Exercise 2.1

Write questions to the underlined parts of the sentences .

1. The telephone was invented in 1876.

2. Five computers have been bought this week.

3. The key was lost some days ago.

4. Three men were arrested in connection with the robbery.

5. This fruit is grown in very hot countries.

6. She was fined two hundred pounds for careless driving.

7. The workers will be paid $50 every Friday.

8. The house hasn’t been cleaned for weeks.

9. This kind of bread is sold at the local supermarket.

10. The house has been redecorated twice, and now it looks nice.

11. At the moment the man is being interviewed by the police.

Exercise 2.2

Make up sentences using the Passive Voice.

1. Milk/ should/ keep/ in the fridge.

2. The books/ have to/ return/ to the library in three days.

3. The shirt/ must/ dry-clean/ only.

4. Your health/ can/ improve/ with more exercise.

5. My uncle’s new book/ be going to/ publish/ next month.

6. the article/ be going to/ translate into German?

7. this sum of money/ can/ change into dollars/ at every bank?

8. The missing child/ can’t/ find/ anywhere.

9. The problem/ be going to/ discuss today.

10. Photographs/ mustn’t/ take/ here.

11. The walls/ should/ wash/ before/ you/ paint/ them.

12. Look at the expiry date. This product/ have to/ use/ by next week.

13. oil/ have to/ refine/ before making petrol?

Exercise 2.3

Open the brackets using the right passive form of the Present, Past or Future Simple, the Present or Past Continuous, the Present Perfect.

1. Progress is made every day in the world of science.

2. My uncle … (recently/make) a captain.

3. We can’t take the car yet, it … (still/repair).

4. The newspaper … (deliver) before I get up every morning.

5. We hope that the missing money … (find) soon.

6. A lot of money … (spend) on weapons nowadays.

7. Too many offices … (build) in London over the last ten years.

8. I couldn’t go to my favourite cafe. It … (redecorate).

9. We … (not invite) to the party, so we didn’t go.

10. I’m sorry, madam, but this carpet … (already/sell).

11. Most people agree that America … (not discover) by Christopher Columbus.

12. A new ring road … (build) round the city now.

13. A cinema is a place where films … (show).

14. The bridge is closed at the moment. It … (damage) last week and it … (not repair) yet.

Part III

The Active and the Passive Voice

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