PASSIVE REVISION 2

Rewrite these sentences in the passive.

1. They will clean the classroom before 7 am.

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2. Shakespeare wrote Hamlet.
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3. They have cancelled tomorrow’s concert.
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4. They had already interviewed three candidates before I arrived.
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5. They hold elections every four years.
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6. They are building a new theatre in the city centre.
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7. They were repainting the gallery when we visited it.
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8. They have awarded the prize to a young actress.
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Write these sentences in the active. The subject is they when the agent is not given.

1. The Magic Flute was composed by Mozart.

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2. Pictures, sculptures and pottery have been included in the exhibition.
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3. The main female role in the film was played by an unknown Canadian actress.
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4. The Louvre museum is visited by thousands of people every week.
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5. Celine Dion’s new CD has just been released.
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6. The award ceremony was being held when we arrived.
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Write questions for these answers.

1. Coffee is grown in Brazil.

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2. That palace was built two centuries ago.
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3. My best friend is being interviewed for the role at the moment.
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4. A lot of people have been invited to the party.
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5. The classrooms are cleaned every day.
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6. Nothing has been done to help the poor.
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Complete the paragraph with the correct tense of the verbs in brackets. Some verbs need to
be in the passive.

The famous film star, Lucy Love ____________________ (arrive) in London yesterday to promote
her new film. An official reception ____________________ (hold) at the Town Hall in her honour.
The ceremony was followed by a press conference which _________________ (attend) by a large
number of journalists. She ________________ (ask) a lot of questions about the film which is an
enormous success in the USA and about her future plans. She ______________ (tell) the journalists
that she ___________ (already / offer) a role in another film by the same director.
After that, she _______________ (pose) for photographs, then she _________________ (take) on a
tour of the city. Finally, she ____________________ (drive) back to her hotel where she
_______________ (have) dinner with a film producer. The following day, she _______________
(leave) London for Madrid where she had another hard day’s work!