1. Choose the correct answer.

1 Drinks and snacks serve / are served in the buffet car.

2 We gave / were given our boarding passes at the check-in desk.

3 The passenger wore / was worn his seatbelt.

4 The flight attendant has made / has been made a mistake with my change.

5 The waiting room is cleaning / is being cleaned.

6 They had arranged / had been arranged to meet us in the arrivals hall.

7 A new airport has built / has been built in the city.

8 All flights to Scotland will cancel / will be cancelled tomorrow.

2. Complete the sentences with the passive form of the verbs in brackets. Use the correct
tense.
are lost
1 Each year, thousands of suitcases ………………………. (lose) by different airlines.
Has been
2 Kay is pleased because her favourite perfume ………………………. (reduce) in the duty-free
reduced
shop.

3 We waited until the departure gate ……………………….

was anounced (announce).

4 The hard shoulder ……………………….

will close (close) next week for emergency repairs.
were stopped (stop) at passport control last night.
5 They ……………………….
are used
6 The ticket office ………………………. (use) by millions of passengers every week.

7 George couldn’t find his bag because ithad been stolen (steal).
……………………….
will be taken (take) to the airport tonight by taxi.
8 You ……………………….

3. Complete the second sentence with the correct form of the passive. Use by where
necessary.

1 Charles Dickens wrote Oliver Twist.

was written by Charles. Dickens.
Oliver Twist …………………………………..

2 Vandals have damaged the petrol station.

has been damaged by .vandals.
The petrol station …………………………………..

3 They will add four more carriages to the train at the next station.
will be added to the train
Four more carriages ………………………………….. . at the next station.
4 Someone had left the bag at baggage reclaim.
had been left at baggage
The bag ………………………………….. . reclaim.

5 Low-cost airlines sell many cheap flights.

are sold by low-cost airlines.
Many cheap flights ………………………………….. .

6 They are repairing the tracks so there aren’t any trains.

are repaired so there aren´t
The tracks ………………………………….. . any trains

4. Complete the article with the correct passive form of the verbs in brackets.

PHONES past and future

was made (make) on 1 January 1985, nearly twelve
The first mobile phone call in the UK 1…………………….
had been
years after the first mobile phone 2…………………….
demonstrated
(demonstrate) in New York by Martin
Cooper. Since then, a lot of money 3……………………. (invest) in developing the mobile phone
has been invested
industry and thousands of different models 4……………………. (produce). have been produced

Text messaging became popular in the 1990s, and today millions of text
messages 5……………………. (send) each day. The first Internet service for mobile are sent
phones 6……………………. is used
was introduced (introduce) in Japan in 1999. Today, the Internet 7……………………. (use)
on smart phones, by all kinds of people, from company directors to students.

Technology is advancing rapidly and new processes 8……………………. (discover) almost daily. are being discovered
Many people think that computers 9……………………. (replace) by mobile phones in the future. will be replaced