The Passive Exercises

Read the sentence and choose the option which best fits the space. 1. Concert tickets ……….. at the box office. a. being sold b. are being sold c. are be sold d. are being selling 2. Following yesterday's accident, 3 people are still ………………. for minor injuries. a. treated b. being treating c. treating d. being treated

3. Your suit is not ready yet. It ………….. right now. a. is being cleaned b. is being cleaning c. is been cleaned d. is cleaning 4. I could not use my car yesterday because it …….. a. was being repaired b. were being repaired c. was being repairing d. was been repaired

5. He left the room while the money... a. has being collected b. was been collected c. was being collected d. was being collecting 6. We couldn't use the bathroom while it... a. was been cleaned b. was being cleaned c. is being cleaned d. was cleaned

sentence completion Use the words in red to complete the passive continuous sentences. There are 2 words in each box which you do not need to use. 1. I couldn't wear my T-shirt yesterday because... cleaned was it cleaningbeenbeing 2. My brother is in hospital -... for a chest infection. hasis treat being treated he for the new restaurant? takenreservationstake are is being

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Rewrite these sentences. Instead of using somebody/they/people, etc., write a passive sentence. 0. Somebody cleans the room every day. 1. Cristina has cleaned her room. 2. They cancelled all flights because of the volcano ash cloud. All…. The room is cleaned every day. The room has been cleaned by Cristina. All flights were cancelled because of the volcano ash cloud.

3. People don’t use this road very often. 4. Somebody accused me of stealing money. I… 5. How do people learn languages? How… 6. Our mothers warned us not to go out alone. This road isn’t used very often. I was accused (by somebody)of stealing money. How are languages learnt? We were warned by our mothers not to go out alone.

7. Gerard lost his watch at the Soziedad Alkoholika concert. 8. Somebody is using the computer at the moment. The computer… The watch was/got lost at the S.A. concert. The computer is being used at the moment.

11. They are building a new highway around the city. 12. They have built a new hospital near the airport. When we got to the stadium, we found that the game had been cancelled. A new highway is being built (by them*) around the city A new hospital has been built near the airport. 10. When we got to the stadium, we found that they had cancelled the game.

13. Diana and Alba didn’t realise that somebody was recording their conversation. They didn’t realise… 14. Edier was writing a message on Patricio’s Facebook wall when Sergey called. 15. Will Alba buy the Helloween Limited Edition album this weekend?... that their conversation was being recorded. Sergey called when a message was being written (by Edier) on Patricio’s Facebook wall. or Sergey called when Patricio’s Facebook wall was being written by Edier. Will the Helloween Limited Edition album be bought by Alba this weekend?