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4.4 Verb tenses passive. Pretest
EXERCISE 31. Change the active verbs to passive verbs. Write the subject of the
passive sentence.
1.
Simple Present
a. The teacher
helps me
. I am helped by the teacher.
b. The teacher
helps Jane.
__________ by the teacher.
c. The teacher
helps us.
__________ by the teacher.
2. Simple Past
a. The teacher
helped me.
__________ by the teacher.
b. The teacher
helped them. __________
by the teacher.
3. Present Perfect
a. The teacher
has helped Joe.
__________ by the teacher.
b. The teacher
has helped us.
__________ by the teacher.
4. Future
a. The teacher
will help me.
__________ by the teacher.
b. The teacher
is going to help me.
__________ by the teacher.
c. The teacher
will help Tim.
__________ by the teacher.
d. The teacher
is going to help Tim.
__________ by the teacher.
EXERCISE 32: Change the verbs to the passive. Do not change the tense.
Bob mailed the package.
The package
was mailed by Bob
1. Mr. Catt
delivers our mail. Our mail __________ by Mr. Catt.
2. The children
have eaten the cake.
The cake __________ by the children.
3. Linda
wrote that letter. That letter __________ by Linda.
4. The jeweler
is going to fix my watch. My watch __________ by the jeweler.
5. Ms. Bond
will teach our class. Our class __________ by Ms. Bond.
6.
That company employs many people. Many people __________ by that
company,
7. That company
has hired Sue.
Sue __________ by that company.
8. The secretary
is going to fax the letters. The letters __________ by the
secretary.
9. Mr. Adams
will do the work. The work __________ by Mr. Adams.
10. Mr. Fox
washed the windows. The windows __________ by Mr. Fox.
Total score -100/ 20 tasks
Your score _______
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6. People sell hammers at a hardware store.
7. People use hammers to pound nails.
8. The president has canceled the meeting.
9. Someone has canceled the soccer game.
10.Someone will list my name in the new telephone directory.
11.Charles Darwin wrote The Origin of Species.
12.Someone published The Origin of Species in 1859.
13.Has anyone ever hypnotized you?
14.Something confused me in class yesterday.
15.Something embarrassed me yesterday.
EXERCISE 36. Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verb (active or
passive) in parentheses.
Yesterday our teacher
(arrive) arrived five minutes late.
1. The morning paper
(read) _______ by over 200,000 people every day.
2. Last night my favorite TV program
(interrupt) _______ by a special news bulletin.
3.That's not my coat. It
(belong) _______ to Louise.
4. Our mail
(deliver) _______ before noon every day.
5. The "b" in "comb"
(pronounce, not) _______. It is silent.
6. A bad accident
(happen) _______ on Highway 95 last night.
7. When I
(arrive) _______ at
the airport yesterday, I
(meet) _______ by my cousin
and a couple of her friends.
8. A new house
(build) _______ next to ours next year.
9. Radium
(discover) _______ by Marie and Pierre Curie in 1898.
10.
At the soccer game yesterday, the winning goal
(kick) _______ by Luigi. Over
100,000 people
(attend) _______ the soccer game.
11. A: Do you understand the explanation in the book?
B: No, I don't. I
(confuse) _______ by it.
12. A: Where are you going to go to school next year?
B: I
(accept) _______ by Shoreline Community College.
13. A: I think football is too violent.
B: I
(agree) _______ with you. I
(prefer) _______ baseball.
14. A:
(you, pay) _______ your electric bill yet?
B: No, I haven't, but I'd better pay it today. If I don't,
my electricity (shut off)
_______ by the power company.
15. The Eiffel Tower
(be) _______ in Paris, France. It
(visit) _______ by millions of
people every year. It
(design) _______ by Alexandre Eiffel (1832-1923). It
(build)
_______ in 1889 for the Paris exposition. Since that time, it
(be) _______ the most
famous landmark in Paris. Today it
(recognize) _______ by
people throughout the
world.
EXERCISE 37. Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verb (active or
passive) in parentheses.
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