pasive voice practice

Passive voice
Exercise 1: Choose the best answer to complete the sentence.
1. ‘ Ms. Jones, please type those letters before noon.’ – ‘ They’ve _______, sir. They’re on your
desk.’
A. already typed B. already been typed C. been already typed D. already
being typed
2. Is the new computer system _____________ next month?
A. being installed by people B. be installed C. being installed D. been installed
3. Last night a tornado swept through Rockville. It ___________ everything in its path.
A. was destroyed B. was being destroyed C. destroyed D. had been destroyed
4. People think that the company is planning a new advertising campaign.
A. The company is thought to be planning a new advertising campaign.
B. The company is thought to have planning a new advertising campaign.
C. The company was thought to plan a new advertising campaign.
D. The company was thought to be planning a new advertising campaign.
5. I think you should _____________.
A. have your hair cut B. have your hair be cut C. cut your hair D. have your hair been cut
6. The first question must ___________ before you attempt the others.
A. have answer B. answer C. to answer D. be answered
7. The police found two children in the forest.
A. Two children are found by the police in the forest.
B. B. Two children found the police in the forest.
C. Two children were found in the forest by the police.
D. Two children was found by the police in the forest.
8. The Prime Minister is believed ______________ tomorrow.
A. will resign B. to resign C. to be resigning D. to have resighed
9. These mechanics are going to repair our car this afternoon.
A. Our car are going to be repaired by these mechanics this afternoon.
B. Our car is going to repair these mechanics this afternoon.
C. We are going to get these mechanics repair our car this afternoon.
D. We are going to get our car repaired by these mechanics this afternoon.

10. The passage _____ out loud.
A. has been read B. have been read C. have been readed D.has read
11. The parcel _____ to him before his birthday.
A. will be sent B. will be sented C. will be send D. will been sent
12. Had someone delivered the package before you got to the office?
A. Had the package delivered to you before you got to the office?
B. Had the package been delivered to you before you got to the office?
C. Had the package been delivered to you by someone before you got to the office?
D. Had the package been delivered you before you got to the office?
13. They put out all the candles that _____.
A. had be lit B. had been litted C.had been lit D.has been lit
14. My bank loan _____ in five years time.
A. will be payed off B. will be paid off C. will be paying off D. will paid off
15. _____ to you yet?
A. Have the books been given back B. Have the book been give back
C. Have the book been gave back D. Have the book being given back
Exercise2: Complete the sentence with the correct form of the verb in bracket, active or passive.
1. Who........................... (look) after the children when you are away?
2. I almost ………………………(miss) my plane. All of the passengers ………………… (already broad) when
I ……………………(get) there.
3. Trees ...............................(cut) down in the garden now.
4. Yesterday, the thief .....................................(capture) by the police.
5. We strongly …………………. ( attract) by this film when we first saw it.
6. He …………………( write) that story last year but it ………………… ( not publish) yet.
7. The boy may……………….. ( arrange) the words better next time.
8. What you ……………………… (do) at 9.00 am yesterday?
I ………………………… (type) an English letter for my pen pal.
9. My children.................................. (teach) a new lesson tomorrow.
10. She ......................................(tell) what to do tomorrow by the manager.
Exercise 3: Change the sentences below into passive.

1. Mary is watering her flowers in the garden at present.
2. For centuries, poets, people have mentioned the ao dai in poems, novels and songs.
3. Before she translated the text, she had looked up all the words in the dictionary.
4. Did he tell her that her father was sick?
5. Someone might steal your bike if you leave it outside.
6. People can find a cure for cancer in the near future.
7. Mr. Green has just brought his mother a new table fan.
8. We will redecorate this house next week
9. They have found oil in the Antarctic
10. They made these T- shirts and jeans in the USA in 1900.
11. How long have you done that work ?
12.They held the 22
nd
SEA Games in Viet Nam in 2003
13. They are building some new houses there now.
14. They think that she did that test very well
15. Did his mother use to tell him stories ?
16. People believed that Picasso draw that picture.
17. Do you make a new flute for this musician ?
18. Police are looking for a missing boy. They can’t find him anywhere
19. His mother has to wake him up every morning.
20. They had to cancel the flight because of the bad weather.
Exercise 4: Complete the passage with the correct form of the verb in bracket, active or passive.
Cigarette smoking …………….…..(1. believe) by most research workers in this field to be an
important factor in the development of cancer of the lungs and cancer of the throat. And people think
that smoking………….………(2. relate) to cancer of the blander and the oral cavity. Male cigarette
smokers ………………(3. have) a higher death rate of heart disease than non-smoking male. Female
smokers ………………( 4. think) to be less affected because they …………......... (5. not breath) in the
smoke. The majority of physicians and researchers consider these relationships proved to their
satisfaction and say: "Give up smoking. If you ………………….. ( 6. not smoke) , don't start!"