Grammar Exercises

Exercise 1.	Make the sentences passive.
	e.g.	He buys cars. · Cars are bought.
A.	1. He bought cars. 2. He has bought cars. 3. He will buy cars. 4. He is buying cars. 5. She writes poems. 6. She wrote poems. 7. She has written poems.	7. She will write poems. 8. She is writing poems. 9. I eat cheese. 10. I ate cheese. 11. I have eaten cheese. 12. I’ll eat cheese. 13. I’m eating cheese.

B.	1. They play tennis. 2. They have put the book there. 3. He will close the office. 4. They are beating the child. 5. He has forgotten the names. 6. They will not open the door.	7. He broke the glass. 8. She writes down the address. 9. He had sold the meat. 10. She teaches languages. 11. He was building the house. 12. She read the story.
Exercise 2.	Give two variants of the sentences in the Passive Voice.
	e.g.	They offered me a cup of tea. · I was offered a cup of tea. · A cup of tea was offered to me.
1. They gave me a form to fill in. 2. They granted me a visa.	3. We’ll offer him help by all means. 4. He has just told us a very amusing story.

Exercise 3. Give correct answers to the following questions using the suggested words and word combinations.

1. Who can be sent for? 2. What may be listened to with interest? 3. What can be disagreed with? 4. Who or what can be relied upon? 5. What can be talked about? 6. What may be laughed at? 7. What can you be impressed by?

a. a doctor b. a play c. a lecture d. music e. a word f. a joke g. a promise

h. a policeman i. an amusing story j. a music program k. an argument l. a good friend m. a thriller n. original points of view

Exercise 4.	Answer the question using the verbs in the Passive Voice.
		France Sweden England Belgium Kenia Italy Japan Saudi Arabia Switzerland India South Africa China Egypt USA

1. Where do the people speak French and Dutch? – French and Dutch are spoken in …...

2. Which country grows coffee? – Coffee is …...

3. Where do people eat pasta?

4. Which country produces lots of oil?

5. Which country makes famous perfumes?

6. Where do people wear kimonos?

7. Which country manufactures paper?

8. Which country sells pints of milk?

9. Which country grows tobacco?

10. Which country manufactures watches?

11. Which country makes champagne?

12. In what country do they eat curry?

13. In what country do they find gold?

14. In what country do they drink tea?

15. In what country do they grow cotton?

Exercise 5.

Choose the correct verb form, active or passive, in the following sentences.

1. Nylon invented/was invented in the 1930s.

2. Walt Disney created/was created the character of Mickey Mouse sixty years ago.

3. Mickey calls/is called “Topolino” in Italian and “Mi Lo Shu” in Chinese.

4. At first he called/was called Mortimer Mouse.

5. He gave/was given the name Mickey by Walt Disney’s wife, Lilian.

6. Disney made/was made the first full-length cartoon, Snow White, in 1937.

7. Mickey Mouse cartoons have translated/have been translated into sixty languages.

8. Since 1928, 120 cartoons have made/have been made.