Passive voice practice - Simple Present and Simple Past


Hi, people. Below you have your homework for Wednesday 28th of March. You have to hand in, so you need to print it and stick it in your folder.
See you!

A) Complete the sentences using one of these verbs in the correct form            
 Caused – hold – invite – overtake – translate – damage – include – make – show - write
1.       Many accidents ________________________________ by dangerous driving.
2.       Cheese ________________________________ from milk.
3.       The roof of the building ________________________________ in a storm a few days ago.
4.       There's no need to leave a tip. Service ________________________________ in the bill.
5.       You ________________________________ to the wedding. Why didn't you go ?
6.       A cinema is a place where films ________________________________.
7.       In the United States, elections for President ________________________________ every four years.
8.       Originally the book ________________________________ in Spanish and a few years ago it ________________________________ into English. We were driving along quite fast but we ________________________________ by lots of other cars.

B) Put the verb into the correct form, present simple or past simple, active or passive.                                               
1. It's a big factory. Five hundred people ________________________________ ( employ ) there.
2. Water ________________________________ ( cover ) most of the Earth's surface.  
3. Most of the Earth's surface ________________________________ ( cover ) by water.            
4. The park gates ________________________________ ( lock ) at 6.30 p.m. every evening.    
5. The letter ________________________________ ( post ) a week ago and it ________________________________ ( arrive ) yesterday.       
6. The boat ________________________________ ( sink ) quickly but fortunately everybody ________________________________ ( rescue ).         
7. Ron's parents ________________________________ ( die ) when he was very young. He and his sister ________________________________ ( bring ) up by their grandparents.         
8. I was born in London but I ________________________________ ( grow ) up in the north of England.            
9. While I was on holiday, my camera ________________________________ ( steal ) from my hotel room.       
10. While I was on holiday, my camera ________________________________ ( disappear ) from my hotel room.          
11. Why ________________________________ ( Sue/resign ) from her job ? Didn't she enjoy it?          
12. Why ________________________________ ( Bill/sack ) from his job ? What did he do wrong?        
13. The company is not independent. It ________________________________ ( own ) by a much larger company.       
14. I saw an accident last night. Somebody ________________________________ ( call ) an ambulance but nobody ________________________________ ( injure ) so the ambulance ________________________________ ( not/need ).            
15. Where ________________________________ ( these photographs/take )? In London? ________________________________ ( you/take ) them ?

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