a letter.

Passive: A letter would be written by Rita.

Conditional II Active: Rita would have written a letter.

Passive: A letter would have been written by Rita.

A Write passive sentences in Simple Present.

1. the documents / print the documents are printed.

2. the window / open the window is opened.
3. the shoes / buy the shoes are bought.
4. the car / wash the car is washed.
5. the litter / throw away the litter is thrown away.
6. the letter / send the letter is sent.
7. the book / read / not the book is not read
8. the songs / sing / not the songs are not sung
9. the food / eat / not the food is not eaten.
10. the shop / close / not the shop is not closed
 B Complete the sentences (Active or Passive Voice). Use Simple Present.

1. He (sell) sell cars.
2. The blue car (sell) is sold
3. In summer, more ice-cream (eat) is eaten than in winter.
4. She (call) calls her grandparents every Friday.
5. The letters (type) are typed.
6. He (take) takes his medicine every day.
7. Jane (take / not) is not taken to school by her father.
8. We (go) go to school by bus.
9. She (work / not) does not eork for a bank.
10. Milk (keep) is kept in the refrigerator.

C Complete the sentences (Active or Passive Voice). Use Simple Past.

1. They (visit) visited their granny.

2. We (visit) were visited by our teacher.
3. My friend Paul (bear) was born in Dallas.
4. She (go) went to school in Boston.
5. Antony (grow up) grew up in the country.
6. The new shopping centre (build) was built last year.
7. The film (produce / not) was not produced in Hollywood.
8. Barbara (know) knew James very well.
9. The jewels (hide / not) were not hidden in the cellar.
10. We (spend / not) did not spend all day on the beach.
 D Write passive sentences in Simple Past.

1. the test / write the test was written

2. the table / set the table was set
3. the cat / feed the cat was fed
4. the lights / switch on the lights were switched on.
5. the house / build the house was built
6. dinner / serve Dinner was served
7. this computer / sell / not This computer was not sold
8. the car / stop / not the car was not stopped
9. the tables / clean / not the tables were not cleaned
10. the children / pick up / not the children were not picked up

E Write passive sentences in Present Perfect.

1. the postcard / send the postcard has been sent

2. the pencils / count the pencils have been counted
3. the door / close the door has been closed.
4. the beds / make the beds have been made
5. the mail / write the mail has been written
6. the trees / plant the trees have been planted
7. the money / spend the money has been spent
8. the room / book / not the room has not been booked.
9. the rent / pay / not the rent has not been paid
10. the people / inform / not  The people have not been informed.

F Complete the sentences (Active or Passive Voice). Use Present Perfect Simple.

1. The car (steal) has been stolen.

2. I (bake) have baked a cake.
3. My friends (buy) have bought a house.
4. The cup (put) has been put on the table.
5. Trees (plant) have been planted in the street.
6. The boy (fall / not) has not fallen off his bike.
7. I (bite / not) have not been bitten by a snake.
8. He (step) has stepped on my toe.
9. We (walk) have walked all the way home.
10. She (pick up / not) has not been picked up by a friend.

G The Canterville Ghost

Read the text, underline the unknown vocabulary, translate into Spanish and do the reading
comprenhesion.

Chapter I
When the American, Mr Otis, bought Canterville Castle, everyone told him that this was very foolish, as
the place was haunted. But Mr Otis answered, “I come from a modern country, where we have
everything that money can buy. And if there were such a thing as a ghost in Europe, we would have it at
home in one of our museums.”

A few weeks later, on a lovely July evening, Mr Otis, his wife and their children, Washington, Virginia
and the twins, went down to their new home. When they entered the avenue of Canterville Castle, the
sky suddenly became dark and a spooky stillness was in the air.

Mrs Umney, the housekeeper, led them into the library of the castle, where they sat down and began
to look around. Suddenly, Mrs Otis saw a red stain on the floor just by the fireplace and said to Mrs
Umney, “I am afraid something has been spilt there.”

“Yes, madam,” said the old housekeeper in a low voice, “blood has been spilt on that spot.”

“How terrible,” said Mrs Otis; “I don't want any blood-stains in my sitting-room. It must be removed at
once.”

The old woman smiled and answered, “It is the blood of Lady Eleanore de Canterville, who  was
murdered on that spot by her husband, Sir Simon de Canterville, in 1575. Sir Simon disappeared seven
years later. His body has never been found, but his ghost still haunts the Castle. The blood-stain is a
tourist attraction now and it cannot be removed.”

“That is all nonsense,” said Washington, the eldest son of the Otis family, “stain remover will clean it up
in no time,” and he took a bottle of stain remover out of his pocket and cleaned the spot. But as soon as
 the blood-stain had disappeared, a terrible flash of lightning lit up the room and a fearful peal of
thunder made the whole building shake.

Questions on the text.

 Where is Mr Otis from?   England   Scotland   USA

 Does Mr Otis believe in ghosts?   yes   no

 Which statement about the stain is true?

 The housekeeper has spilt coffee there.

 It's the blood of Sir Simon.

 Washington Otis removes the stain.

Rewrite the following sentences in the passive voice.

 A ghost haunts the castle. The castle is haunted by a ghost.
 Sir Simon murdered Lady Eleanore. Lady Eleanore was murdered by Sir Simon.

Rewrite the following sentences in the active voice.

 They were led into the library by Mrs Umney. Mrs Umney led them into the library
 The spot was cleaned by Washington Otis Washington Otis cleaned the spot.