PASSIVE VOICE – PRESENT AND PAST SIMPLE

I'm not afraid of you,

Mr. Grammarmonster!
I can do all these and more!

Present Simple Passive

1) Computers ________________ (sell) in many different stores.

2) English ________________ (speak) almost everywhere

3) Lots of TV series ________________ (watch) today.

4) German ________________ (teach) in my school too.

5) Rhinos _________________ (kill) for their horn.

6) Lots of tea _______________ (drink) in China.

7) Newspapers _______________ (read) all over the world.

8) The most comfortable clothes ______________ (make) of cotton.

9) Pizza _______________ with tomato sauce. (eat)

10) Easter eggs _________________ with different colors. (decorate)

Past Simple Passive

1) Harry Potter ________________ (write) by J.K.Rowling.

2) These shoes ________________ (make) in Italy.

3) The windows ________________ (break) yesterday by footballers.

4) The pyramids ________________ (build) for the pharaohs.

5) The light bulb _________________ (invent) by Thomas Edison.

6) The first McDonald’s hamburger ______________ (make) in 1955.

7) The first e-mail ______________ (send) in 1971.

8) Basketball ______ first ______________ (play) in the USA.

9) The Italian flag ________________ (design) by Napoleon.

10) My car ________________ (steal) last night.

Rewrite the sentences in passive
1) James Cook discovered Australia.

2) People grow coffee in Brazil.

3) Karl Benz invented the first car.

4) People play Monopoly all over the world.

5) Steve Jobs made the first iPhones.

6) People kill turtles for their shell.

7) The burglar stole my silver Ferrari.