Exercise. 1. Open the brackets to put the verbs into Present Simple Passive Voice. Make true sentences.
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Grammar Exercises
Passive Voice
| Present | Past | Future | |
| Simple (Indefinite) (always, usually) to be+VIII(ed) | + S+am,is,are+VIII(ed) - S+am,is,are+not+VIII(ed) ? Am, is, are+S+VIII(ed)? always, usually, often, seldom, as a rule, regularly, every day | + S+was(were)+VIII(ed) - S+ was(were)not+VIII(ed) ? Was(were)+S+VIII(ed)? Yesterday, … ago, last (week, month, year), in 1990, the day before yesterday | + S+will+be+VIII(ed) - S+won't+be+VIII(ed) ? Will+S+be+VIII(ed)? Next…, tomorrow, soon, in 3 days, the day after tomorrow |
| Continuous (Progressive) (from 3 till 5, still, the whole day) to be+VIII(ed) | + S+am,is,are+being+VIII(ed) - S+am,is,are+not+being+VIII(ed) ? Am, is, are+S+being+VIII(ed)? now, at the moment, listen, look, still, at present | + S+was(were)+being+VIII(ed) - S+was(were)not+being+VIII(ed) ? Was(were)+S+being+VIII(ed)? At 5 o'clock yesterday, from 3 till 5 yesterday, when … came, while, whole evening | |
| Perfect (by) to be+VIII(ed) | + S+have(has)+been+VIII(ed) - S+haven't(hasn't)+been+VIII(ed) ? Have(has)+S+been+VIII(ed)? Already, ever, never, just, today, since, for, recently, yet, lately, so far, not yet, this (week, month, year) | + S+had+been+VIII(ed) - S+had not+been+VIII(ed) ? Had+S+been+VIII(ed)? by, ³íøà ä³ÿ â ìèíóëîìó | + S+will+have+been+VIII(ed) - S+will not+have+been+VIII(ed) ? Will+S+have+been+VIII(ed)?by, ³íøà ä³ÿ â ìàéáóòíüîìó by 5 o'clock tomorrow, when he comes |
1. Ferrari cars (make) in Italy. 2. Space shuttles (launch) from Florida. 3. Parmesan cheese (produce) in Italy. 4. Berlin (locate) in Spain. 5. Natural gas (export) from Russia. 6. Penguins (find) in Africa. 7. Honey (make) by bees. 8. Volkswagen cars (make) in Great Britain. 9. Snails (eat) in France. 10. Bananas (import) to Ukraine. 11. Coffee (grow) in Brazil. 12. English (speak) in many countries. 13. Elephants (find) in the Antarctic. 14. Soup (eat) with a knife. 15. Stamps (sell) at the Post office.
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