Let's train the Passive

1.       A decision will not _______________ until the next meeting.

2.       That old building was dangerous. So it ___________ down.

3.       When you go through customs, you luggage ___________ by the customs officer.

4.       In the morning I _____________ by my alarm clock.

5.       Next year her new book ______________ into a number of foreign languages.

6.       John kicked a policeman, so he ____________.

7.       After a long search the missing boy _____________ in the forest near the town.

8.       Many people think that today too much money ________________ on arms. (arms - зд. оружие.)

9.       The injured man couldn't walk, so he _____________ by the hospital orderlies.

10.    I don't mind driving but I like when I _______________ by other people.

Present Indefinite Passive, Past Indefinite Passive, Future Indefinite Passive.

1. Guess the Voice and the Tense. 

Show -
will be reading 
was sold
will be planted
sent
were playing
will climb
is situated
is working .

2. Make the sentences Passive. 

1. Farmers grow vegetables in summer. -

2. They read books at school.

3. The pupils cleaned the blackboard yesterday.

4. Christopher Columbus discovered America in 1492.

5. She will water the flowers tomorrow.

6. They will buy a car next year.

3. Make up the sentences using the Passive Voice.

1. The table – make – of wood.

2. English – speak – all over the world.

3. The churches – build – in th last century.

4. The oranges – sell – yesterday.

5. This cartoon – show – tomorrow.

6. The letter – send – next week.

4. Ask questions beginning with the question-words.

1. TV sets are made in Japan. (Where?)

2. These exercises will be done at the next lesson. (What?)

3. The game was played yesterday. (When?)

4. The house was painted last year. (Was?) (… or …?)

5. Rice is grown in China. (Is?)by Christopher Columbus in 1492.