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Passive or Active??

1. That door __________ (paint) yesterday.

2. Michelangelo ___________ (paint) the Sistine Chapel.

3. Michael Schumacher ____________ (drive) for Ferrari.

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.

13. This letter ______________ (should/type), not handwritten!

14. The new secretary _____________ (type) at 100 wpm.

My Country: Passive Error Correction


Look at the short essay written by a student from South America. She
has made some mistakes using the passive and active verb forms.
Find and correct them.
The most important part of my country is the north. This is
where coal is mined and we earn a lot of money from this.
There are also some beautiful beaches in the north.
Tourists are spent a lot of money, especially in the casinos
that is found there.

In the center of the country, agriculture is considered the


most important thing. Apples are grown in the Santa Ana
valley and nearby, spring water are bottled - the famous
Santa Ana Mineral Water, which is tastes wonderful and is
sold all over the world.

In the south, my family and I are lived. It is the colder part


of the country. In winter, it is possible to ski. Thousands of
people are visited every year and, if the snow is good, even
people from other countries come to ski here. There is also
a lot of industry in this region. Cars are made in big
factories and our largest export, huge tractors for working
in the fields, produced.

I love my country. It is a large, busy place. Everyone is


loved it!

Computer Messages: Present Perfect


Passive
Use the present perfect passive to complete these messages that you
would see on a computer. One of them is negative.

eject install add print change delete save send

1. Six files ___________________________. They


___________________________ to the Recycle Bin.
2. The application ___________________________.

3. This site ___________________________ to your bookmarks.

4. The document ___________________________. Would you like


to close it?

5. Your desktop background ___________________________.

6. The CD ___________________________.

7. The four photos ___________________________. Printer out of


paper.

Past Participle Spelling


Choose the correct spelling of the past participles for each question.

1. These letters must be...


a. written
b. writen
c. wroted

2. Dogs are not...


a. permitten
b. permitted
c. permiten

3. Not many criminals are....


a. cauhgt
b. catched
c. caught

4. In this magic trick, one card is...


a. chosen
b. chosed
c. chose

5. A big hole is...


a. dug
b. dig
c. digged

6. The pictures will be...


a. drew
b. drawn
c. drewn

7. No fruit was...
a. ate
b. eaten
c. eat

8. Many people are...


a. forgove
b. forgave
c. forgiven

Passive Sentences: Extra or Mis-spelt


Word
Look at these sentences that all use the passive. Each sentence has
ONE word that is either EXTRA or MIS-SPELT. Find that word.

1. That house is to cleaned by two women every week.

2. Grapes are not grown in this part of the country. It's to hot.

3. This letter was writen by a child.


4. Hancock Castle is visited by a nearly 200,000 people every

year.

5. The Presidential plane is only flew once or twice a year.

6. There are three official languages in this country but one of

them is only speaken by older people.

7. This is a laptop computer that is a manufactured in South

Korea.

8. After it rains, water is sended from this lake down big pipes to

the city, which you can see over there.

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