Passive (Exercises)

Exercise 1: Choose the correct option
Exercise 2: Fill in the gap with the correct form of the verb in brackets


Exercise 1: Choose the correct option
1. A talk on Chinese history selectbe givenhas been givenwill be givenwill givein the school hall next week.
2. To make our city more beautiful, rubbishselectneedn’t be thrownmustn’t be throwncan’t throwmay not throwinto the river.
3. You can go fishing if your work selectis donewill be donehas donehave done
4. The trees must selectwateris wateringbe wateredwatersthree times a week.
5. — I won’t come to the party unless Sue selectwill inviteinvitesinvitedis invited, too.
6. Mr. Hawkins has a loud voice. His voice can selecthearbe heardbe hearinghave heardclearly even in that big classroom.
7. — It’s time to do your homework, Jack.
— Yes, mum. I’ll turn off the TV as soon as the programme selectendsendwill be endedwill end.
8. You selectbe invitedwill be invitedwere invitedare invitedto the meeting, why didn’t you go?
9. A lot of trees selectplantedare plantedwere planted along the river last year.
10. Paper selectisarewaswere first invented in China.
11. — Do you like the flower?
— Yes, it selectis smellingsmeltis smeltsmells lovely.
12. It snowed heavily last night. The ground selectwas covered withwas filled withwas made ofcovered with thick snow.
13. The light in the roomselectmust turn offwill turn offare turnedmust be turned offbefore you leave.
14. selectDoesIsHasWillthat kind of question oftenselectaskaskedin your class, Ann?
15. The bridgeselectwill buildis builtwill be builtbuildsin three weeks.
16. The old men and the children mustselecttake good carebe taken good caretake good care ofbe taken good care ofin our country.
17. Weselecttellare toldtoldthat the English testselectgiveswill givewill be givennext Monday.
18. Great changesselecthave been takenhave takenhas been takentookplace in the world since WWII.
19. selectHasWasDoesDidthe red pencil-boxselectsoldsellsellingby your father last week?
20. selectHaveAreDoWeretrees usuallyselectplantedplantplantingin April?
21. When we got there, the roadselectis beingwas beinghas been/repaired.
22. The windows of the roomselecthas been cleanedis cleanedare cleanedare cleaningonce a week.
23. In 1620, about half the USAselectwas coveredwas covered bywere filled withcovered withforests.
24. Heselectwas been presentingwas presentedpresentwill presentingwith a medal at the ceremony.
25. Films about crime and violenceselectshould not seeshould be not seenshould not be seenshould be seenby young children.
26. In warm weather fruit and meatselectcan’t be keptdon’t keepis not keptaren’t keepinglong.
27. Half the world’s telephone callsselectare madeare makingmakeis madein English.
28. That buildingselectis buildingis builtis being builtbuildsnow.
29. The trees in our schoolselectare wateredare wateringhave wateredwaterevery Friday afternoon.
30. More “ Great Green Walls ” mustselectbuildare builtbe buildingbe built all over the world.
31. His school bagselecttook awaywas taken awaywas taken offis takenby a woman ten minutes ago.
32. Yesterday a visitorselectwas askedaskingis askedhas askedsomething about his hometown.
33. — Do you like this kind of paper?
— Yes, itselectis feltfeltis feelingfeelsvery nice.
34. The boyselectgotisgetshaslost on his way home yesterday.
35. Though the coat is a bit large now, itselectwill be fitwill fitfitfitsme very soon.
36. Footballselectis playedplayis playingplayseverywhere in the world.
37. Everybody here wasselectgavegivento givegivinga present.
38. A new factoryselectbuilthas builtwas builtis buildingin our city last year.
39. All trees mustselectbe wateredare wateredwaterbe wateringwell when it is dry.
40. This shirtselectmust be made inmake bymust be made ofmust be made bysilk.
41. These booksselectmust takenmust takehave to takemust be takengood care of.
42. Stampsselectusein usingusedare usedby people for sending letters.
43. More treesselectwill be plantedwill planthave plantedare plantingnext year.
44. Today, too many trees are stillselectcutting downcut downbeing cut down<cuttedin the world.
45. This kind of machineselectis made fromis made inis made ofJapan.
46. The teacher says that the man will selectbe well taken carewell look aftertake care wellbe well looked after.
47. — I think the shopselectis close is closed .
— No, It’s open. It selectcloseclosesat six.
48. I was astonished to hear that the colour TV set selecthas costcostcostedwas cost 5,000 Euro.
49. Great changesselecthave been takenhave takenhas been takenhas takenplace since he came here.
50. He was seenselectstealingto stealto be stolenstealed something from the shop.
51. If city noises selectare not keptdo not keepfrom increasing，people selectwill have tohavehave to shout to be heard even at dinner．
52. The fifth generation computers with artificial intelligenceselectdevelopedhave developedare being developedwill have been developedand perfected now.
53. — selectI've been toldI've toldI'm toldI toldthe sports meet might be put off．
　— Yes，it all depends on the weather．
54. I need one more stamp before my collection selecthas completedcompleteshas been completedis completed.
55. Rainforests selectcutare being cuthad been cutand burned at such a speed that they will disappear from the earth in the near future.
56. The new suspension bridge selecthas been designedhad been designed was designedwould be designedby the end of last month.
57. When a pencil is partly in a glass of water, it looks as if it selectbreakshas brokenwas brokenhad been broken.
58. Great changes selecthave been taken placehave taken place were taken place in the city, and a lot of factories selecthave been set upwere set uphave set up.
59. That suit selecthad costedcostedis costedcostover 60 dollars.
60. — Look! Everything here is under construction.
— What’s the pretty small house that selectis being builthas been builtis builtis buildingfor?
61. — Do you like the material?
— Yes, it selectis feelingfeltfeelsis feltvery soft.
62. It is difficult for a foreigner selectwriteto writeto be writtenwrittenChinese．
