1- Impersonal passive
1-People believe that neither side wanted war
2-Everyone knows that eating fruit is good for you
3-Everyone thought that the painting had been destroyed
4-People say that the company bid fifty million pounds for the shares
5-People say the late Mr Jonhson was difficult to work with
6-People think that the jewels were stolen by one of the guests
7-It is believed that the Chinese invented gunpowder
8-They said that the ship didn’t have any damage
9-It is thought that the two injured men were repairing high-tension cables
10-There is a rumour that the escaped prisoner is living in Spain
11-We believe that the government has prepared a plan
12-People say that Mrs Turner was having business difficulties
13-They think that the treasure dates from the 13th century
14-The police believe that a professional thief stole the statue
15-Everyone thought that Helen had missed the train
16-They have said that petrol prices will rise tomorrow
2- Passives
1-the crowd was slowly filling the huge stadium
2-the invention of the computer simplified the work of accountants
3-the waiter will bring your drinks in a moment
4-someone left the phone off the hook all night
5-a burglar broke into our house last week
6-people asked me the way three times
7-the fruit- pickers pick the apples early in the morning
8-lots of people had parked a lot of cars on the pavements
9-they changed the law
10-you have to fill in the application
11-another company has taken over our company
12-we are dealing with your complaint
13-we have not accounted for all the missing passengers
14-they had decorated the tree with coloured balls
3- Write a verb into the correct passive tense
1- The boxes (not pack) yet
2- your food (still prepare)
3- the new ship (launch) next week
4- luckily by the time we got there the painting. (not sell)
5- we had to go on holiday because our house (decorate)
6 I’m afraid that next week’s meeting (cancel)
7- if we don’t hurry, all the tickets (sell) by the time we get there
8- all main courses (serve) with vegetables or salad
9- the second goal (score) by Hughes in the 41st minute
10 the cathedral (build) in the 14th century