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GRAMMAR PRESENTATION AND PRACTICE UNIT 12 COMPUTERIZED SUPPLEMENT TO ENTERPISE 3 © S.I. KALININA THE PASSIVE Passive Voice: • Future Simple • Present Continuous • Present Simple • Future Continuous • Future Perfect The Passive Unit 12/1 Stonehenge was built in prehistoric times. It was probably constructed as a place of worship. The Passive Unit 12/1 Many of its stones have been stolen over the years. It is visited by a lot of tourists every year. The Passive Unit 12/2 Mrs Archer’s ruby ring was stolen from her house last night. (We do not know who stole the ring.) The Passive Unit 12/3 Rolls Royce cars are made in England. (It is not important to know who makes the cars.) The Passive Unit 12/4 The cows are milked once a day. (It is obvious that the farmer milks the cows.) The Passive Unit 12/5 Two teenagers were seriously injured in a car accident last night. EXERCISES Put the verbs in brackets into the correct passive tense. Change the sentences into the passive. Passive Voice Exercises 1 Put the verbs in brackets into the correct passive tense. 1. A: Who looks after your garden for you? is looked after (look after) by my brother. B: It ________ 2. A: That’s a beautiful dress. Where did you buy it? was made (make) for me by my B: Actually, it _________ aunt. 3. A: Have you typed that letter yet, Miss Brown? is being typed (type) right now, sir. B: It ____________ Passive Voice Exercises 1 Put the verbs in brackets into the correct passive tense. 4. A: Did you make the coffee when you got to work this morning? had already been made B: No, it ____________________ (already/make) by the time I got there. 5. A: Are you going to pick up the children today? are being picked up (pick up) by B: No, they ________________ Roger. I’ve already arranged it. 6. A: Where is your watch? is being repaired (repair) at the B: I broke it. It ______________ moment. Passive Voice Exercises 1 Put the verbs in brackets into the correct passive tense. 7. A: Has the new furniture for my bedroom arrived? B: No, it _________________ hasn’t been delivered (not/deliver) yet. 8. A: They are building a new sports centre in town. will be opened (open) by the B: I know. It ____________ mayor next month. Passive Voice Exercises 2 Change the sentences into the passive. 1. Someone is repairing the garden fence. The garden fence is being repaired. _____________________________ 2. Do they teach Latin at this school? Is Latin taught at this school? ________________________ 3. She hit him on the head with a tennis racquet. ____________________________________ He was hit on the head with a tennis racquet. 4. Who built the Pyramids? Who were the Pyramids built by? ___________________________ Passive Voice Exercises 2 Change the sentences into the passive. 5. A lot of children use computers nowadays. Computers are used by a lot of children ________________________________ nowadays. _________ 6. Jill hasn’t done the housework yet. The housework hasn’t been done by Jill yet. ___________________________________ 7. They may not deliver the parcel today. The parcel may not be delivered today. _______________________________ REVIEW OF THE PASSIVE We use the passive: • when the agent is unknown, unimportant or obvious from the context • when the action itself is more important than the agent THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK END OF UNIT 12