1. Make passive sentences. Use the bolded Object as the Subject. Rachel will give you some advice

1.Make passive sentences. Use the bolded Object as the Subject.

1. 
   Rachel will give you some advice.
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2. 
   I sent him a letter.
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3. 
   The police officer showed us the way.
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4. 
   Our neighbour gave me a lift.
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5. 
   We have asked him a favour.
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6. 
   She told me a lie.
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7. 
   They have written her a postcard.
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8. 
   Kerrie will make you a cup of tea.
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9. 
   The waiter has not brought us the coffee.
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10. 
    They did not offer her a seat.
    

2.Mixed Exercise on Passive Voice

Rewrite the sentences in passive voice.

1. 
   John collects money. -
   
2. 
   Anna opened the window. -
   
3. 
   We have done our homework. -
   
4. 
   I will ask a question. -
   
5. 
   He can cut out the picture. -
   
6. 
   The sheep ate a lot. -
   
7. 
   We do not clean our rooms. -
   
8. 
   William will not repair the car. -
   
9. 
   Did Sue draw this circle? -
   
10. 
    Could you feed the dog? -
    

3.Complete the sentences (Simple Present oder Simple Past). Decide whether to use Active or Passive Voice.

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).
    

3. Hadrian's Wall

Fill the gaps with the correct tenses (active or passive voice).

1. 
   In the year 122 AD, the Roman Emperor Hadrian (visit) his provinces in Britain.
   
2. 
   On his visit, the Roman soldiers (tell) him that Pictish tribes from Britain's north (attack) them.
   
3. 
   So Hadrian (give) the order to build a protective wall across one of the narrowest parts of the country.
   
4. 
   After 6 years of hard work, the Wall (finish) in 128.
   
5. 
   It (be) 117 kilometres long and about 4 metres high.
   
6. 
   The Wall (guard) by 15,000 Roman soldiers.
   
7. 
   Every 8 kilometres there (be) a large fort in which up to 1,000 soldiers (find) shelter.
   
8. 
   The soldiers (watch) over the frontier to the north and (check) the people who (want) to enter or leave Roman Britain.
   
9. 
   In order to pass through the Wall, people (must go) to one of the small forts that (serve) as gateways.
   
10. 
    Those forts (call) milecastles because the distance from one fort to another (be) one Roman mile (about 1,500 metres).
    
11. 
    Between the milecastles there (be) two turrets from which the soldiers (guard) the Wall.
    
12. 
    If the Wall (attack) by enemies, the soldiers at the turrets (run) to the nearest milecastle for help or (light) a fire that (can / see) by the soldiers in the milecastle.
    
13. 
    In 383 Hadrian's Wall (abandon) .
    
14. 
    Today Hadrian's Wall (be) the most popular tourist attraction in northern England.
    
15. 
    In 1987, it (become) a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
    

5. Passive or Active Exercise

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

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