Exercise 8. Active or Passive: tick (V) the right variant.

Example:

a) Twenty people arrested at the demonstration. _______

b) Twenty people were arrested at the demonstration. __ V ___

1. a) Mona Lisa painted Leonardo da Vinci. _______

b) Mona Lisa was painted by Leonardo da Vinci. _______

2. a) Magellan sailed around the world about 500 years ago. _______

b) Magellan was sailed around the world about 500 years ago. _______

3. a) Steven Spielberg directed the film Schindler’s list. _______

b) Steven Spielberg was directed the film Schindler’s list. _______

4. a) Romeo and Juliet wrote William Shakespeare. _______

b) Romeo and Juliet was written by William Shakespeare. _______

5. a) Unfortunately, our dog was killed in a road accident. _______

b) Unfortunately, our dog killed in a road accident. _______

6. a) The cathedral in our town built about 400 years ago. _______

b) The cathedral in our town was built about 400 years ago. _______

7. a) All her clothes are made in Italy. _______

b) All her clothes made in Italy. _______

Exercise 9. Use the verbs in brackets in Present, Past or Future Simple Passive.

Example:

About 300,000,000 photocopies (make) ___are made___ in Europe every day.

1. 71 % of the world (cover) _____________ by water.

2. Critics say, that his new book (publish) _____________ next month.

3. 112 different languages (speak) _____________ in the Russian Federation.

4. The largest diamond in history (find)______________ in South Africa in 1905.

5. 3,822 cars (steal) _______________ in the United States every day.

6. In the 21st century 90% of the world’s business (do) ___________ on the Internet.

7. 2.4 litеrs of water (lose) ______________ by the human body every day.

8. In a normal year, five people (kill) _______________ by lightning in England and Wales.

9. The British Isles and the Continent (join) ____________ by a tunnel under the English

Channel ten years ago.

10. In a 100 years time, nuclear power (replace) _____________ by solar energy.

11. The new President (choose)_____________ by everyone who can vote just last month.

Exercise 10. Make up passive sentences from the verbs in brackets.

Example: That church looks very old. (when / it / build?) - When was it built?

1. This is a very popular TV show. (every week it / watch / by millions of people)

Every week it____________________________________________________

2. Mr. Jordan can’t use his office at the moment. (it / redecorate)

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3. Diana didn’t have her car all day yesterday. (it / service / at the garage)

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4. Where’s my bicycle? It’s gone! (it / steal!)

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5. The people next door disappeared six months ago. (they / not / see / since then)

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6. This room looks different. (it / paint / since I was last here?)

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7. A tree was lying across the road. (it / blow down / in the storm)

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8. There’s somebody behind us. (I think / we / follow)

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9. The police have found the robbers they were looking for. (two people / arrest / last night)

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10. Ann is a brilliant specialist. (I’m sure / she / promote / very soon)

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