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Unit 4 Grammar practice 
The passive

The causative

1 Choose the correct alternatives.

4 Tick (✓) the sentences where someone asked or

My shoes are cleaned / are being cleaned twice a
week.
1 Will the dress be cleaned / cleaned tomorrow?
2 Your shirt hasn’t been sold / wasn’t sold yet.
3 Her designs has been worn / were worn at a
fashion show last month.
4 While her hair was being cut / will be cut, she read
a magazine.
5We are being taught / were taught how to knit at
the moment.
6She had been warned / is being warned about her
inappropriate clothes before her boss sacked her.
7 Many fashionable shoes were being bought /
are bought in high-street shops every day.
8 The dress that I wore last night is being washed /
was being washed at the moment.

2 Put the words in the correct order to form passive
sentences.

served / at 8 o’clock / be / the waiter / by / Dinner / will

Dinner will be served at 8 o’clock by the waiter.
1 being / a dressmaker / by / your dress / made / Is / ?

2 by / wasn’t / designed / my mum / This jewellery

3 The vintage dresses / bought / have / the museum /
been / by

arranged for another person to do something for them.

She’s had a dress made for the wedding. ✓
1 We’re getting our garage door painted this week.
2 They’ll decorate the hall for the show.
3 Petra had dyed her hair purple!
4 They had their shoes repaired in the shop.
5 Will he get a suit made for him?

5 Put the words in the correct order to form causative
sentences.

my flat / had / painted / yesterday / I

I had my flat painted yesterday.
1 car / got / his / repaired / at / He / the garage

2 they / get / walked / their dog / next week / Will / ?

3 recently / haven’t / had / cut / the grass / We

4 tested / is / her ears / Penelope / today / having

5 a swimming pool / getting / Are / installed / you / ?


6 Write sentences using the causative. Use either the
formal or the informal form shown in brackets.


4 made / My clothes / are / by / famous designers

Peter / his hair / cut / once a month. (informal)


5 I / My suit / arrived at / had / cleaned / been / when /
the shop

1 Nellie / her nails / manicured / this time yesterday.
( formal)


6 closed / The fashion shop / last week / was


Peter gets his hair cut once a month.


2 I / my old shoes / repaired / later today. ( formal)

3 They / a pizza / deliver / when we arrive. (informal)

the agent.


4 you / your suit / clean / last weekend? ( formal)

Her clothes had already been ironed by her sister when she
arrived home. ✓


5 Tina / not / her car / repair / last night. (informal)

3 Tick (✓) the passive sentences in which you can omit

1 The fashion show was watched by thousands of people.


6 I / my hair / last week / cut ( formal)

2 High heels are often worn by women on special
occasions.


7 My mum / not / her house / decorated / next year
(informal)

3 My wedding dress is being delivered by the company
tomorrow.

4 My suit was cleaned by the dry cleaner’s.

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