Exercise 2. Complete the sentences using the correct form of the Passive Voice.
Exercise 2. Complete the sentences using the correct form of the Passive Voice.
1. The authorities decided that the meeting (hold) next Wednesday.
2. The goods (transport) to our house every week.
3. The larger portrait (paint) by a well known artist.
4. When I arrived I (hand) a note by one of the delegates.
5. Breakfast (not serve) in this hotel before 7 a.m.
6. As we were speaking the suspect (question) by the police.
7. The door (not open) for at least twenty years.
8. I’ll have to stay at home because our new furniture (deliver).
9. A lot of meetings (hold) but nothing has been decided yet.
10. For the past few days I had to work in Jack’s office because mine (redecorate) at the moment.
Exercise 3. Fill in the correct tense. Use Passive or Active according to the context.
1. When she heard that her dog (kill), she burst into tears.
2. They were sure that the purse (find) by the police.
3. I didn’t go to the party because I (invite).
4. I am sure that too much attention (give) to this topic.
5. Shakespeare (write) a lot of other plays apart from Hamlet.
6. Too many office buildings (built) in the city over the last ten years.
7. A lot of money (spend) on weapons nowadays.
8. A million people (visit) this cathedral every year.
9. This site (visit) by a lot of tourists in summer.
10. My alarm (ring) so loud that I woke up in no time.
Exercise 4. Find the passive verbs in this text. What tenses are they?
In Denmark, 24 people were left hanging upside down when a roller coaster car made an unscheduled stop.
The passengers were stranded 60 ft in the air for 20 minutes before firemen arrived with ladders.
An official for the fairground, at Alborg in Western Denmark, said the riders had been firmly locked in and had not been in danger.
«They were given their money back» the official said.
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