EXERCISES

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 oclock every morning.
c. ______________________________ (the building/use) any more?
d. o! o"ten ______________________________ (the #lympic $ames(hold)?
e. o! _______________________ (your name/spell)?
". %y salary _____________________ (pay) every month.
g. These cars _________________________ (not make) in &apan.
h. The name o" the people !ho committed the crime _____________________ (not kno!).
i. is travel e'penses ________________________ (not pay) by his company
2. Complete the sentences with the correct passive form of the verbs in brackets.
Use the Past Simple.
a. %y car ______________________ (repair) last !eek.
b. This song ________________________ (not !rite) by &ohn (ennon.
c. ________________________________ (the phone/ans!er) by a young girl?
d. The "ilm ________________________ (make) ten years ago.
e. )hen ______________________________ (tennis/invent)?
". The car ________________________ (not damaged) in the accident.
g. The original building _________________________ (pull) do!n in *+,-.
h. )here ______________________________ (this pot/make)?
i. )hen _______________________________ (this bridge/build)?
3. Choose the correct form of the verbs in brackets.
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.iat was started (started/was started) by a group o" /talian businessmen in *1++. /n *+234 .iat4
*_________________ (produced/!as produced) *35 cars. 6ome o" these cars
5_____________________ (e'ported/!ere e'ported) by the company to the 7nited 6tates and
8ritain. /n *+524 .iat 3_________________ (started/!as started) making cars at a ne! "actory at
(ingotto4 near Turin. There !as a track on the roo" !here the cars 9____________________
(tested/!ere tested) by technicians. /n *+3,4 .iat launched the .iat -22. This car
-____________________ (called/!as called) the Topolino : the /talian name "or %ickey %ouse.
The company gre!4 and in *+,3 .iat ,_____________________ (e'ported/!as e'ported) more
than 3224222 vehicles. Today4 .iat is based in Turin4 and its cars 7_________________ (sold/are
sold) all over the !orld.
. Complete with the passive. Use Present Simple or Past Simple Passive.
a. This programme _______________________ (!atch) by millions o" people.
b. T!o men _________________________ (see) breaking into a house in my street last night.
c. undreds o" people _______________________ (kill) in accidents every year.
d. 0 7.# _____________________ (see) in the sky above (ondon last night.
e. (ondon __________________________ (visit) by thousands o" tourists every year.
". (ast summer our house ________________ (paint) by me.
g. The biology class _________________________ (teach) by %r $reen.
h. English _____________________ (speak) all over the !orld.
i. 0 standing ovation _______________ (give) to the guitar player last !eekend.
!"E P#SSI$E $%ICE
&a $o' Pasiva
!E(SE #C!I$E P#SSI$E
PRESE(! SI)P&E
Tourists visit the castle The castle is visite* by the
tourists
P#S! SI)P&E
Tourists visite* the castle
The castle was visite* by the
tourists
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6e "orma con el verbo to be ; el participio del verbo principal.
ACTIVE: They make these cars in &apan.
PASIVE: These cars are ma*e in &apan.
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7samos la vo< pasiva cuando =ueremos dar importancia a lo =ue pas>4 m?s =ue a =ui@n hi<o
la acci>n o cuando no =ueremos decir =uien lo hi<o.
PASIVE: The letter !as delivered yesterday. ((a carta "ue entregada ayer.)
PASIVE: 0 mistake !as made. (7n error "ue cometido.)
Auando se =uiere nombrar al suBeto de la oraci>n activa4 este se utili<a como complemento
agente en la oraci>n pasiva precedido de la preposici>n b- .
6hakespeare !rote hamlet C amlet !as !ritten b- Shakespeare.
Dicasso painted that picture C That picture !as painted b- Picasso.
.Rec/er*a0
el complemento agente se omite cuando se =uiere
destacar la acci>n =ue e'presa el verbo4 sin importar
demasiado =ui@n la reali<a.
EBemplosE %y purse has been stolen
0 ne! drug is bein1 teste*.