63. I have no more letters selectto typetypingto be typedtyped ，thank you．
64. Take care! Don’t drop the ink on your shirt, it selectwon’t wash outwon’t be washed outisn’t washed outisn’t washing outeasily.
65. Nobody noticed the thief slip into the house because the lights selectbe offbe turned offbe turned onwere off.
66. The computers on the table selectbelongsare belonged tobelongs tobelong toProfessor Smith.
67. — What do you think of the book?
— Oh, excellent. It’s worth selectto readto be readreadingbeing reada second time.
68. The squirrel was lucky that it just missed selectcatchingto be caughtbeing caughtto catch.
69. This page needed selectbeing checkedcheckedto checkto be checkedagain.
70. selectHaving taughtHaving been taughtTaughtTeachingmany times, the boy still didn’t know how to do the exercises
71. It is said that a new robot selectdesignedhas been designedwill be designedwill have been designedby him in a few days.
72. We are late. I expect the film selectwill have already startedwould already have startedshall have already startedhas already been startedby the time we get to the cinema.
73. She will stop showing off if no noticeselectis takentakeswill be takenhas takenof her.
74. Diamond selectis foundhas been foundwas foundhad been foundin Brazil in 1971.
75. — Have you moved into the new flat?
— Not yet. The roomselecthas been paintedis paintedpaintsis being painted.”
76. My pictures selectwon't developaren't developeddon't developwon' t be developeduntil next Friday.
77. Tim selecthad been unemployedwas unemployedhas been unemployedhas unemployedsince he lost his job three weeks ago.
78. A great number of colleges and universities selecthas been establishhave been establishedhave establishedhad been establishedsince 1949.
79. I'll have to push the car to the side of the road because we selectwould be finedwill be finedwill being finedwill have been finedif we leave it here.
80. selectThey have been givenI have been givenI am giventwo tickets for the new play at the Grand Theatre on Saturday. Shall we go and see it together?
81. The subject of these lectures selectis announcedhave been announcedare announcedhas been announced by the lecture committee.
82. I found an aspirin bottle selectwashadhad beenis dropped on the floor of David's room.
83. The goods selectwere just unloadingwere just been unloadinghad just unloadedwere just being unloaded when we arrived at the airport.
84. If one selectovercomesis overcomehas been overcomeovercome by pride, he will reject useful advice and friendly assistance.
85. Most environment problems exist because adequate measures for preventing them selectwas notwere notwere not beinghad not been taken in the past.
86. You should have put the milk in the refrigerator, now selectI smellit is smeltit smellsit is smelling sour.
87. After the raceselecthad been wonis wonwill be wonhas been won, the celebration began.
88. He was here for a little while, but I don't know where he selectiswashad beenhas been now.
89. The young teacher has selectbeen proved to beproved to bebeen provedproved being competent.
90. Pluto, the outermost planet of the solar system, selectdiscoveredwas discoveredby discoverywhen discovered photographically in March 1930.
91. Older people selectlooks aftermust be looked aftermust look afterlooked afterwell.
92. After synthetic selectcreatedhas createdhas been createdwas created, engineers had a better choice of material.
93. I think much attention selectmust be paid toought be paid tomust be pay toshould be paid your pronunciation.
94. Since 1970, millions of enthusiasts selecthave tookhave been takenhave been taking Vitamin C, which they believe can remedy the common cold.
95. I don't remember selecthaving been givento have been givento have given the chance to try this method.
96. The school bag selectputscan be putcan be puttedcan putbehind the chair.
97. The construction of the laboratory selectmust be completedmust have been completedwill be completingwill have been completing by the end of next month.
98. A story selectwas told uswas told to usis told ustold usby Granny yesterday.
99. He does not have a bicycle, the one he uses selectis belonged tobelongedbelongsis belongingto Peter.
100. Who selectdidwas this book selectwrittenwritten by?
101. The reason for all the changes being made selecthas not explainedhas not been explaineddid not explainedwere not explainedto us yet.
102. Experiments in the photography of moving objects selectwere conductingwere conductedhad been conductedhad conductedin both the United States and Europe well before 1900.
103. When he turned the corner, he found himself selecttailedbeen tailedwas tailedhad been tailedby a man in black.
104. A candidate for the democratic presidential nomination selectis interviewing being interviewedis being interviewed interviewingat this moment.
105. As we approached the work site, the workers were seen selectbuilding build built to buildthe new house.
106. As we know, all the regulations in school selectmust keep to must be keptmust keepmust be keep.
107. 119. The Great Wall selectknowsknewis knownwas known all over the world.
108. The bank is reported in the local newspaper selectto be robbedto have been robbedrobbedhaving been robbedin broad daylight yesterday
109. Hurry up, or the tickets selectwill have sold will sellhave soldwill have been soldout by the time we get there.
110. — When selectdidwasisarethis kind of computers selectuseused?
111. selectIsWasDoesDid a new library selectbuiltbuild in our school last year?
112. An accident selecthas been happenedwas happenedis happenedhappenedon this road last week.
113. Cotton selectis grownare grownis growsgrowin the southeast of China.
114. The moon selectis visitedwill be visitedhas been visitedwas visited by man already.
115. A talk on American history selectis givenhas been givenwill be givengives in the school hall next week.
116. How many trees selectare plantedwill planthave been plantedplanted this year?
117. A lot of things selectare doingare being donehas been donewill be done by people to save the little girl now.


