Exercise 1

THE PASSIVE VOICE
Matching exercise

Match the sentences in the Active Voice on the left to the sentences in the Passive Voice on the right paying attention to the transformations.



Study the patterns of transforming the tenses in the Active Voice into those in the Passive Voice:
The Present Simple
It makes. – It is made.
The Present Continuous
It is making. – It is being made.
The Present Perfect
It has made. – It has been made.
The Past Simple
It made. – It was made.
The Past Continuous
It was making. – It was being made.
The Past Perfect
It had made. – It had been made.
The Future Simple
It will make. – It will be made.

Study the patterns of transforming non-finite forms from Active into Passive:
Infinitive forms
make – be made
to make – to be made
-ing form
making – being made
Previous climbers had cut steps in the ice.
We use this room only on special occasions.
They are pulling down the old theatre.
Someone will serve refreshments.
I've bought a harp. They are delivering it this afternoon.
No one can do anything unless someone gives us more information.
They the church bells as a flood warning.
Judges used to carry sweet herbs as a protection against jail-fever.
Did the idea interest you?
The Prime Minister was to have opened the dry dock.