I exercise
Put the verb into the most suitable passive form.
1. There’s somebody behind us. I think we _______________________ (follow).
2. A mistery is something that ________________________ (can’t/ explain).
3. We didn’t play football yesterday. The match _______________________ (cancel).
4. The television _________________________ (repair). It’s working again now.
5. In the middle of the village there is a church which _____________________ (restore) at
the moment. The work is almost finished.
6. The toweris the oldest part of the church. It _______________________ (believe) to be
over 600 years old.
7. If I didn’t do my job properly, I _____________________ (would/ sack).
8. A: I left a newspaper on the desk last night and it isn’t there now. B: It
______________________ (might/ throw) away.
9. I learnt to swim when I was very young. I _______________________ (teach) by my
mother.
10. After _____________________ (arrest), I was taken to the police station.
11. “___________________________ (you/ ever/ arrest)?” “No, never.”
12. Two people __________________ (report) to ____________________ (injure) in an
explosion at a factory in Birmingham early this morning.
II exercise
Put the verb into the correct form, active or passive
1. This house is a quite old. It ____________________ (build) over 100 years ago.
2. My grandfather was a builder. He _______________ this house many years ago.
3. “Is your car still for sale?” - “No, I ________________ (sell) it.”
4. A: Is the house at the end of the street still for sale?” - “No, it
____________________________ (sell).
5. Sometimes mistakes ______________________ (make). It’s inevitable.
6. I wouldn’t leave your car unlocked. It ______________________ (might/ steal).
7. My bag has disappeared. It _________________________ (must/ steal).
8. I can’t find my hat. Somebody ________________________ (must/ take) it by mistake.
9. It’s a serious problem. I don’t know how it ____________________ (can/ solve).
10. We didn’t leave early enough. We _________________________ (should/ leave) earlier.
11. Nearly every time I travel by plane, my flight ____________________ (delay).
12. A new bridge _____________________ (build) across the river. Work started last year
and the bridge ______________________ (expect) to open next year.
III exercise
Put the verbs into the most suitable form
1. Winton Castle __________________ (damage) in a fire last night. The fire, which
____________________ (discover) at about 9 o’clock, spread very quickly. Nobody
____________________ (injure), but two people had to ___________________ (rescue)
from an upstairs room. A number of paintings __________________________________
(believe/ destroy). It _________________________________ (not/ know) how the fire
started.
2. In Paxham yesterday a shop assistant __________________ (force) to hand over $500
after ______________________ (threaten) by a man with a knife. The man escaped in a
car which _________________________ (steal) earlier in the day. The car
________________________ (later/ find) in a car park where it
_________________________ (abandon) by the thief. A man _____________________
(arrest) in connection with the robbery and ____________________________________
(still/ question) by the police.
3. Repair work started yesterday on the Paxham – Longworth road. The road
_______________________ (resurface) and there will be long delays. Drivers
_____________________ (ask) to use an alternative route if possible. The work
_______________________ (expect) to last two weeks. Next Sunday the road
_______________________ (close), and traffic ______________________ (divert).
4. A woman ________________________ (take) to hospital after her car collided with a
lorry near Norstock yesterday. She ______________________ (allow) home later after
treatment. The road _______________________ (block) for an hour after the accident,
and traffic had to ______________________ (divert). A police inspector said afterwards:
“The woman was lucky. She could __________________ (kill)”.
