PASSIVE AND ACTIVE VOICE

A. ORDER THE WORDS TO GET QUESTIONS IN PASSIVE:

1. caught / the thieves / were?

Were the thieves caught?

2. are / always / written / in the language lab / the tests?

Are the tests always written in the language lab?

3. found / in Alaska / are / eagles?

Are eagles found in Alaska?

4. together / beans and carrots / can / be / cooked?

Can beans and carrots be cooked together?

5. the first underground railway / opened / where / was?

Where was the first underground railway opened?

B. FOR EACH SENTENCE, CHOOSE THE ACTIVE OR THE PASSIVE FORM OF THE VERB IN
PARENTHESES …AND THE CORRECT TENSE:

was stolen
1. My car ______________________! Call the police!!! (steal)

painted
2. Michelangelo ___________________the Sistine Chapel. (paint)

drives
3. In the UK, everyone ___________________on the left. (drive)

are usually driven

4. Inter-city buses _______________________by women. (usually / drive)

is read
5. The “La Stampa” newspaper _______________________by two million people in
Italy. (read)