sábado, 14 de abril de 2018

1st Bach: Passive Voice



  • Explanation in English

https://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/grammar_list/passiv.htm


  • Causative Passive Chart






  • Explanation in Spanish

https://www.curso-ingles.com/aprender/cursos/nivel-avanzado/passive-voice/the-passive-voice


  • EXTRA PRACTICE

https://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises_list/passiv.htm
https://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/passive-exercise-5.html
https://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/causatives-exercise-1.html
https://elt.oup.com/student/solutions/int/grammar/grammar_09_012e?cc=global&selLanguage=en


KEY ANSWERS TO THE ACTIVITIES

Change the following sentences into the passive voice.
 1. John eats an apple in Melbourne AN APPLE IS EATEN IN MELBOURNE..............................................................
2. I made a puppet...A PUPPET WAS MADE.....................................................................................
3. We are washing the clothes.....THE CLOTHES ARE BEING WASHED.................................................................
4. The girls were singing the song......THE SONG WAS BEING SUNG BY THE GIRLS.........................................................
5. Will Mr Smith give out the prizes?.....WILL THE PRIZES BE GIVEN OUT BY MR. SMITH?.....................................................
6. The policemen caught the thief........THE THIEF WAS CAUGHT BY THE POLICEMAN........................................................
7. Mary has ironed the clothes..........THE CLOTHES HAVE BEEN IRONED BY MARY...........................................................
8. Did Susan wash the dishes?...........WERE THE DISHES WASHED BY SUSAN?..........................................................
9. The students will read the book.......THE BOOK WILL BE READ BY THE STUDENTS........................................................
10. Were they finishing their work?......WAS THEIR WORK BEING FINISHED BY THE STUDENTS?...............................................
11. Max eats the food quickly.......THE FOOD IS EATEN QUICKLY BY MAX...............................................................
12. John is reading a book.....A BOOK IS BEING READ BY JOHN.......................................................................
13. The police were towing away our van...OUR VAN WAS BEING TOWED AWAY BY THE POLICE................................................
14. The people had dropped a lot of litter....A LOT OF LITTER HAD BEEN DROPPED................................................
15. The mechanic has repaired the car.........THE CAR HAS BEEN REPAIRED BY THE MECHANIC...............................................
16. Computers have changed our lives........OUR LIVES HAVE BEEN CHANGED BY COMPUTERS................................................
17. My dad is teaching my brother to drive......MY BROTHER IS BEING TAUGHT TO DRIVE BY MY DAD...........................................
18. The train crashed into the platform....THE PLATFORM WAS CRASHED INTO BY THE TRAIN....................................................
19. The gardener is cleaning the lawn..........THE LAWN IS BEING CLEANED BY THE GARDENER................................................
20. A drunk driver has caused an accident....AN ACCIDENT HAS BEEN CAUSED BY A DRUNK DRIVER...........................................
21. The teacher thanked the student......THE STUDENT WAS THANKED BY THE TEACHER.......................................................
22. The dog is eating the bone in the garden...THE BONE IS BEING EATEN BY THE DOG IN THE GARDEN........................................
24. The police will remove the vehicles........THE VEHICLES  WILL BE REMOVED BY THE POLICE..............................................
25. Has the man fixed the lamp?........HAS THE LAMP BEEN FIXED?..........................................................
26. Mary will read a book tomorrow......THE BOOK WILL BE READ TOMORROW BY MARY.....................................................
28. The restaurant will provide the food........THE FOOD WILL BE PROVIDED BY THE RESTAURANT.............................................
29. A rabbit has dug some holes in the lawn....SOME HOLES HAVE BEEN DUG BY A RABBIT IN THE LAWN....................................
30. People had crowded the streets...........THE STREETS HAVE BEEN CROWDED BY PEOPLE...................................................


