Exercises Passive(ingilizce pasif çatı alıştırmalar)

1.- Underline the most suitable verb form in each sentence :

Their new house hasn't been finished/ wasn't finished yet

The robbers were arrested/ have been arrested as soon as they left the bank

Sue told us her baby is born / had been born two weeks earlier than I expected

If there is too much snow, the match has been cancelled / will be cancelled

By the time we got there. The rain had stopped/ had been stopped

When were you told / have you been told about the new rules?

The wining horse has ridden / was ridding by Pat

I looked again for the old man, but he was vanished/ had vanished

I don't think that you will be asked / are being asked to show your passport


2.- Put each verbs in brackets in a suitable passible form

I'm sorry Madam but this carpet (already sell)


The old house on the corner (known down)

When exactly (John give) his prize?

Most people agree that America (not discover) by Cristophor Columbus

All complains about products (deal with)

Police confirmed that the murder weapon (since discover) in a nearby lake

It (announce) yesterday that the goverment has decided not to raise income tax

I don't belive that this play (write) by Shakespeare

Anna really likes (invite) to dinner parties

3.- Rewritte this sentence in the passive where is possible

I really like this hotel

Jane won the poetry competiton

Peter's new car cost over 20.000 euros

Martin's always wears casual clothes

One of our visitors lost this cigarrettes lighter

They haven't decided the exam time of the match yet

Most of the guest had left the hotle by midday

Some parents read to their children every night

People ate most of the food at the party



4.- Complete the second sentence so that it has similar meaning to the first sentence

Last thursday we appointed a new marketing manager
Was

Smith ltd are supplying our company with furniture
Supplied


William the conqueror built the castle in the 11 century
By

No decision has yet been made
Decided

People belives that someone murdered Jenkins
Was

Your hair needs cutting
Get

No one has seen Peter since the day of the party
Been

We put up a notice about the rip on the notice board yesterday
Was


5. - Put verb in brackets into a suitable verb form

Last week I _________________ (walk ) home after playing tennis when it _________(start) rainning very heavily . Oh no! I ____________ (get) soaked before I ______________ (reach) home , I thought. I wish I _____________ (remember) to bring my rain coat. But unfortunately I _____________________ (left) it at home. How stupid of me! I'm _________________ ( always forget) to bring it withme. Luckly just then a friend of mine passed in her car and offered me a lif)___________________(you go) home. She ask, or _________________ (you want) to go for a drink?, I think I'd rather __________________ (take) me home. I said if I ______________ (not change) my clothes, I know I__________________ (fall) ill and then I _______________ (not be able) to play in the tennis tournement next week. And I _________________(practice) hard for the last month. I __________(wait) for you to change if you ______ (like) . I think it's time you _____________ (relax) for a change. You_________________ (worry) too much about thing lately . And people who ________________ (worry) too much _____________ (fall) ill more easily .

English Lesson 3 (Passive)

PASSIVE

Only verb with an object (transitive verbs) can be made passive.

They sent the letter. The letter was sent

They arrived late (cannot be made passive)

Verbs with both direct and indirect objects can be made passive in two ways.

They sent me the letter. The letter was sent to me / I was sent the letter

Some transitive verbs cannot be made passive in some uses. For example like and love

I like this place

Focus on important information

By placing the object at the begining of the sentence, the passive can change the focus of interest in a sentence

United were beaten by Arsenal

The passive is used in a variety of contexts . Notice how to agent (person who does the action) is unimportant, unknown or relear for the situation

Impersonal statement:

Students are asked not to smoke

When the agent is unknown

My bike has bee stolen ! / Someone/they have stolen my bike

When the agent is obvious

Mr. Jones will be arrested

How something was done

The box was opened with a knife

Reporting Verbs

The passive is often used with say, belive, know , understand, and similar verbs in reported speech to avoid an impersonal they or people

People say that John Wilson lives in N.Y

John Wilson is said to live in N.Y

Other verbs forms can also be reported in this way

They say John Wilson is travelling in Africa

John wilson is said to be travellin in Africa

People say John Wilson has arrived in Australia

John Wilson is said to have arrived in Australia

Have/Get something done

When someone does some work for us we can use have something done

Last Year I had new tiles put on the roof

I'm having my hair cut this afternoon

The same construction can describe bad luck caused by unspecified person :

Peter had his car stolen last week, and then he had his leg broken playing football

Using get can also suggest managing to do something difficult

It was difficult but we got the painting done in the end

Needs doing

This is an idiomatic way of expressing a pasive sentence where a thing or person needs some kind of action.

The floor is fifthy . It's needs to be cleaned

The floor is fifthy. It needs cleaning

Verbs and prepositions

The preposition stays with the verb in a passive sentence.

People shouted at the Prime Minister during his speech.

The Prime Minister was shouted at during his speech.

