ACTIVE or PASSIVE

1.He told me a strange story.

2. He has shown us his new car.

3. He will promise Jane a big diamond ring.

4. I paid him 200 for his job.
5. We gave them plenty of work.
6. Somebody will send you a Valentine card.
7. I told him the whole story.
8. The doctor had spared them no details.
9. They are telling him the whole thing.

For each sentence, choose either the active or the passive form of the verb...and the correct
tense!

1. That door _____________________(paint) yesterday.

2. Michelangelo __________________(paint) the Sistine Chapel.
3. Michael Schumacher ________________(drive) for Ferrari in 2003.
4. In the UK, everyone _____________________(drive) on the left.
5. Inter-city trains ________________________(usually/drive) by men.
6. The 'La Stampa' newspaper _____________________(read) by two million people in
Italy.
7. My car _____________________(steal)! Call the police!!!!
8. The thieves ___________________(steal) the gold last week.
9. The Queen ____________________(open) the bridge tomorrow.

10. The bridge _______________________(destroy) by the storm last night.

11. I ________________________(learn) Japanese when I was in Tokyo.
12. I _____________________(teach) by an old Japanese man.
13. This letter ________________________(should/type), not handwritten!
14. The new secretary ______________________(type) at 100 wpm.
1. I ______________(teach) English by Mr.Kapon a few years ago.
2. My best friend __________________(offer) me a gift last night.
3. We ____________________(take) to the game by my father yesterday.
4. Nir _________________(be) Dana's best friend.
5. I _____________________(read) this book recently, it was good.
6. The computer _____________________(buy) for me as a present a long time ago.
7. The book I'm reading now ________________________(be) on the shelf since I was 10
years old.
8. I ______________________(take) on a ski vacation tomorrow morning.
9. A plane ___________________(fly) by a pilot.
10. The jar ______________________(break) by Moreen a few minutes ago.

Statue of Liberty
The Statue of Liberty ________________(give) the United States by France.
It _______________(be) present on the 100th anniversary of the United States.
The Statue of Liberty ________________(design) by Frederic Auguste Bartholdi.
It __________________(complete) in France in July 1884.
In 350 pieces, the statue then ________________(ship) to New York, where it
______________(arrive) on 17 June 1885.
The pieces ___________________(put) together and the opening ceremony
________________(take) place on 28 October 1886.
The Statue of Liberty ___________________(be) 46m high (93 m including the base).
The statue ________________(represent) the goddess of liberty.
She _______________________(hold) a torch in her right hand and a tablet in her left
hand.
On the tablet you ___________________(see / can) the date of the Declaration of
Independence (July 4, 1776).
Every year, the Statue of Liberty _____________________(visit)by many people from all
over the world.

Portal dolmes
1. Portal dolmens _______________(be)ancient tombs.
2. They ________________(build)about 6000 years ago.
3. In order to build such a tomb, ancient people _______________(put) up big stones.
4. These standing stones then ______________________(form) the walls.
5. Another huge stone, the cap stone, _________________(place) on top of the other
stones.
6. Finally, the tomb _______________________(have) the form of a little chamber.
7. In that chamber, the dead person ________________(bury) .
8. Then the entrance to the tomb ________________(close) with another stone.
9. Nowadays, portal dolmens _________________(see / can) in Ireland, Wales and
Scotland.
10. They _____________(call) portal dolmens because they _____________________
(look) like a huge doorway (or portal).