MORE PRACTICE PASSIVE VOICE UNIT 3

1 Choose the correct sentence.

1. a. This homework should be handed in yesterday.
b. This homework should have been handed in yesterday.
2. a. They are said to be very athletic.
b. They say to be very athletic.
3. a. They will get the house to be painted next week.
b. They will get the house painted next week.
4. a. He had the car washed himself.
b. He washed the car himself.
5. a. By tomorrow, my project will not have been completed.
b. By tomorrow, my project will not have completed.
2 Write sentences with the words in brackets. Use the passive form of the verbs.
1. Barbara won a music contest. (she / award / a music scholarship)
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2. Our car has disappeared. (it / must / steal / last night)
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3. Fred is in hospital. (he / operate on / tomorrow)
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4. The suspect has disappeared. (he / think / be in Paris)
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5. I didn’t get the job. (it / already offer / to Sam)
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6. Our dog has been missing since yesterday. (it / may / find / by now)
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3 Complete the sentences. Use the passive.
1. When will you send out the invitations?
They ..................................................................................................................................................……….. next week.
2. Do you know who wrote the book?
I think it ................................................................................................................................................. by Stephen King.
3. How often do you have to feed your birds?
They only ....................................................................................................................................................... once a day.
4. What do people know about the new headmaster?
He .................................................................................................................................................................... very strict.
4 Rewrite the sentences using the words provided.
1. People consider him to be an honest man.
He .....................................................................................................................................................................................
2. No one can do anything about it.
Nothing .............................................................................................................................................................................
3. They were putting up the tables when it started to rain.
It started raining when the.................................................................................................................................................
4. He had already told us his story many times.
We ....................................................................................................................................................................................
5. He hopes they’ll publish his book.
He hopes to have .............................................................................................................................................................
5 Rewrite the sentences in two ways in the passive form.
1. In the jewellery shop, a salesman showed me rings. ………………………………………………………………………..
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2. The detective was asking the suspects questions. …………………………………………………………………………..
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3. Our flight was cancelled, so the airline should offer us first-class tickets on the next flight.
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4. Most people think that celebrities have got wonderful, exciting lives.
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6 Complete the passage with the correct form of the verbs in brackets.
The Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew in London are magnificent. The small royal palace, which 1. ..................................
(situate) in the gardens, is also well worth a visit. It 2. .................................. (build) more than 200 years ago and was
3. .................................. (say / be) the favourite home of King George II and his family. A few years ago, the authorities
4. .................................. (decide) to have the palace 5. .................................. (re-decorate). The work took years, but now
the palace looks almost exactly as it 6. .................................. (look) in the days of King George II. Among the interesting
items that 7. .................................. (can / see) in the palace are a children’s doll’s house and a wax mask of the king.