Other problems

Be born is a passive form but does not work, have an obvious passive meaning .

I was born near Kyoto

Make ( when meaning force) is followed by to in the passive

They made David work hard

David was made to work hard

Because the agent is unimportant , unknown or obvious it is often not included. If we want to say who does the action, we use by.

This letter was delivered this morning

This letter was deliverd this morning by courier

We use an active verb to say what does the subject does

My grandfatehr was a builder. He built this house in 1930

It's a big company . It employs two hundred people

The passive is be ( is , was, have been ,etc) + past participle

Present simple

Active : clean (s)

Passive : am, is , are cleaned

Somebody cleans this room every day

This room is cleaned every day

Past simple

Active: Cleaned

Passive : was / were cleaned

Somebody cleaned this room yesterday

This room was cleaned yesterday

Infinitive

Active :To clean

Passive : to be cleaned

Somebody will clean the room later

The room will be cleaned later

Present Perfect

Active: have / has cleaned

Passive: have/ have been cleaned

The room looks nice. Somebody has cleaned it

The room looks nice. It has been cleaned

Past Perfect

Active: had cleaned

Passive: Had been cleaned

The room looked nice. Somebody had cleaned it

The room looked nice. It had been cleaned

Present Continuous

Active: Am/ is/ are cleaning

Passive: Am/ is/ are being cleaning

Somebody is cleaning the room at the moment

The room is being cleaning at the moment

Past Continuous

Active: Was/ were cleaning

Passive: Was/ were being cleaned

Somebody was cleaning the room when I arrived

The room was being cleaned when I arrived

Some verbs can have two objects.

We gave the police the information = we gave the information to the police.

So it's possible to make two passive sentences

The police were given the information or the information was given to the police

Other verbs that can have two objects are : ask, offer, pay, show, teach, tell

When we use these verbs in the passive , most often we begin with the person

I was offered the job but I refused it (they offered me the job)

Have you been shown the new machine? Has anybody shown you ?

The passive of doing/ seeing is being/done, being seen, etc

Active: I dont like people telling me what to do

Passive: I don't like being told what to do

Sometimes you can use Get instead of be in the passive

There was a fight at the party but nobody got hurt

I'm surprised Anna didn't get offered the job

You can use get to say that something happens to somebody or something specially if this unplanned or unexpected.

Our dog got run over by a car

You can use get only when things happen or change. You can't use get in this sentence

He was a mystery man. Nothing was known about him (not got known)

Exercises Passive(ingilizce pasif çatı alıştırmalar)

1.- Underline the most suitable verb form in each sentence :

Their new house hasn't been finished/ wasn't finished yet

The robbers were arrested/ have been arrested as soon as they left the bank

Sue told us her baby is born / had been born two weeks earlier than I expected

If there is too much snow, the match has been cancelled / will be cancelled

By the time we got there. The rain had stopped/ had been stopped

When were you told / have you been told about the new rules?

The wining horse has ridden / was ridding by Pat

I looked again for the old man, but he was vanished/ had vanished

I don't think that you will be asked / are being asked to show your passport


2.- Put each verbs in brackets in a suitable passible form

I'm sorry Madam but this carpet (already sell)


The old house on the corner (known down)

When exactly (John give) his prize?

Most people agree that America (not discover) by Cristophor Columbus

All complains about products (deal with)

Police confirmed that the murder weapon (since discover) in a nearby lake

It (announce) yesterday that the goverment has decided not to raise income tax

I don't belive that this play (write) by Shakespeare

Anna really likes (invite) to dinner parties

3.- Rewritte this sentence in the passive where is possible

I really like this hotel

Jane won the poetry competiton

Peter's new car cost over 20.000 euros

Martin's always wears casual clothes

One of our visitors lost this cigarrettes lighter

They haven't decided the exam time of the match yet

Most of the guest had left the hotle by midday

Some parents read to their children every night

People ate most of the food at the party



4.- Complete the second sentence so that it has similar meaning to the first sentence

Last thursday we appointed a new marketing manager
Was

Smith ltd are supplying our company with furniture
Supplied


William the conqueror built the castle in the 11 century
By

No decision has yet been made
Decided

People belives that someone murdered Jenkins
Was

Your hair needs cutting
Get

No one has seen Peter since the day of the party
Been

We put up a notice about the rip on the notice board yesterday
Was


5. - Put verb in brackets into a suitable verb form

Last week I _________________ (walk ) home after playing tennis when it _________(start) rainning very heavily . Oh no! I ____________ (get) soaked before I ______________ (reach) home , I thought. I wish I _____________ (remember) to bring my rain coat. But unfortunately I _____________________ (left) it at home. How stupid of me! I'm _________________ ( always forget) to bring it withme. Luckly just then a friend of mine passed in her car and offered me a lif)___________________(you go) home. She ask, or _________________ (you want) to go for a drink?, I think I'd rather __________________ (take) me home. I said if I ______________ (not change) my clothes, I know I__________________ (fall) ill and then I _______________ (not be able) to play in the tennis tournement next week. And I _________________(practice) hard for the last month. I __________(wait) for you to change if you ______ (like) . I think it's time you _____________ (relax) for a change. You_________________ (worry) too much about thing lately . And people who ________________ (worry) too much _____________ (fall) ill more easily .

