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English Grammar Exercises for B1- The passive

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1. Complete the sentences with the passive form of the verbs in brackets. Use the correct tense.

  • 1)
    Romeo and Juliet probably between 1591 and 1595. (write)
  • 2)
    ‘ these glasses ?’ ‘No, they haven’t.’ (wash)
  • 3)
    he told me that the show two days before. (cancel)
  • 4)
    I’m sharing my sister’s bedroom because mine at the moment. (decorate)
  • 5)
    I walked into the office while a job applicant (interview)
  • 6)
    The exam results by post next week. (send)
  • 7)
    ‘What language in Hong Kong?’ ‘Cantonese.’ (speak)

2. Complete the text with the passive form of the verbs in brackets. Use the correct tense.

  • Until 2004, composer Mamoru Samuragochi 1) (know) as ‘Japan’s Beethoven’. He is most famous for his Hiroshima Symphony No. 1, which 2) (compose) in 2003 in memory of the people who 3) (kill) by the atomic bomb in 1945. It 4) (perform) for the first time in 2008 in front of many of the world’s most important politicians. But Samuragochi now admits that this piece and many others 5) in fact 1) (not write) by him, but by another musician. The real composer of the musician’s works 6) yet (not name), but a man called Takahashi Niigaki recently claimed to have written them. Although a talented composer, it is sad that in the future Samuragochi 7) (remember) as a fraud.

3. Write passive sentences with by.

  • 1)
    Leonardo da Vinci painted the Mona Lisa.
  • 2)
    A group of young men will perform the dance.
  • 3)
    The Queen has opened a new art gallery.
  • 4)
    JJ Abrams directed Star Wars: The Force Awakens.
  • 5)
    In The Theory of Everything, Eddie Redmayne plays the role of Stephen Hawking.

4. Make the active sentences passive. Use modal verbs. Don’t use by + agent.

  • 1)
    You shouldn’t eat those mushrooms.
  • Those mushrooms shouldn’t be eaten.
  • 2)
    They might have cancelled the concert.
  • 3)
    You can often see foxes in my garden.
  • 4)
    We mustn’t use mobiles during lessons.
  • 5)
    You have to write your name in capital letters.
  • 6)
    You can’t trust Toby!
  • 7)
    We must hand in homework on time.
  • 8)
    You should leave dirty shoes by the door.

5. Some of the sentences are incorrect. Rewrite them correctly. Tick the correct sentences.

  • 1)
    I think we are been followed.
  • 2)
    Peugeot cars make in France.
  • 3)
    Set Fire to the Rain was written and performed by Adele.
  • 4)
    The book must be returning to the library.
  • 5)
    Was German teaching in your school?
  • 6)
    Oh no! My mobile has been stolen!

6. Complete the sentences with the passive form of the verbs in brackets.

  • 1)
    This concert should on TV so that everyone can see it. (show)
  • 2)
    The new art gallery by the mayor next Tuesday. (open)
  • 3)
    That TV drama by many people every evening. (watch)
  • 4)
    How many Hunger Games films so far? (make)
  • 5)
    The painting Sunflowers by van Gosh. (paint)
  • 6)
    An opera in the concert hall later this evening. (perform)

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