Passive sentences - Exercise

Rewrite the sentences using Passive voice. Example: Peter writes a letter. _________________ Answer: A letter is written. or A letter is written by Peter. 1) Julia rescued three cats. . 2) The students handed in the reports. . 3) Maria crashed into the blue car. . 4) Alex learned the poem. . 5) Steven has forgotten the book. . 6) The mechanic has not repaired the DVD recorder. . 7) They play handball. . 8) Sue puts the rucksack on the floor. . 9) The girls had lost the match. . 10) The teacher is not going to open the window. .

Passive sentences - Exercise

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Rewrite the sentences using Passive voice. Example: Peter writes a letter. _________________ Answer: A letter is written. or A letter is written by Peter. 1) Julia rescued three cats. . 2) The students handed in the reports. . 3) Maria crashed into the blue car. . 4) Alex learned the poem. . 5) Steven has forgotten the book. . 6) The mechanic has not repaired the DVD recorder. . 7) They play handball. . 8) Sue puts the rucksack on the floor. . 9) The girls had lost the match. . 10) The teacher is not going to open the window. .

Passive - Sentences in the Simple Present - Exercise

Rewrite the given sentences in Passive voice. Example: Frank builds a house. _____________________ Answer: A house is built. or A house is built by Frank. 1) Mr Jones watches the film. . 2) The people speak English. . 3) He reads comics. . 4) We play volleyball. . 5) They sing the song. . 6) I take photos. . 7) She does the housework. . 8) The policemen help the children. . 9) He writes text messages. . 10) Mother waters the flowers. .

Put in the correct form of the verb in Passive into the gaps. Use the verb and the tense given in brackets. Example: A letter __________ by Peter. (to write - Simple Present) Answer: A letter is written by Peter. Mixed: 1) The words 2) We 3) This car 4) This street Perfect) 5) A new restaurant 6) He 7) The blue box 8) I 9) The dishes 10) I by the teacher today. (to explain - Simple Present) a letter the day before yesterday. (to send - Simple Past) . It's too old. (not/to steal - will-future) because of snow. (already/to close - Present next week. (to open - will-future) to the party yesterday. (to invite - Simple Past) . (can/not/to see - Simple Present) the book by my friend last Sunday. (to give - Simple Past) by my little brother. (not/to wash - Present Perfect) by Robert. (not/to ask - will-future)

Passive - Use
We only use the passive when we are interested in the object or when we do not know who caused the action. Example: Appointments are required in such cases. We can only form a passive sentence from an active sentence when there is an object in the active sentence.

Form
to be + past participle How to form a passive sentence when an active sentence is given: - object of the "active" sentence becomes subject in the "passive" sentence - subject of the "active" sentence becomes "object" in the "passive" sentence" (or is left out) Active: Peter builds a house.

Passive:

A house

is built

by Peter.

Examples
Active Passive: Active: Passive: Active: Passive: Peter A house Peter A house Peter A house builds is built built was built has built a house. Simple Present by Peter. a house. Simple Past by Peter. a house. Present Perfect has been built by Peter.

Active: Passive: Active: Passive:

Peter A house Peter A house

will build will be built can build can be built

a house. will-future by Peter. a house. Modals by Peter.

Mona Lisa's eyes may reveal model's identity, expert claims

Silvano Vinceti claims initials possibly the model's are discernible in the left eye of the iconic Da Vinci painting

guardian.co.uk, Sunday 12 December 2010 19.49 GMT

Leonardo da Vinci's painting of Mona Lisa contains several clues as to the model's identity, Vinceti claims. Photograph: Gianni Dagli Orti/Corbis An Italian researcher has sparked new controversy over the world's most famous painting by claiming Leonardo da Vinci painted tiny letters into the eyes of the Mona Lisa which may finally reveal the disputed identity of his model. To arrive at a theory worthy of The Da Vinci Code, Dan Brown's 2003 bestseller, researcher Silvano Vinceti avoided the Mona Lisa's enigmatic smile and instead gazed deep into her eyes with the help of high-resolution images. "Invisible to the naked eye and painted in black on green-brown are the letters LV in her right pupil, obviously Leonardo's initials, but it is what is in her left pupil that is far more interesting," said Vinceti, the chairman of the Italian national committee for cultural heritage. Vinceti said that the letters B or S, or possibly the initials CE, were discernible, a vital clue to identifying the model who sat for the Renaissance artist. She has often been named as Lisa Gherardini, the wife of a Florentine merchant, but Vinceti disagreed, claiming Leonardo painted the Mona Lisa in Milan. He said he would announce his conclusions next month. "On the back of the painting are the numbers '149', with a fourth number erased, suggesting he painted it when he was in Milan in the 1490s, using as a model a woman from the court of Ludovico Sforza, the Duke of Milan," said Vinceti, who claimed earlier

this year that he had identified the lost remains of the painter Michelangelo da Caravaggio. In The Da Vinci Code, Brown suggests Mona Lisa is an anagram for Amon l'Isa, referring to ancient Egyptian deities. "Leonardo was keen on symbols and codes to get messages across, and he wanted us to know the identity of the model using the eyes, which he believed were the door to the soul and a means for communication," said Vinceti. He said that while researching the model's identity he had been inspired by a 1960s book by a French art historian, which mentions the letters in her eyes. "Under the right-hand arch of the bridge seen in the background, Leonardo also painted 72, or L2, another possible clue," he added. "Two expert painters we consulted on this tell us that all these marks, painted using a tiny brush and a magnifying glass, cannot be an error."