Change the following sentences into the active voice.
 1. The clothes are washed by Susan.....SUSAN WASHED THE CLOTHES........................................................
2. The oranges were peeled by them.......THEY PEELED THE ORANGES.....................................................
3. The baby is being fed by its mother..................THE MOTHER IS FEEDING HER BABY.......................................
4. Will the speech be given by the student?..................WILL THE STUDENT GIVE THE SPEECH?...............................
5. Have the tests been marked by the examiner?........HAS THE EXAMINER MARKED THE TESTS?.................................
6. The dishes have been washed by us........WE HAVE WASHED THE DISHES.................................................
7. The cake was baked by Melissa.........MELISSA BAKED THE CAKE......................................................
8. My friend is being yelled at by his mum.........HIS MUM YELLED AT MY FRIEND.........................................
9. Have the plants been watered by Tim?............HAS TIM WATERED THE PLANTS?........................................
10. The silver will have been polished by my mum.............MUM HAS POLISHED THE SILVER.......................
11. The plane is flown by the pilot............THE PILOT FLEW THE PLANE...................................................
12. The children are taken to the park...........THE TAKE THE CHILDREN TO THE PARK...............................................
13. The football team will be trained by Max...........MAX WILL TRAIN THE FOOTBALL TEAM...................................
14. The poem was being written by Shakespeare.........SHAKESPEARE WAS WRITING THE POEM...............................
15. Will the school be opened today?.................WILL THEY OPEN THE SCHOOL TODAY?.........................................
16. The damage had been caused by the hurricane.........THE HURRICANE CAUSED THE DAMAGE.............................
17. The papers were crammed in the drawer..............THEY CRAMMED THE PAPERS IN THE DRAWER.................................
18. The purple dress was being worn by Susan..........SUSAN WAS WEARING THE PURPLE DRESS.................................
19. The ship was hit by a torpedo.............A TORPEDO HIT THE SHIP...................................................
20. Was the valley formed by ice?......DID THE ICE FORM THE VALLEY?........................................................
22. The books will be collected by Tom.........TOM WILL COLLECT THE BOOKS.............................................
23. I was knocked off my bike by a taxi.........A TAXI KNOCKED OFF MY BIKE.............................................
24. The accident is being observed by Amy..........AMY IS OBSERVING THE ACCIDENT......................................
25. A small mountain was climbed by us..........WE CLIMBED A SMALL MOUNTAIN..........................................
26. I was stung on the arm by a bee..........A BEE STUNG MY ARM...................................................
27. Had Australia been founded by Captain Cook?..........DID CAPTAIN COOK FOUND AUSTRALIA?...........................
28. The room was filled with strange people............STRANGE PEOPLE FILLED THE ROOM...................................
29. The house will have been designed by Alex by tomorrow....ALEX WILL HAVE DESIGNED THE  HOUSE BY TOMORROW.............
30. Have the students been taught by Mr Smith?.........HAS MR. SMITH TAUGHT THE STUDENTS?................................

Rewrite these active sentences using the causative.
 The hairdresser cuts my hair every other month.
I ___HAVE MY HAIR CUT EVERY OTHER MONTH_________________________.
 I could finally find someone to fix the computer.
I could _____FINALLY HAVE MY COMPUTER FIXED_______________________.
 I’m going to take my winter coat to the dry cleaner’s tomorrow.
I ___AM GOING TO HAVE MY WINTER COAT DRY-CLEANED TOMORROW____.
 They have never painted their flat themselves. They have always asked somebody to do it for them.
They ___HAVE ALWAYS HAD THEIR FLAT PAINTED_______________________.
 My car broke down yesterday. I must ask the mechanic to repair it for me.
I must ___HAVE MY CAR REPAIRED______________________________.
 I would like to have a swimming-pool in the garden. Do you know anyone who could build one for me?
I would ___LIKE TO HAVE A SWIMMING-POOL BUILT IN THE GARDEN_____.
 Is your eye-sight OK? If not, you should ask an optician to check it for you.
You should _____HAVE YOUR EYES CHECKED_________________.
 Before I installed a new printer I had asked a friend of mine to upgrade my old computer.
I _HAD HAD MY COMPUTER UPGRADED BEFORE I INSTALLED A NEW PRINTER__.
 I wouldn’t like to see tattoos on your arm. You mustn’t go to a tattoo saloon.
You mustn’t ___HAVE YOUR ARMS TATTOOED_______________.
 I love wearing earrings. I asked a specialist to pierce my ears when I was 9.
I __HAD MY EARS PIERCED WHEN I WAS 9_________________________.
 I’m going to see the dentist at 4 pm tomorrow. He is going to fill my wisdom tooth.
I’m __GOING TO HAVE MY WISDOM TOOTH FILLED TOMORROW________.
 This carpet looks nice and clean. Have you recently asked somebody to clean it for you?
Have ____YOU HAD YOUR CARPET CLEANED RECENTLY____________________?


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