CORPORACIN DE ESTUDIO, CAPACITACIN Y EMPLEO CMARA DE LA PRODUCCIN Y DEL COMERCIO CONCEPCIN

LICEO INDUSTRIAL DE CONCEPCIN

Departamento: Ingls

Sector/Subsector: Ingls

THE PASSIVE VOICE

Name: .

Class: ..

Date: ..

Simple Present
STATEMENT Affirmative form
I
He
She
It
You
We
They

am
m
is
s

STATEMENT Negative form

I

arrested by the police

(past participle verb)

are
re

He
She
It
You
We
They

am not
m not
is not
isnt

arrested by the police

(past participle verb)

are not
arent

Exercise 1: Complete the sentences with AM, IS or ARE.

Example:
A lot of paper is made from wood.
1. English _______ called the most popular language around the world.
2. I _____ paid on the first of every month.
3. Jane ______ often sent to the Singapore office.
4. More chocolate ______ eaten in the USA than in any other country.
5. We _______ woken by the birds every morning.
6. Arabic ______ written from right to left.
7. Those programmes ______ watched by million of people every week.
8. Cars ______ sold in most American cities in this year.

Exercise 2:
Complete the sentences with the correct passive form of the verbs in brackets in
affirmative and negative form.

1. The baby
..
(feed)

2. The phone call

..
(answer) by the
receptionist.

3. We ........
(not / serve) by the
waitresses.

4. The cow

(milk) by the
farmer

5. Fancy dress
costumes
(not/ wear) at
Carnival.

6. I
(not/ help) by my
father.

7. The dishes
.... .
(wash)

8. Questions .
.. (ask) to the
teacher.

9. Mother
.
(not/ drive) to
work by dad.

10. The car .

.. (repair) by the
mechanic.

11. Letters
.
(type) by the
secretary.

12. Meat
(sell)
at the butchers.

13. Granny
..
(visit) at hospital.

14. Coffee
..
(not/grow) in
Colombia.

15. The trousers

.. (iron).

16. Sushi
..
(eat) in Japan.

17. The operation

...
(perform) by the
surgeon.

18. A book
.
(borrow) from the
library.

19. The problem

.
(explain) by the
teacher

20. The patient

....
(carry) by the orderly.

21. Presents
.
(give) at
Christmas.

22 The exam
.. (do)
by the student.

23. The violin

..
(not /play) by
Carol.

24. Lunch .
.. (cook) by
Sally and her
grandma.

25. Apples
(pick up) in summer.