Fill in the blanks with an appropriate passive verb form.

1. They are painting the walls. (Active) / The walls ……………….

(Passive)
are painting
are being painted
are painted
2. He closed the door. (Active) / The door …………………. by him.
(Passive)
has closed
was being closed
was closed
3. The loan recovery officials sealed the house. (Active) / The
house …………………. by the loan recovery officials. (Passive)
was sealed
was being sealed
has been sealed
4. I have cleaned the carpets. (Active) / The carpets
…………………. (Passive)
are cleaned
have been cleaned
had been cleaned
5. I had sent the parcel in the morning. (Active) / The parcel
……………….. in the morning. (Passive)
had been sent
have been sent
was sent
6. You should post this letter. (Active) / This letter …………………
(Passive)
should be posting
should be posted
should have posted
7. They will announce the results tomorrow. (Active) / The
results ………………… tomorrow. (Passive)
will be announced
will be announcing
will announced
8. I have fed the dog. (Active) / The dog ………………. (Passive)
has been fed
was fed
had been fed
9. We will have finished the work by Monday. (Active) / The
work ………………… by Monday. (Passive)
will have been finishing
will be finished
will have been finished
10. The reporter is announcing the news. (Active) / The news
……………….. (Passive)
is being announcing
was announced
is being announced
11. They took the patient to the hospital in an ambulance.
(Active) / The patient ………………. to the hospital in an
ambulance. (Passive)
was taking
was taken
had been taken
12. I bought food at the restaurant. (Active) / Food ………………
at the restaurant. (Passive)
had bought
was bought
has been bought

Put the verb from between the brackets in its correct form :
1. More than 50,000 people are  ________by the earthquake.( kill )

2. I __________a job in Budapest.( offer )

3. She ____________an award for her bravery during the fire. ( give )

 4. The escaped prisoners _________to be travelling towards London.

( report )

5. Certificates are __________-sent to all of the students who passed the

exam.(be )

1. The baby likes _________ ___________ by her mother. (hold)

2. They’re afraid of _________ __________ because the neighborhood is
dangerous. (attack)
3. The students don’t look forward to __________ _________ on their math
skills. (test)
4. __________ ___________ to live in solitary confinement was very difficult.
(force)
5. Rabbits live in fear of __________ ___________ alive by a fox or a large
bird. (eat)
6. The customer insists on _________ ___________ a refund for his
purchase. (give)
7. _________ __________ at the moment are the concerns of the parents.
(address)
8. Martha hates __________ __________ to stay late at work. (ask)
9. __________ __________ for a suit is necessary if you want it to fit
properly. (measure)
10. Forced to give up her driver’s license, Gertrude doesn’t like
__________ __________ around town by her daughter. (drive)
1. I don’t enjoy (laugh) …………….. at by other people.
2. I want ( see) …………………. the house where our president was born
3. You must tell me the truth. I insist on ( tell) ……………. the truth.
4. I can’t stand ( work) ……………….. with such a rude man.
5. It is easy ( fool) ……………….. by his lies.
6. Don’t all of us want (love) …………… and (need) ……………. by other people?
7. Susan considers ( look) ……………….. for another job.
8. Sometimes adolescents complains about not (understand) ……………….. by their
parents.

. The new students hope ……………in many of the school’s social activities.
a. including                 b. being included                    c. to include                d. to be
included
2. Paul didn’t mind ……………….by his fortieth birthday party held by his friends.
a. surprising                 b. being surprising                   c. to surprise                d. to be
surprised
3.  I finally finished……………..at 7.00 p.m and served dinner.
a. to cook                    b. to be cooked                                   c. cooking                    d.
being cooked
4. Although younger than the other children, she demanded………….….in the game.
a. to include                b. to be included                     c. including                 d. being
including
5. The driver was so tired of ………… the same route every day that he asked for a
transfer.
a. to drive                    b. being driven                        c. driving                     d. drive
6. Ms Brown expects ………………..about any revisions to her story before it is printed.
a. consulting                b. being consulted                   c. to consult                 d. to be
consulted

Change into passive :

1. You may forget the rules quickly.
?
2. You should study the lessons repeatedly.
.
3. Benjamin must win the competition.
.
4. They should cancel the game.
.
5. The doctor can't persuade her.
.

3) Picasso was painting Guernica at that time.

[ . ]
4) The cleaner has cleaned the office.

[ . ]
5) He had written three books before 1867.

[ . ]
6) John will tell you later.

[ . ]
7) By this time tomorrow we will have signed the deal.

[ . ]
8) Somebody should do the work.

[ . ]
9) The traffic might have delayed Jimmy.

[ . ]
10) People speak Portuguese in Brazil.

[ . ]
11) Everybody loves Mr Brown.

[ . ]
12) They are building a new stadium near the station.

[ . ]
13) The wolf ate the princess.

[ . ]
14) At six o'clock someone was telling a story.