Passive and active-handout

Teacher: - Hadji Abdechakour

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

a. English ____________________ (speak) in many countries.

b. The post ______________________ (deliver) at about 7 o’clock every morning.

c. ______________________________ (the building/use) any more?

d. How often ______________________________ (the Olympic Games(hold)?

e. How _______________________ (your name/spell)?

f. My salary _____________________ (pay) every month.

g. These cars _________________________ (not make) in Japan.

h. The name of the people who committed the crime _____________________ (not know).

i. His travel expenses ________________________ (not pay) by his company.

2. Complete the sentences with the correct passive form of the verbs in brackets. Use the Past Simple.

a. My car ______________________ (repair) last week.

b. This song ________________________ (not write) by John Lennon.

c. ________________________________ (the phone/answer) by a young girl?

d. The film ________________________ (make) ten years ago.

e. When ______________________________ (tennis/invent)?

f. The car ________________________ (not damaged) in the accident.

g. The original building _________________________ (pull) down in 1965.

h. Where ______________________________ (this pot/make)?

i. When _______________________________ (this bridge/build)?

2.      

Use Modal+ Be + Past Participle of verb                                     Must protect      Must be protected

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

 

                                                                                                                                                 

a. Someone should help her with the housework.                      She ……………….

b. The mail-order company may send Mrs Green a parcel.      A parcel ……………….

c. My friend will send me an invitation.                                        An invitation  ……………….

d. The secretary must give Mrs Jones some letters.                   Some letters  ……………….

f. John could give Elizabeth that beautiful ring.                           That beautiful ring ……………….

h. He must give the message to the right person.                       The message ……………….

i. We can teach our students English and French.                       Our students ……………….

k. They may show the tourists the sights of Athens.                   The tourists ……………….

l. They have to pay her an excellent salary.                                  She ……………….

m. They should pay the artist £1,000 for his painting.                The artist ……………….

3. Complete the sentences with the correct passive form of the verbs in brackets. Use the Present Perfect.

The traffic warden have already given him a ticket for illegal parking.      He……………….

Kerrie has paid the bill.                           The bill………….

2. I have eaten a hamburger.                  A hamburger…………

3. We have cycled five miles.                  Five miles…………

4. I have opened the present.                 The present…………

5. They have not read the book.             The book…………

6. You have not sent the parcel.              The parcel…………

7. We have not agreed to this issue.        This issue…………

8. They have not caught the thieves.        The thieves…………

9. Has she phoned him?                             ………………………

10. Have they noticed us?                           ……………………….

Active			Passive  (verb /to be/+ the past participle of the verb)
Present simple
Pronouns	Positve	negative		Positive	negative
I	protect	Don’t protect		I Am protected	I Am not protected
you	Protect	Don’t protect		Are protected	Are not protected
They
We
She	Protects	Doesn’t protect		Is protected	Is not protected
he
it
Past simple
Pronouns	Positve	negative		Positive	negative
I	Regular (Verb+ed)    Protected Irregular  ( verb changes)	Didn’t protect Didn’t break		I/you/they/we
you				were protected	were not protected
They
We
She				She/he/it
				was protected	was not protected
he
it
Present Perfect
Pronouns	Positve	negative		Positive	negative
I	Have+ the past participle of the verb Have Protected	Haven’t Protected		Have been Protected	Haven’t been Protected
you
They
We
She	Has+ the past participle of the verb Has Protected	Hasn’t Protected		Has been Protected	Hasn’t been Protected
he
it

Past participle = regular verb; we add (ed)      

e.g     to protect       protected 

 Irregular verb ; the verb changes

e.g  To break        broken

positive Form	Object + am / is / are + being + verb
Question Form	Am / is / are + Object + being + verb ?

Use the present continuous passive so that you re-write the sentences.

Is the agent chasing the criminal?

?

 We are collecting the donations at the moment.

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They are washing my car now.

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Mr. Barber is handing out the exam papers.

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 Who is checking the passports?

?

 GPS is calculating the route to your destination.

·  Sheila is drinking a cup of tea. -

·  My father is washing the car. -

·  Farmer Joe is milking the cows. -

·  She is taking a picture of him. -

·  I am writing a poem. -

·  We are not playing football. -

·  He is not wearing a tie. -

·  Is she preparing the party? -

·  Are they talking about the meeting? -

·  Is she watering the flowers?