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Scheme: Subject + Is/Are + ____/not + Past Participle II + by someone

* Is – when the subject is singular

Are – when the subject is plural

Exercise 1 on Passive Voice – Simple Present

1. We (greet) ______________ by the hosts.

2. Houses (built) ______________ in Novogireevo.

3. The workers (not pay) ________________ well.

4. I (go) ______________ before anyone notices.

5. Books (write) ________________ by writers.

6. Books (read) __________________ by readers.

7. Gifts (give) ___________________ on special occasions.

8. My boots (not make) ________________ of leather.

9. Most products that we buy (make) ________________ in China.

10. Marijuana (not sell) ___________________ legally.

|Present |Past Participle I |Past Participle II |

|Greet |Greeted |Greeted |

|Build |Built |Built |

|Pay |Paid |paid |

|Go |Went |Gone |

|Write |Wrote |Written |

|Read |Read |Read |

|Make |Made |Made |

|Sell |Sold |sold |

Exercise 2 on Passive Voice – Simple Present

Complete the sentences (Active or Passive Voice). Use Simple Present.

1. He (sell) [pic]cars.

2. The blue car (sell) [pic].

3. In summer, more ice-cream (eat) [pic]than in winter.

4. She (call) [pic]her grandparents every Friday.

5. The letters (type) [pic].

6. He (take) [pic]his medicine every day.

7. Jane (take / not) [pic]to school by her father.

8. We (go) [pic]to school by bus.

9. She (work / not) [pic]for a bank.

10. Milk (keep) [pic]in the refrigerator.

Verbs:

|Present |Past Participle I |Past Participle II |

|Sell | sold | sold |

|Eat |ate |eaten |

|Call |called |called |

|Type |typed |typed |

|Take |took |taken |

|Go |went |gone |

|Work |worked |worked |

|Keep |kept |kept |

Questions in Passive Voice

Scheme: Is/Are + Subject + _____/not + Past Participle II + by someone ?

* Is – when the subject is singular

Are – when the subject is plural

1. ________ your sweater (make) ________ of wool?

2. _________ motorcycles (buy) ___________ in the winter?

3. ___________ bananas (grow) ____________ in Russia?

4. ___________ corn (produce) _____________ in the United States?

5. ___________ borsch (eat) ________________ only by aristocrats?

6. ___________ cocaine (sell) __________ freely in Holland?

7. _________ “War and peace” (write) ______________ by Tolstoy?

8. __________ vodka (drink) __________ only in Russia?

9. ___________ any hostages (take) _______________ ?

10. _________ you (pay) ___________ well?

|Present |Past Participle I |Past Participle II |

|Make |Made |Made |

|Buy |Bought |Bought |

|Grow |Grew |Grown |

|Produce |Produced |Produced |

|Eat |Ate |Eaten |

|Sell |Sold |Sold |

|Write |Wrote |Written |

|Drink |Drank |drunk |

|Take |Took |taken |

|Pay |Paid |paid |

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