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A) Change these active sentences to passive. Choose if you need the agent or not.

1) People speak Portuguese in Brazil.


2) Everybody loves Mr Brown.
3) They are building a new stadium near the station.
4) The wolf ate the princess.
5) At six o'clock someone was telling a story.
6) Somebody has drunk all the milk!
7) I had cleaned all the windows before the storm.
8) A workman will repair the computer tomorrow.
9) By next year the students will have studied the passive.
10) James might cook dinner.
11) Somebody must have taken my wallet.
Portuguese is spoken in Brazil.
Mr. Brown is loved by everybody.
A new stadium is being built near the station.
The princess was eaten by the wolf.
At six o'clock, a story was being told by someone.
All the milk has been drunk by somebody.
All the windows had been cleaned by me before the storm.
The computer will be repaired by a workman tomorrow.
By next year, the passive will have been studied by the students.
Dinner might be cooked by James.
My wallet must have been taken by somebody.

B) Choose the correct option to complete the sentences below.


1. Did you really understand What I told you?
2. Mr. Dean, Who had recently been fired, had a long list of misconducts.
3. The victims, most of Whom were adults, are being identified by the US
authorities.
4. I like the scene Where Dorothy meets Scarecrow.
5. This is the man, I am in love with.
6. I wasn't honest with Kenneth, Which made him furious.
7. The chancellor, Whose sons were arrested in the corruption operation, resigned
yesterday.
8. The police searched the vehicle Where the gun was found.
9. The driver, Whose contract finishes at the end of the season, doesn't want to talk
about his future.
10. Between 2000 and 2005, she wrote three novels, none of which was published.

C) Choose the correct form for each gap below.


1) 'I need to see Sarah this weekend.' ⇒ George said that ______.
a) he needed to see Sarah this weekend
b) he was needing to see Sarah that weekend
c) he needed to see Sarah that weekend
2) 'I'm reading now.' ⇒ Sally told me ______.
a) that she was reading at that moment
b) that she read now
c) that she was reading now

3) 'I haven't seen Barbara since last year.' ⇒ Brendan told me ______.
a) he didn't see Barbara since last year
b) he hadn't seen Barbara since the year before
c) he hadn't seen Barbara since last year

4)'Have you signed the contract?' ⇒ Suzan ______ .


a) told me if I had signed the contract
b) asked me whether I had signed the contract
c) said if I signed the contract
5)'Where did you eat?' ⇒ Sam asked me ______.
a) where I had eaten
b) where had I eaten
c) where did I eat
6) 'Where are you going tomorrow?' ⇒ Sandra asked me ______.
a) where was I going tomorrow
b) where was I going the next day
c) where I was going the following day

7) 'May I smoke in this room?' ⇒ Micky asked me ______.


a) if he may smoke in this room
b) if he might smoke in that room
c) whether he smoked in that room
8)'I'm living in Australia.' Sarah told me ______. Choose TWO correct options
a) she is living in Australia
b) she lived in Australia
c) she was living in Australia
9') ‘Please, sit here.' ⇒ She ______.
a) asked me to sit there
b) said to sit there
c) told me to sit here
10) 'Can you give me a hand with the boxes?' ⇒ Peter asked me ______ with the boxes.
a) if I could give me a hand
b) whether I could give him a hand
c) if could I give him a hand

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