ACTIVE AND PASSIVE VOICE FOR 10th AND 11th

1. Decide whether the sentences are written in Active or Passive.

1) The grapes are grown in California. -    Active Passive  2) The hamster can be kept in a cage. -    Active Passive  3) The party has already started. -    Active Passive  4) The car is standing at the garage. -    Active Passive  5) The ship has been given up. -    Active Passive  6) The police didn't find the robber last week. -    Active Passive  7) The first fast food restaurants were opened in the USA in 1916. -    Active Passive  8) The train is going to arrive late. -    Active Passive  9) The search will be stopped because of the storm. -    Active Passive  10) The friends have been looking forward to meeting her. -    Active Passive  2.    Complete the sentences in passive voice with the verbs in brackets. Letters  by the postman at 8 every day. (deliver) This bag  in the bus yesterday. (find) The dress  in hot water. (cannot wash)  your motorbike  yet? (repair) The message  tomorrow. (send) These offices  now. (clean) This report  in time if you didn't help me. (not finish) Why  the TV  ? (turn on) This building  since the 1930's. (not reconstruct) Bags  in the cloakroom. (must leave) The engine  just  when the manager saw it. (test) The last umbrellas  in the morning. (sell) You  to arrive so late if you worked for me. (not allow) The plan  in two days. (announce) All the halls  at the moment. (paint) What were we doing at 11 o'clock? We  . (interview) After the window pane  someone smashed the window again. (replace) 3.   Use by or with to complete the sentences. The room was tidied up  my brother. A lot of goods have been stolen  customers. The tree will be cut down  a saw. This dictionary is often used  our students. He was hit in the eye  a snowball. The mixture must be stirred  a fork. 4.  Rewrite the sentences. Use the passive voice and keep the same tense. Example:They closed the shop at 5 o'clock. - The shop was closed at 5 o'clock. They make these cars in Japan.  You must not drop litter in the street.  Someone smashed our window last night.  They have already mended the TV set.  People will need public transport.  They are decorating the wall.  You should not replace the roof.  People are spending less money this year.