Intermediate – Intersemestral June 2021.

Name: __Daniela Cardenas Marulanda______ ID: __000307951__

PASSIVE VOICE – Worksheet.

1.- Write the following sentences into passive voice.

a. Cows produce milk.

Milk is produced by cowns.

b. Jack doesn’t love Sue.

Sue is not loved by jack.

c. McDonalds served the Farm Whopper last week.

Last week Mc donalds served the Farm Whopper.

d. Julia rescued three cats.

Three cats were  rescued by Julia.

e. Kristen Stewart played Bella for four years.

For four years Bella was played by Kristen Stewart.

f. The mechanic didn’t repaired the DVD recorder.

DVD recorder wasn't repaired by mechanic.

2.- Write the correct passive form of the verbs in brackets.

A SHORT HISTORY OF ICE-CREAM

It ...........knowed............... (know) that sweet dishes ......is cool...... (cool) with snow and ice in ancient
times. These ......was enjoyed............. (enjoy) by the rich and powerful such as Alexander the great, the
Egyptian Pharaohs, and the Emperor Nero .

Sorbets, or water ices, ......was knowed.......... (know) since the 16th century, when they ....were
introduces....... (introduces) in Florence. However, real ice-cream, made with fresh cream or milk, ..was
produced......... (produce) for the first time in the 1630s by Gerald Tissain, the French chef of the British
king, Charles I.

During the 18th century, ice-cream .....was ate........ (eat) regularly at fashionable ice- cream cafés in
London, Paris and other great cities. It was still a great luxury, though. It .....knowed......... (know), for
example, that George Washington spent $ 200 on ice-cream in just two months in 1790.

The cost ....was reduced...... (reduce) when the first ice-cream factory ......was opened.......... (open) in
1851 by another American, George Fussel. Since the 19th century, though, it has been the Italians
who ......were saw............ (see) as the great ice-cream makers. In the mid-19th century, for example, ice-
cream ..was sold....... ( sell) in the streets of London by as many as 30,000 Italians. The Italian
methods ....were learned...... (learn) by many others since those days, and so today excellent ice-
cream. .....is makes.......... (make) and ..........enjoy............ (enjoy) all over the world.

3.- Put the verbs into the correct forms. It could be active or passive voice.

THE STATUE OF LIBERTY

The Statue of Liberty (give) __________was given_______________ to the United States by France. It
(be) ______________was____________ a present on the 100th anniversary of the United States. The Statue of
Liberty (design) _____________was designed____________ by Frederic Auguste Bartholdi. It
(complete) ___________was completed___________ in France in July 1884. In 350 pieces, the statue then
(ship) ________was shipped______________ to New York, where it (arrive) ____arrived___________ on 17 June
1885. The pieces (put) _____were put____________ together and the opening ceremony
(take) ________took____________ place on 28 October 1886. The Statue of Liberty (be) ___is__________ 46
m high: 93 m including the base. The statue (represent) ____________represents____________ the goddess of
liberty. She (hold) ______holds______________ a torch in her right hand and a tablet in her left hand. On the
tablet you (see / can) ______see_______________ the date of the Declaration of Independence, July 4,
1776. Every year, the Statue of Liberty (visit) __________is visited__________ by many people from all over
the world.