1. Change the following sentences into passive sentences using the words in brackets.

a. We sell tickets for all shows at the Box Office. (Tickets for all shows/sell/at the Box Office)
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b. Thomas Edison invented the electric light bulb. (The electric light bulb/invent/by Thomas Edison)
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c. Someone painted the office last week. (The office/paint/last week)
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d. Several people saw the accident. (The accident/see/by several people)
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e. Where do they make these video recorders? (Where/these video recorders/make)

2. Complete the text below using the correct form of the verb, active or passive, in brackets
Santorini is a Greek island in a group which...................................... (know) as the Cyclades
Islands. Out of a total of 56 islands, only 24 of them............................................ (inhabit). On Milos,
one of these islands, the famous sculpture, ‘Venus de Milo’..................................... (discover).
Santorini is very popular with tourists. It................................ (form) from a volcano and petrified
lava. In Fira, the main tourist center, many shops..................................... (open) where local
jewelry, pottery and leather goods .................................. (sell). Travelling north to the little town of
Oia, the reds and purples of the volcanic lava......................................... (can/see). The
ancient city of Thira ....................................... (locate) in the southeast of the island.
It....................................... (found) by the Dorians in the ninth century BCE. The city is in ruins because of a
volcanic eruption. Bus tours......................................... (organize) by local companies to all these sites.

3. Complete the text below using the correct form of the verb, active or passive, in brackets.
The art of the world is in danger. Many great works of art.................................. (steal) from galleries,
museums and archaeological sites all over the world. In 1990, 200 million dollars’ worth of rare
paintings................................ (remove) from a Boston museum. These paintings simply.................................
(vanish) and .............................................. (not/see) since. In Italy, for example, art treasures such as icons
and tapestries.................................. (take) by people who visit churches looking for items that
............................... (steal) easily because there are no security guards. A collection of German gold and
silver religious objects........................ (find) in Texas recently. An American GI........................... (loot) them
during WWII. Museums and dealers..................................... (accuse) by the police of helping thieves
because they ................................... (continue) to buy statures and paintings without documents to show
where they came from. A magazine called Trace............................................ (establish) four years ago to
track down missing art treasures. Experts............................ (estimate) that the theft of art treasures stands
at six million dollars a year. It’s big business

4. Choose the correct form of the verbs in brackets.

FIAT Fiat 0 was started (started/was started) by a group of Italian businessmen in 1899. In 1903, Fiat, 1
_________________ (produced/was produced) 132 cars. Some of these cars 2 _____________________
(exported/were exported) by the company to the United States and Britain. In 1920, Fiat 3 _________________
(started/was started) making cars at a new factory at Lingotto, near Turin. There was a track on the roof where
the cars 4 ____________________ (tested/were tested) by technicians. In 1936, Fiat launched the Fiat 500. This
car 5 ____________________ (called/was called) the Topolino – the Italian name for Mickey Mouse. The
company grew, and in 1963 Fiat 6 _____________________ (exported/was exported) more than 300,000
vehicles. Today, Fiat is based in Turin, and its cars 7 _________________ (sold/are sold) all over the world.