English Lesson 3 (Passive)

PASSIVE

Only verb with an object (transitive verbs) can be made passive.

They sent the letter. The letter was sent

They arrived late (cannot be made passive)

Verbs with both direct and indirect objects can be made passive in two ways.

They sent me the letter. The letter was sent to me / I was sent the letter

Some transitive verbs cannot be made passive in some uses. For example like and love

I like this place

Focus on important information

By placing the object at the begining of the sentence, the passive can change the focus of interest in a sentence

United were beaten by Arsenal

The passive is used in a variety of contexts . Notice how to agent (person who does the action) is unimportant, unknown or relear for the situation

Impersonal statement:

Students are asked not to smoke

When the agent is unknown

My bike has bee stolen ! / Someone/they have stolen my bike

When the agent is obvious

Mr. Jones will be arrested

How something was done

The box was opened with a knife

Reporting Verbs

The passive is often used with say, belive, know , understand, and similar verbs in reported speech to avoid an impersonal they or people

People say that John Wilson lives in N.Y

John Wilson is said to live in N.Y

Other verbs forms can also be reported in this way

They say John Wilson is travelling in Africa

John wilson is said to be travellin in Africa

People say John Wilson has arrived in Australia

John Wilson is said to have arrived in Australia

Have/Get something done

When someone does some work for us we can use have something done

Last Year I had new tiles put on the roof

I'm having my hair cut this afternoon

The same construction can describe bad luck caused by unspecified person :

Peter had his car stolen last week, and then he had his leg broken playing football

Using get can also suggest managing to do something difficult

It was difficult but we got the painting done in the end

Needs doing

This is an idiomatic way of expressing a pasive sentence where a thing or person needs some kind of action.

The floor is fifthy . It's needs to be cleaned

The floor is fifthy. It needs cleaning

Verbs and prepositions

The preposition stays with the verb in a passive sentence.

People shouted at the Prime Minister during his speech.

The Prime Minister was shouted at during his speech.

Other problems

Be born is a passive form but does not work, have an obvious passive meaning .

I was born near Kyoto

Make ( when meaning force) is followed by to in the passive

They made David work hard

David was made to work hard

Because the agent is unimportant , unknown or obvious it is often not included. If we want to say who does the action, we use by.

This letter was delivered this morning

This letter was deliverd this morning by courier

We use an active verb to say what does the subject does

My grandfatehr was a builder. He built this house in 1930

It's a big company . It employs two hundred people

The passive is be ( is , was, have been ,etc) + past participle

Present simple

Active : clean (s)

Passive : am, is , are cleaned

Somebody cleans this room every day

This room is cleaned every day

Past simple

Active: Cleaned

Passive : was / were cleaned

Somebody cleaned this room yesterday

This room was cleaned yesterday

Infinitive

Active :To clean

Passive : to be cleaned

Somebody will clean the room later

The room will be cleaned later

Present Perfect

Active: have / has cleaned

Passive: have/ have been cleaned

The room looks nice. Somebody has cleaned it

The room looks nice. It has been cleaned

Past Perfect

Active: had cleaned

Passive: Had been cleaned

The room looked nice. Somebody had cleaned it

The room looked nice. It had been cleaned

Present Continuous

Active: Am/ is/ are cleaning

Passive: Am/ is/ are being cleaning

Somebody is cleaning the room at the moment

The room is being cleaning at the moment

Past Continuous

Active: Was/ were cleaning

Passive: Was/ were being cleaned

Somebody was cleaning the room when I arrived

The room was being cleaned when I arrived

Some verbs can have two objects.

We gave the police the information = we gave the information to the police.

So it's possible to make two passive sentences

The police were given the information or the information was given to the police

Other verbs that can have two objects are : ask, offer, pay, show, teach, tell

When we use these verbs in the passive , most often we begin with the person

I was offered the job but I refused it (they offered me the job)

Have you been shown the new machine? Has anybody shown you ?

The passive of doing/ seeing is being/done, being seen, etc

Active: I dont like people telling me what to do

Passive: I don't like being told what to do

Sometimes you can use Get instead of be in the passive

There was a fight at the party but nobody got hurt

I'm surprised Anna didn't get offered the job

You can use get to say that something happens to somebody or something specially if this unplanned or unexpected.

Our dog got run over by a car

You can use get only when things happen or change. You can't use get in this sentence

He was a mystery man. Nothing was known about him (not got known