Supplied

Our company ______ by Smith Ltd.

11. They ordered a new photocopier last Tuesday.

Was

A new ______ last Tuesday.

12. The Mayor is opening the new sports centre at 11 am tomorrow.

Being

The new sports centre ______ the Mayor at 11 am tomorrow.

13. Have you checked the prices of the items yet.

Been

Have the prices ______ yet?

14. The court ordered him to pay a fine of $100.

Was

He _______ a fine of $100 by the court.

15. They are painting the doors at the moment.

Are

The doors ______ at the moment.

16. They have redecorated their house twice already.

Has

Their house ______ twice already.

Exercise 6. Fill in the gaps in this letter with an appropriate active or passive form of the verbs in brackets.

Dear Julie,

Well, I arrived safely but my luggage didn’t! After many enquiries I found that it ………… (send) to Finland instead of England! Apparently, it ………… (label) wrongly at check-in. Anyway, it finally ………… (arrive) three days ago, and other than that, I ……… (have) a great time ever since I arrived.

The people I am staying with are very nice and I ………… (already/show) all the local tourist sites. I ………… (treat) exactly like one of the family and I ………… (introduce) to all their friends. I share a room with Penny, the daughter in the family, who is my age. It’s amazing but every morning we …………. (wake up) by her mother with a cup of tea! Yesterday (Sunday), we ………… (even/give) breakfast in bed!

Today was my first day at my new language school. When I arrived, I ………… (take) to a special room where we ………… (welcome) by the Director. He ………… (explain) what was going to happen and who all the staff were. Then we ………… (go) to a large room where we ……… (give) a test to do. It was quite difficult, but it was soon over and then we ………… (have) an interview with a teacher who ………… (check) our spoken English. As we ………… (leave) we ………… (hand) a form to fill in with all our personal details and we ………… (tell) to arrive early tomorrow to give us time to find our new classes. In the afternoon we ………… (take) on a guided tour of the city by bus which was very interesting.

I’m really looking forward to tomorrow when we ………… (put) in our new classes.

I don’t know yet what level I’ll be in – apparently we ………… (tell) when we arrive tomorrow. At the same time we ………… (give) the various books that we need for the course. It’s all quite exciting! I just hope I like my teacher!

Love,

Rosario