MIXED ACTIVE & PASSIVE VOICE

1. Underline the best option:

1. The book was published/published in 2010.

2. My parents will lend/will be lent me some money to buy a new car.
3. It is said/says that some sports involve serious risks.
4. Lots of workers have been made/have made redundant as a result of the
crisis.
5. My father was bought/ bought me a CD.
6. Fewer letters are written/write nowadays.
7. The TV presenter has been made/has made lots of mistakes today.
8. Where are you being lived/are you living?
9. My children are liked/like pasta.
10. Emails are sent/send more and more.

2. Change the sentences from active to passive & vice versa.

1. I have had my hair cut.

My hair cut has been had.
2. Politicians say that teachers don’t work hard.
It is said by politicians that teachers don’t work hard.
3. Peter has been given a promotion.
They have given Peter a promotion.

4. It’s believed that there is life in the afterlife.

Some People believe that there is life in the afterlife.
5. Will you send me a postcard from New York?
Will I be sent a postcard from New York?

6. Nothing is done to help the homeless.

They do nothing to help the homeless.
 7. People think that unemployment is increasing.
It is thought that unemployment is increasing.
8. Popular TV series are broadcast on AXN.
They broadcast popular TV series on AXN.
9. Something like that can’t be done.
You can’t do something like that.
10. My husband was cooking dinner when someone knocked at the
door.
Dinner was being cooked by my husband when the door was
knocked.

3. Say if the sentences are Right or Wrong. Correct the mistakes.

1. It is believed that he to be a millionaire.

Wrong, it is believed that he is a millionaire.
2. My father is worked in an office.
My father works in an office.
3. The actor’s contract has been expired.
Right
4. Pam got her nails do yesterday.
Wrong, Pam got her nails done yesterday.
5. Statistics predict that the crisis get even worse next year.
6. Is lunch being cooked by he?
7. Candy can’t be teach. She never listens!
8. Will the children be invited to the birthday party by she?
9. The actress was thought to been frequently blackmail.
10. The members of the club have to be elected the chairman.
4. Put the verb in bracket in the correct active/passive voice & tense.

1. The watch ……………………………. I’ll take it to the watchmaker

(break).
2. Someone …………………………….…… at you. Do you know him?
(look)
3. The stain on my coat ………………………………… (remove).
4. The criminal ……………………………..…… (catch) yesterday.
5. REM ………………………..…… a compilation album (release)
6. This castle ………………………………..…………… in 1639 (build).
7. Mary ……………………………….……… a nice birthday present (give).
8. These laptops ………………………..…………… in China (make).
9. The plane …………………………………….……… (just/ land).
10. Something strange ………………………………………… to Susan this
morning (happen).

Will you send me a postcard from New York?

Will I be sent …..?
You will send me a postcard from New York.
I will be sent a postcard from New York.
Will I be sent a postcard from New York?

Present simple  be ( present simple) + past participle