November 17-21, exercises

Write down the passive form of the verbs. Use the tense in brackets.
1. Paul will be sent to prison.
2. My brother has just been beaten in the race.
3. He was told to wait outside.
4. I was not paid for the work.
5. Policemen are often asked the way.
6. Their lawn is cut once a week.
7. We will be asked by the police.
8. The towels were not used.
9. The jewels have not been sold so far.
10. They are taught French.
11. The fire brigade was phoned soon after the fire had broken out.
12. You will be laughed at if you talk such nonsense.
13. All the fruits were eaten up by the guests.
14. The email will be answered tomorrow.
15. The best cookies are sold here

1. People speak English all over the world.
English is spoken all over the world.
2. Where did they invent gunpowder?
Where was gunpowder invented?
3. The police didn’t find the missing girl last weekend.
The missing girl wasn’t found last weekend.
4. Tourists don’t visit this museum very often.
This museum isn’t visited very often.
5. Workers are building a new fun park in town.
A new fun park is being built in town.
6. When did they translate this book into English?
When was this book translated into English?
7. Women send thousands of emails to the star every month.
Thousands of emails are sent to the star every month.
8. Sally brought me some fresh grapes.
I was brought some fresh grapes by Sally.
9. Some dangerous-looking men were following me the whole evening.
I was being followed the whole evening by some dangerous-looking men.