‭PASSIVE VOICE - COMPLETE WITH THE CORRECT TENSE‬

‭EXERCISE 1‬

‭Hospitals are places where people ____________________ (examine) and ________________ (bring) back‬
‭to good health. I’m lucky because I ___________________ (never / take) to hospital, but when my best friend‬
‭_________________ (hit) by a car last month, I had to stay with her. Luckily no bones _______________ ..‬
‭(break) but she ______________________ (examine) carefully and x-rays ________________ (take). She‬
‭________________ (keep) there for a night and she _______________________ (give) permission to leave the‬
‭next day.‬
‭Ambulance services are also important. Patients _______________________ (must / take) to‬
‭hospital as quickly as possible. A lot of people _______________________ (kill) in road‬
‭accidents and a lot more _______________________ (injure) but if more ambulances‬
‭_______________________(put) into service, more lives _______________________(save)‬

‭EXERCISE 2‬

‭1. The classroom __________________________ (start) an hour ago.‬

‭2. The blackboard ______________________________ (work) now.‬
‭3. English _______________________________ (speak) in most places..‬
‭4. This unit ______________________________ (teach) next week.‬
‭5. No letters ______________________________ (send) since 1998..‬
‭6. His bike ______________________________ (fix) last week.‬
‭7. My car ______________________________ (clean) now.‬

‭EXERCISE 3‬

‭1‬ ‭Each year, thousands of suitcases‬‭______________________________‬‭(lose)‬‭by different airlines.‬

‭2‬ ‭Kay is pleased because her favourite perfume‬‭______________________‬‭.‬‭(reduce) in the duty-free shop.‬
‭3‬ ‭We waited until the departure gate‬‭___________________________‬‭.‬‭(announce).‬
‭4‬ ‭The hard shoulder‬‭______________________________‬‭(close)‬‭next week for emergency repairs.‬
‭5‬ ‭They‬‭______________________________‬‭(stop) at‬‭passport control last night.‬
‭6‬ ‭The ticket office‬‭______________________________‬‭(use) by millions of passengers every week.‬
‭7‬ ‭George couldn’t find his bag because it‬‭____________________________‬‭(steal).‬
‭8‬ ‭You‬‭______________________________‬‭(take) to the‬‭airport tonight by taxi.‬

‭EXERCISE 4‬

‭The first mobile phone call in the UK 1……………………. (make) on 1 January 1985, nearly twelve years after‬
‭the first mobile phone 2……………………. (demonstrate) in New York by Martin Cooper. Since then, a lot of‬
‭money 3……………………. (invest) in developing the mobile phone industry and thousands of different models‬
‭4……………………. (produce).‬
‭Text messaging became popular in the 1990s, and today millions of text messages 5……………………. (send)‬
‭each day. The first Internet service for mobile phones 6……………………. (introduce) in Japan in 1999. Today,‬
‭the Internet 7……………………. (use) on smartphones, by all kinds of people, from company directors to‬
‭students. Technology is advancing rapidly and new processes 8……………………. (discover) almost daily.‬
‭Many people think that computers 9……………………. (replace) by mobile phones in the future.‬
 ‭PASSIVE VOICE - COMPLETE WITH THE CORRECT TENSE‬

‭EXERCISE 1 KEY‬
‭Hospitals are places where people‬‭are examinated‬‭(examine)‬‭and‬‭are brought‬‭(bring) back to good‬
‭health. I'm lucky because I‬‭have never been taken‬‭(never / take) to hospital but I had to go when my‬
‭best friend‬‭was hidden‬‭(hit) by a car last month.‬
‭Luckily no bones‬‭were broken‬‭(break) but she‬‭had to‬‭be examinated‬‭(examine) carefully and x-rays‬
‭had to be taken‬‭(take). She‬‭kept‬‭(keep) there for‬‭a night and she‬‭had been given‬‭(give) permission‬
‭to leave the next day. Ambulance services are also important. Patients‬‭must have been taken‬‭(must‬
‭/ take) to hospital as quickly as possible. A lot of people‬‭are killed‬‭(kill) in road‬
‭EXERCISE 3 KEY‬
‭1‬‭are lost‬ ‭2‬‭has been reduced‬ ‭3‬‭was announced‬ ‭4‬‭will be closed‬
‭5‬‭were stopped‬ ‭6‬‭is used‬ ‭7‬‭had been stolen‬ ‭8‬‭will‬‭be taken‬

‭EXERCISE 4 KEY‬
‭1‬‭was made‬ ‭2‬‭had been demonstrated‬ ‭3‬‭has been‬‭invested‬ ‭4‬‭have been produced‬
‭5‬‭are sent‬ ‭6‬‭was introduced‬ ‭7‬‭is used‬ ‭8‬‭are‬‭being discovered‬ ‭9‬‭will be replaced‬