Wednesday, April 1, 2009

Past Passive.

I- Rewrite the given sentences in Past Passive.

Example: Frank built a house.
Answer: A house was built by Frank.

1) She bought four apples.
____________________________________________________________.
2) We won the match.
____________________________________________________________.
3) The man stole the blue car.
____________________________________________________________.
4) The police arrested the thieves.
____________________________________________________________.
5) Jack swam the 200 metres.
___________________________________________________________.
6) The dog bit the old lady.
-___________________________________________________________.
7) Tom and Max ate five hamburgers.
____________________________________________________________.
8) Oliver taught the children.
____________________________________________________________.
9) Victoria rode the brown horse.
____________________________________________________________.
10) Grandmother told good stories.
____________________________________________________________.

II- Past Passives

1- The presentation was ______ by Gill Bates.

announced

stood

underlined

2- The factory was ______ 10 years ago.

built

discovered

killed

3- These watches were ______ in Switzerland.

built

made

killed

4- I would have liked to have come but I wasn't ______.

invited

allowed

kept

5- I don't understand why you don't have the report. It was ______ to you over a week ago.

invited

allowed

sent

6- The computer is working. It was ______ while you were on holiday.

fixed

made

invited

7- I had to ask them to write the report again. It was very badly ______ .

fixed

written

invited

8- The old factory used to be over there but it was ______ a few years ago

fixed

written

pulled down
9- Our new factory was ______ by the President at a special ceremony last month.

pulled down

opened

kept

10- I'm afraid we have to improve security. A computer was ______ from here yesterday.

pulled down

opened

stolen

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