Present/past passive тренувальні вправи

Present/past passive тренувальні вправи

Exercise 1. Fill in the verb is or are.

1. Grammar rules ... always learnt by heart.

2. Rare animals ... protected in many countries.

3. This scarf ... made by my granny.

4. Animals in the reserve ... fed two times a day.

5. The same shirts ... worn by all the members of our team.

6. New Ukrainian books ... shown in our library

7. Many English towns ... described in this book.

8. Dinner ... always cooked by my mother.

9. This place ... crowded on Sunday.

10. Our village ... surrounded with a forest.

Exercise 2.  Present/past passive 

1. The postbox (to empty) every day.

2. The stamps (to postmark) at the post office.

3. The letters (to sort) into the different towns.

4. The mail (to load) into the train.

5. The mailbags (to unload) after their journey.

6. The bags (to take) to the post office.

7. The letters (to sort) into the different streets.

8. The letters (to deliver).

Exercise 3. Choose the correct form of the verb in brackets to complete the sentences.

1. I ... (like / am liked) this place.

2. What books by Charles Dickens ... (translated / are translated) into Belarussian?

3. Who ... (protects / is protected) animals?

4. This city ... (is visited / visited) by many people.

5. Who ... (gives / is given) bad marks in your class?

6. Our house ... (made /is made) of wood.

7. Our holiday ... (is begun / begins) next week.

8. Pupils ... (are given / give) textbooks by the teacher.

9. The holiday ... (celebrated / is celebrated) every year.

Exercise 4. Change the verbs from Active into Passive.

1. I take books at the library.

2. Boys play football.

3. We clean our classroom after the lessons.

4. The postman brings newspapers every day.

5. They show American films every Sunday on TV.

6. We keep the dog in the yard. .

7. We give milk to our cat every day.

8. We usually pick apples in September.

9. He shows me his stamps each time when I come to his place.

10. They use disks for storing information.

11. They discover new planets every day.

12. People give presents at Christmas.

13. They speak Spanish in Peru.

14. They tidy the classroom every day.