UNIT 9.

PASSIVE VOICE & CAUSATIVE FORM

I. Cirle the best option to complete each sentence:
1. Mickey Mouse Cartoons _________ into sixty languages
a. have translated b. translated
c. have been translated d. were being translated
2. Today many kinds of electric devices _________ in Japan
a. produced b. were produced c. are produced d. will produce
3. The room _________ when I arrived
a. was cleaning b. is cleaned c. was cleaned d. was being
cleaned
4. Oh, No! My camera isn’t here. It _________ stolen!
a. has been b. is c. is being d. has
5. Fiat _________ a group of Italian businessmen
a. is started for b. is started by c. was started by d. was
started for
6. Unless we can find new sources of energy, our life will certainly _________
a. affect b. be affected c. affected d. be affecting
7. The World Health Organization _________ in 1948 in order to carry out
medical research and improve international healthcare
a. was established b. had established c. established d. had been
established
8. This atlas _________ in the classroom yesterday
a. was leaving b. left c. was left d. leaves
9. Glass is usually _________ sand
a. made from b. made of c. made by d. made with
10. The manager _________ the cheque recently
a. has been signed b. has signed c. sign d. signed
11. I’m going to have my house _____________ this weekend
a. redecorates b. redecorating c. redecorated d.
redecorate
12. Dad, I want to have my bike _________. It looks so ugly
a. to repaint b. repaint c. repainted d. repainting
13. My children had many photographs _________ while we were on our vacation
a. taking b. take c. taken d. took
14. I’m going to have the mechanic _________ my car tomorrow
a. will be repaired b. repair c. repaired d. to be repaired
15. I’m going to go out and _________
a. have made my dress b. have my dress made
c. let my dress made d. my dress be made
II. Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verbs in brackets
1. Toshiko had her car (repair) __ _______ by a mechanic
2. Ellon got Marvin (type) ____ _____ her paper
3. We got our house (paint) ___ ______ last week
4. Dr. Byrd is having the students (write) _____ ____ a composition
5. Mark got his transcripts (send) ____ _____ to the university
6. Maria is having her hair (cut) ____ _____ tomorrow
7. Will Mr. Brown have the porter (carry) ____ _____ his luggage to his car?
8. My sister has had a new dress (make) _____ ____ recently
9. The Wilsons won’t have a new house (build) ___ ______ on that corner next
month
10. The President had his advisors (arrange) ___ ______ a press conference
III. Turn the following sentences into the passive voice or the active voice
1. They can’t make tea with cold water _________________________________________
2. They will hold the meeting before May Day ___________________________________
3. They have to repair the engine of the car ______________________________________
4. The teacher is going to tell a story ___________________________________________
5. Mary is cutting the cake with a sharp knife ____________________________________
6. Luckily for me, they didn’t call my name _____________________________________
7. No one believes his story __________________________________________________
8. After class, one of the students always erases the chalk board _____________________
9. They have provided the victims with food and clothing __________________________
10. The chief enginer was instructing all the workers of the plant ____________________
11. The teacher gave each of us two exercise books _______________________________
12. Someone will tell him that news ___________________________________________
13. They paid me a lot of money to do the job ___________________________________
14. Open your book.________________________________________________________
15. Take off your hat._______________________________________________________
16. Don’t do that silly thing again._____________________________________________
17. Have they changed the window of the laboratory ______________________________
18. Do they teach English here? ______________________________________________
19. Will you invite her to your wedding party? ___________________________________
20. Did the teacher give some exercises ________________________________________
21. Is she making big cakes for the party ________________________________________
22. Why didn’t they help him? _______________________________________________
23. How many games has the team played? _____________________________________
24. Where do people speak English? ___________________________________________
25. Who are they keeping in the kitchen? _______________________________________
26. Who looked after the children for you?______________________________________
27. These exersice were done well ____________________________________________
28. This dress must be washed in cold water _____________________________________
29. The lessons are being written by the students now _____________________________
30. These animals at the zoo are fed twice a day __________________________________
31. All the arrangements have been made _______________________________________
32. When was this radio manufactured? ________________________________________
33. How are candles made? __________________________________________________
34. Is Mathematics taught in this school? _______________________________________
35. Were you taught how to apply this theory by your teachers? _____________________
IV. Rewrite the second sentence in such a way that it has the same meaning as
the one before it:
1. The architect has drawn plans for an extension of the house
Plans ____________________________________________________________________
2. They haven’t cleaned the streets this week. The streets __________________________
3. No one has signed this cheque. This cheque __________________________________
4. He couldn’t repair the broken vase. The______________________________________
5. They’ll have to change the date of the meeting again
The date__________________________________________________________________
6. The robber made the bank manager hand over the money
The bank manager__________________________________________________________
7. The postman was bitten by our dog. Our dog__________________________________
8. They will catch all the prisoners again by tonight. All the prisoners________________
9. Sally was given a microcomputer for her birthday by her parents
Sally’s parents ____________________________________________________________
10. Someone has stolen my bike. My bike ______________________________________
11. The mechanic serviced my car last week. I ___________________________________
12. They don’t eat the cake because it is very bad. The cake ________________________
13. The garage is going to repair the car for us next week
We _____________________________________________________________________
14. Somebody repaired her car yesterday. She ___________________________________
15. That old house at the end of the road has been sold
They____________________________________________________________________
16. My suit needs to be cleaned before the interview. I must ________________________
17. Mr. Dryden mended the washing machine for me
I had ____________________________________________________________________
18. People speak English in Australia. English ___________________________________