Choose the best option

1. The book was published/published in 2010.

2. My parents will lend/will be lent me some money to buy a new car.

3. It is said/says that some sports involve serious risks.

4. Lots of workers have been made/have made redundant as a result of the crisis.

5. My father was bought/ bought me a CD.

6. Fewer letters are written/write nowadays.

7. The TV presenter has been made/has made lots of mistakes today.

8. Where are you being lived/are you living?

9. My children are liked/like pasta.

10. Emails are sent/send more and more.

Using the PASSIVE, ask questions to which the bold type words are answers.

1. Columbus discovered America. …….. Who was America discovered by ……?

2. We keep money in a safe. ……………………………………………………?

3. A bee stung him. …………………………………………………..…?

4. They speak Italian in Italy. …………………………………………………..…?

5. They have taken his aunt to hospital. …………………………………………………..…?

6. The boys damaged the television. ……………………………………………….…..?

7. Da Vinci painted the Mona Lisa. ……………………………………………………..?

8. He invited 30 people to his party. ………………………………………………...…..?

9. They grow bananas in Africa. ……………………………………………………..?

Fill in the PASSIVE in the appropriate tense.

1. (TV / invent / Baird) …….. TV was invented by Baird. ……………..

2. (Pyramids / build / Egyptians) ………………………………………………….

3. (milk / produce / cows) ………………………………………………….

4. (coffee / grow / in Brazil) …………………………………………………

5. (chopsticks / use / in China) …………………………………………………

6. (plants / water / every day) ………………………………………………..

7. (the thief / arrest / policeman / yesterday) ………………………………………………..

8. (the injured man / take to a hospital / now) ………………………………………………..

9. (the car / repair / tomorrow) …………………………………………………

10. (the letter / send / last week) …………………………………………………