***ACTIVE /PASSIVE FORMS***
EXERCISE(1) :
REWRITE THE SENTENCES AS INDCATED :
1.They make shoes in that factory.
Shoes
2.People must not leave bicycles in the driveway.
Bicycles
3.They built that skyscraper in 1934.
That skyscraper
4.The students will finish the course by July.
The course
5.They are repairing the streets in our city.
The streets
6.They were cooking dinner when I arrived.
Dinner
7.They gave Nelson Mandella the Nobel Prize
Mandella
8.They will have finished the preparations by the time the guests arrive.
The preparations
9.You should take care when working on electrical equipment.
Care.
10.They
are going to perform Beethoven's Fifth Symphony next weekend
Beethoven's Fifth Symphony
EXERCISE(2) :
CHANGE THE SENTENCES BELOW TO THE ACTIVE FORM:
1. The KAROUINE University is being visited by hundreds of tourists every year.
Hundreds of tourists
2. My books were stolen by someone yesterday.
Someone
3. These books had been left in the classroom by a careless student.
A careless student
4. Coffee is grown in many parts of Hawaii by plantation workers.
Plantation workers
5. The house was being painted.
Someone
6. A great deal of our phosphates will be exported to Russia
Morocco
EXERCISE(3) :
WRITE THE VERBS IN THE CORRECT TENSES(ACTIVE OR PASSIVE):
1. The dog (eat)its master's food and (punish) by his master for the misbehaviour.
2.The text book "Quick way 3" (use)by all third year students all over Morocco.
3. Shakespeare (be) dead for many years, but his plays (still,read)by millions of people every year, and productions of his plays (often,put) on stage by amateur and professional theatre companies all over the world
4.The research team (find)that the Chernobil nuclear accident (cause)by a faulty O-ring in one of the main reactors.
5.Scientists (discover)that AIDS (cause) by a complex combination of viral agents.
EXERCISE(4) :
REWRITE THE SENTENCES BEGINNNG WITH THE COLOURED WORDS GIVEN:
1.Someone sent the school principal a letter of thanks
2.A famous scientist first carried out this experimentin the eighteenth century.
3.You can buy oranges. very cheaply in public markets.
4.he University will not accept registration. after September 10th.
5.The last person to leave must switch off the lights.
6. In the desert people must take precautions. against sand storms
7.An Englishman invented the first mechanical computermore than a hundred
years ago.
8.Someone is playing my favourite song. .
9.You can lock the library door with this key.
10.Millions of people watched the world cup finals .
Beethoven's Fifth Symphony
EXERCISE(2) :
CHANGE THE SENTENCES BELOW TO THE ACTIVE FORM:
1. The KAROUINE University is being visited by hundreds of tourists every year.
Hundreds of tourists
2. My books were stolen by someone yesterday.
Someone
3. These books had been left in the classroom by a careless student.
A careless student
4. Coffee is grown in many parts of Hawaii by plantation workers.
Plantation workers
5. The house was being painted.
Someone
6. A great deal of our phosphates will be exported to Russia
Morocco
EXERCISE(3) :
WRITE THE VERBS IN THE CORRECT TENSES(ACTIVE OR PASSIVE):
1. The dog (eat)its master's food and (punish) by his master for the misbehaviour.
2.The text book "Quick way 3" (use)by all third year students all over Morocco.
3. Shakespeare (be) dead for many years, but his plays (still,read)by millions of people every year, and productions of his plays (often,put) on stage by amateur and professional theatre companies all over the world
4.The research team (find)that the Chernobil nuclear accident (cause)by a faulty O-ring in one of the main reactors.
5.Scientists (discover)that AIDS (cause) by a complex combination of viral agents.
EXERCISE(4) :
REWRITE THE SENTENCES BEGINNNG WITH THE COLOURED WORDS GIVEN:
1.Someone sent the school principal a letter of thanks
2.A famous scientist first carried out this experimentin the eighteenth century.
3.You can buy oranges. very cheaply in public markets.
4.he University will not accept registration. after September 10th.
5.The last person to leave must switch off the lights.
6. In the desert people must take precautions. against sand storms
7.An Englishman invented the first mechanical computermore than a hundred
years ago.
8.Someone is playing my favourite song. .
9.You can lock the library door with this key.
10.Millions of people watched the world cup finals .
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CORRECTION EXERCISE(1): FROM PASSIVE /ACTIVE PAGE:
REWRITE THE SENTENCES AS INDICATEDREWRITE THE SENTENCES AS INDICATED:
1. Shoes are made in the factory.
2. Bicycles mustn’t left in the driveway.
3. That skyscraper was built in 1934.
4. The course by July will be finished by July by students
5. The streets are being repaired in our city.
6. Dinner was being cooked when I arrived.
7. Mandela was given the Nobel Prize
8. The preparations will have been finished by the time the guests arrive.
9. Care should be taken when working on electrical equipment.
10. Beethoven's Fifth Symphony is going to be performed next week.
CORRECTION EXERCISE(2): FROM PASSIVE /ACTIVE PAGE:
1. Hundreds of tourists visit the Karouine university every year
2. Someone stole my books
3. A careless student had left these books in class
4. Plantation workers grow coffee in many parts of Hawai.
5. Someone was painting the house
6. Morocco will export phosphates to Russia
CORRECTION EXERCISE(3): FROM PASSIVE /ACTIVE PAGE:
1.___ ate_____/_was punished
2.____used
3. __ was________/ are still read)______/_ are often put
4.___has found______/ was caused
5.___have discovered__/__was caused.
CORRECTION EXERCISE(4): FROM PASSIVE /ACTIVE PAGE:
1.a letter of thanks is sent to the principlal of school.
2.this experimentwas carried out by a famous scientist.
3.oranges can be bought very cheaply in public markets.
4.registrations can’t be accepted after September 10th.
5.the lights must be switched off by thelast person to leave
6.precautions against sand storms must be taken In the desert
7.the first mechanical computerwas invented by an Englishman hundred years ago.
8.my favourite song is being played
9.the library door can be locked with this key.
10.the world cup finalsare watched by millions of people
