Passive and Causative. Royal

1. Rewrite the sentences in the passive voice. Omit by where possible.
1. Nobody has used this room for ages.

2. Someone broke into his house and stole a lot of his things.
3. Visitors must leave umbrellas and sticks in the cloakroom.
4. A frightful crash wakened me at 4 a.m.
5. The police shouldnt allow people to park there.
2. Choose the correct answer.

1. Mark always his answers before handing in his test.
a. checked b. checks c. is checking
2. By the time the waiter came to the table, Jean to order steak.
a. decided b. has decided c. had decided
3. I a much larger salary this time next year.
a. will have made b. will make c. will be making
4. many people . about the job offer yet?
a. Have called b. Did call c. Were calling
5. She a story to her son at the moment.
a. reads b. is reading c. has read
3. CAUSATIVE. Rewrite these sentences using have or get.
1. The mechanic changed the oil in my car.
2. The hairdresser cut my hair in a completely different style.
3. A decorator has repainted our house.
4. A friend of mine, whos an electrician, is going to repair my DVD player next week.
5. My jacket is being cleaned at a specialist cleaners.
6. The town hall has just been rebuilt for the council.
4. Transform the following sentences using the Causative
1. The electrician solved the short circuit problems I was having at home.
2. They checked my knee at the clinic.
3. They took care of the mistake for us.
4. Chinese companies assemble cars for US and European firms.
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5. The Red Cross supplied medicine and food for Rwanda.
6. A private firm will oversee the implementation of the new policy for the
government.
7. She has always brought lunch for me to my office.
8. Someone could walk my dog if I paid well.
9. Sernac takes care of consumers rights in Chile.
10. Unemployment agencies look for jobs for unemployed people.
5. Complete the following text by putting the verbs in brackets into the correct
form of the passive.
Join us at the Festival of Dance
A dance festival 1. .. (hold) in our town every summer since
2000. It 2 .. (organize) every year by three local schools and each
child 3. (give) the opportunity to take part in a performance,
competition or street parade.
This years festival will take place on 15 July and will be bigger than ever because
3,000 4 (raise) for the prizes and theres more to come, we
hope. Last year, 15 prizes of 100 5..(award) but this year
there will be at least 30 prizes. At last summers festival, a local boy, Marcus Aston,
6. (choose) to go into a national competition. It 7. (hope)
that other children 8. (offer) that chance this year.
At the end of the day, there will be a special performance by the City Schools
Dance Troupe which 9. . (form) in 2002 and has won many of the
summer at the Victoria Hall and the Thomes Festival. Plans 11.
(already make) for next years festival so if you would like to help, please get in
touch via the website (www.dancewithus.co.uk). If you would like your name 12.
.(add) to the mailing list, you can also do that on the website.
6. Rewrite the following sentences using the verb in brackets. You will need to add
some extra words.
1. Prime Minister to resign tomorrow. (expect)
It.
2. New Airport runway will probably be built next year. (think)
It..
3. New team has been selected. (report)
It.
4. Federer is the best tennis player ever. (consider)
Federer ..
5. Report Proves this summer is hottest for 50 years. (report)
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This summer
6. Bones found on beach belonged to dinosaur. (believe)
It
7. Put the following sentences into Passive Voice.
1. The students all know that Shakespeare was born in Stratford.
2. We saw the baby crawl towards the window.
3. My parents used to let me go out at night.
4. In the Middle Ages, people thought the devil sometimes got into their bodies
5. The teacher helped his students finish the exercise.
6. Reporters at the airport are expecting that the president will be arriving soon.
7. My mother always made me do the housework.
8. Football fans have thought that their team is arriving today.
9. Everybody knew that Peter had copied at his access exam.
10. Doctors consider that lung cancer will have a cure in the next fifty years.
11. The police always thought that he had escaped and that he was living in Sweden.
12. We could usually hear an opera singer singing upstairs.
13. The headmaster made them sit down and stay there until 5 oclock.
14. The usher didnt let us go into the theatre.
15. People in the town believed that the heavy rainfall was the reason for the
bursting of the dam.
8. Write questions for the following answers:
1. My older brother often shouts at John and me.
2. It took us three hours to reach the top of the mountain.
3. We are going to have fish and chips for supper tonight.
4. We've been friends since we were children.
5. They started learning English ten years ago.
9. Fill the blanks with the correct form of the verbs in brackets.
1. Dan seldom (listen) ................................... to the radio.
2. The pupils (take) ............................. the English test right now.
3. Now I (realise) ................................... that I made a mistake.
4. (Andy have) ................................... a birthday party last week?
5. If you go out without a jacket, you (catch) ............................... a cold.
10. Write the following sentences in the passive.
1. The crowd shouted him down.
2. They will have to adopt a different attitude.
3. The burglars had cut an enormous hole in the steel door.
4. Someone switched on a light and opened the door.
5. The author has written a special edition.
6. The manufacturers are giving away an artificial rose with each packet of cereal.
7. They didn't look after the children properly.
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1. Rewrite the sentences in the passive voice. Omit by where possible.

1. Nobody has used this room for ages.

2. Choose the correct answer.

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