Friday, 7 June 2013

GRAMMAR - PRACTICE: PASSIVE VOICE EXERCISES


1. Complete the sentences. Use the Present Passive:
1.  Houses _____________________________ (make) of bricks and wood.
2. Millions of computers _____________________ (sell) each day.
3. Eiffel Tower in Paris ________________________ (visit) by thousands of people every day.
4. The old printers ______________________ (not use) much.
5. The fax machine ______________________ (connect) to the computer by a green cable.


2. Transform these sentences into Past Passive:
1. Engineers didn’t use computers in the past.
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2.  They built this house in 1945.
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3.  Those workers assembled cars in that factory before the boss fired them.
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4.  That company manufactured cars in the 1980s.
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5.  That employer trained new employees four years ago.
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