Exercise 2: Fill in the gap with the correct form of the verb in brackets

1. Nearly everybody here (know) when the old museum (build).
2. The building can (see) from every part of the city. It (build) many years ago.
3. Yesterday Tom (tell) me that his bike (break)last week.
4. The students (often, tell) to take care of their desks and chairs.
5. Now he (be) asked if the meeting (hold) next Friday.
6. It is known to all that the moon(turn) round the Earth.
7. Miss Li often(use) a recorder in her English class. But she(not use) it tomorrow.
8. Vegetables, eggs and fruits(sell) in this shop.
9. English(speak) here.
10. The song (like) by us all twenty years ago.

11. The pictures(take) by Jack tomorrow.
12. The computer(can, use) in the room.
13. The room(paint) now.
14. The novel(translate) into many languages since it was published.
15. That clock(call) Big Ben.
16. Last week, when I(ask) about English culture, I couldn’t answer it well.
17. What language (speak) in your country?
18. School football games (often, hold) on Friday evenings.
19. The film (show) again sometime next week.
20. If anything (happen) to him, let me know.

21. (the new pair of shoes, suit) you?
22. The bottle (break) by the cat yesterday.
23. A tall tree (can, see) in the picture.
24. The sports meeting (hold) last week.
25. We (tell) yesterday that Jane would come back from Australia.
26. Look, Mr Smith (take) to the station by Mark in his car.
27. These trees should (water) after they (plant).
28. This type of TV set (make) in Beijing. It (make) last April.
29. Colour TVs (sell) in that shop.
30. Have you moved into the new house?
Not yet. The rooms (paint) now.

31. An American film (often, show) on TV on Sundays.
32. She (tell) the good news as soon as she arrived.
33. Look ! A big modern bridge (build) over the river.
34. A recorder (often, use) in our English class.
35. The lost boy (not find) so far．
36. Last year a large number of trees (cut) down．
37. The students (often, tell) to take care of their desks and chairs.
38. The old man is ill. He (must send) to the hospital.
39. Vegetables, eggs and fruits (sell) in this shop.
40. What (knives, make) of?

41. Can the magazine (take) out of the library?
42. The lab (clean) every day.
43. The stars can’t (see) in the daytime.
44. Be careful, some flowers (water) already.
45. How long (your uncle, be) in the city?
46. The food (smell) delicious.
47. Look! Someone (dance).