7 Grammar help

The passive: Simple present 4 Reorder the words to make questions. Then
write affirmative (✓) or negative (✗) short
1 Complete the sentences with the phrases in the answers.
box. Then write whether each sentence is active
(A) or passive (P). are / transported / on airplanes / the T-shirts ? (✓)
Are the T-shirts transported on airplanes?
are recycled ​are transported ​don’t serve ​ Yes, they are.
isn’t made ​sell ​wear 1 the bags / made / plastic / of / are ? (✓)

The bag isn’t made of leather. It’s plastic. P

1 They meat in the restaurant.
2 Spanish / in / spoken / Japan / is ? (✗)
2 I only cotton T-shirts because
they’re so comfortable.
3 The cars by ship.
4 We books, CDs, and clothes in 3 taught / the children / are / German ? (✗)
our store.
5 All our bottles .
4 apples / grown / in / are / the U.S. ? (✓)
2 Complete the sentences with the affirmative (✓)
or negative (✗) form of be.
The children aren’t driven to school. (✗)
1 The machines manufactured in
China. (✓) The passive: Simple past
2 This product sold online. (✓) 5 Write sentences. Use the simple past passive.
3 Bananas grown in the U.K. (✗) my house / clean / yesterday
4 P.E. taught in classrooms. (✗) My house was cleaned yesterday.
5 Cristiano Ronaldo paid a lot of 1 the TVs / manufacture / in Korea
money. (✓)
2 this movie / make / in the 1920s
3 Complete the sentences with the simple present
passive form of the verbs in parentheses.
3 Pride and Prejudice / write / by Jane Austen
Pasta isn’t cooked in milk. (not cook)
1 Cardboard to make boxes.
(use)
4 the soccer game / not shown / on TV
2 The houses with bamboo

floors. (build)
5 the children / not give / any dinner
3 Pineapples in the U.K.
(not grow)
4 The information by post.
(not send)
6 Read the answers, and then write the questions.
Use the simple past passive.
5 The soccer tournament by
millions of people. (watch) The chairs were made in France.
Where were the chairs made ?
1 The house was built twenty years ago.
When ?
2 The building was designed by Norman Foster.
Who ?
3 The first calls were made on cell phones in 1973.
When ?
4 Pasta was invented in China.
Where ?

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