1- Impersonal passive
1- Impersonal passive
1- People believe that neither side wanted war
2- Everyone knows that eating fruit is good for you
3- Everyone thought that the painting had been destroyed
4- People say that the company bid fifty million pounds for the shares
5- People say the late Mr Jonhson was difficult to work with
6- People think that the jewels were stolen by one of the guests
7- It is believed that the Chinese invented gunpowder
8- They said that the ship didn’t have any damage
9- It is thought that the two injured men were repairing high-tension cables
10- There is a rumour that the escaped prisoner is living in Spain
11- We believe that the government has prepared a plan
12- People say that Mrs Turner was having business difficulties
13- They think that the treasure dates from the 13th century
14- The police believe that a professional thief stole the statue
15- Everyone thought that Helen had missed the train
16- They have said that petrol prices will rise tomorrow
2- Passives
1- the crowd was slowly filling the huge stadium
2- the invention of the computer simplified the work of accountants
3- the waiter will bring your drinks in a moment
4- someone left the phone off the hook all night
5- a burglar broke into our house last week
6- people asked me the way three times
7- the fruit- pickers pick the apples early in the morning
8- lots of people had parked a lot of cars on the pavements
9- they changed the law
10- you have to fill in the application
11- another company has taken over our company
12- we are dealing with your complaint
13- we have not accounted for all the missing passengers
14- they had decorated the tree with coloured balls
3- Write a verb into the correct passive tense
1- The boxes (not pack) yet
2- your food (still prepare)
3- the new ship (launch) next week
4- luckily by the time we got there the painting. (not sell)
5- we had to go on holiday because our house (decorate)
6 I’m afraid that next week’s meeting (cancel)
7- if we don’t hurry, all the tickets (sell) by the time we get there
8- all main courses (serve) with vegetables or salad
9- the second goal (score) by Hughes in the 41st minute
10 the cathedral (build) in the 14th century
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