Put the verb into the correct form, present simple or past simple, active or passive

1. It's a big factory. Five hundred people are employed (employ) there.

2. Water ______ (cover) most of the Earth's surface.

3. Most of the Earth's surface ______ (cover) by water.

4. The park gates ______ (lock) at 6.30 p.m. every evening.

5. The letter ______ (post) a week ago and it ______ (arrive) yesterday.

6. The boat ______ (sink) quickly but fortunately everybody ______ (rescue).

7. Ron's parents ______ (die) when he was very young. He and his sister ______ (bring) up by their grandparents.

8. I was born in London but I ______ (grow) up in the north of England.

9. While I was on holiday, my camera ______ (steal) from my hotel room.

10. While I was on holiday, my camera ______ (disappear) from my hotel room.

11. Why ______ (Sue/resign) from her job? Didn't she enjoy it?

12. Why ______ (Bill/sack) from his job? What did he do wrong?

13. The company is not independent. It ______ (own) by a much larger company.

14. I saw an accident last night. Somebody ______ (call) an ambulance but nobody ______ (injure) so the ambulance ______ (not/need).

15. Where ______ (these photographs/take)? In London? ______ (you/take) them?

1.5. Rewrite these sentences. Instead of using 'somebody' or 'they', write a passive sentence.

1. Somebody has cleaned the room. The room has been cleaned.

2. They have postponed the concert. The ______

3. Somebody is using the computer at the moment. The computer ______

4. I didn't realise that somebody was recording our conversation. I didn't realise that ______ 5. When we got to the stadium we found that they had cancelled the game. When we got to the stadium, we found that ______

6. They are building a new ring road round the city. ______

7. They have built a new hospital near the airport. ______